Child Support Coloring Contest

Join our Coloring Contest for August Child Support Awareness Month

Deadline for Coloring Contest - post marked or received in our office by July 22, 2009. Send Coloring pages to Clermont County Child Support, Attn: A. Daugherty, 2400 Clermont Center Drive, Suite 107, Batavia, OH 45103.Enter child’s information on the back of coloring page as follows: Name, age, address and contact telephone number. Click here for the publication authorization form to allow us to use your child’s picture when we advertise the winners on our website and county newsletter.

Three winners from each age group will be selected and will be awarded McDonald’s Arch Cards and prizes during an award ceremony on August 5.

3-4 yrs. old 5-7 yrs.old 8-10 yrs. old

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Medical Support

In compliance with the new federal regulations, Ohio laws regarding medical support (ORC 3119.29 & following) have changed. The Ohio Revised Code continues to require that all child support orders require the obligor and/or obligee to purchase private health insurance coverage if it is reasonable in cost, and adds the requirement that the non-custodial parent pay a cash medical support payment during any period when the child is not covered by private health insurance.

If the child or children are not currently enrolled in health insurance coverage, there will be a cash medical support payment in addition to the child support payment. In other words, the child support payment will be either:

A child support payment amount when health insurance is provided OR
A child support payment amount when health insurance is not provided and a cash medical support payment.

This does not apply to existing cases; only new orders or orders that are modified.

New Cash Medical Support Fact Sheet

Address Change Information

Even though you may receive your support payments via direct deposit or the Ohio e-Quick Pay debit card, you still need to keep your address updated with the agency to ensure continued receipt of important legal documents and/or case status information.

You can report changes in your ADDRESS by contacting us at (513)732-7248 or sending us an email by clicking on ClermontSupportsKids@odjfs.state.oh.us. If you know your investigator's name, you can e-mail him/her directly. See the "Contact Us/Directions" tab for a staff directory.

The Ohio Benefit Bank

www.obb.ohio.gov

Neighbors helping Neighbors

Programs Supported by the OBB

Eligibility screening and application completion ability: Food Assistance Program, Health Care Programs for Families & Children, The Home Energy Assistance Program HEAP, Child care assistance, Free and Reduced Price Lunch Program for school children, Ohio’s Best Rx, The Golden Buckeye Program, Medicare Part D and the Low Income Subsidy.

Application completion only: The Ohio Senior Community Service Employment Program, Ohio Cash Assistance (OWF), Women Infants and Children (WIC), Child and Family Health Services (CFHC), Bureau for Children with Medical Handicaps (BCMC).

Contact Us

Clermont County Child Support Enforcement
2400 Clermont Center Drive, Suite 107, Batavia, OH 45103
(513) 732-7248
1-(800) 571-0943

To send us an email, click on ClermontSupportsKids@odjfs.state.oh.us

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Payment & Balance Information

To ensure the confidentiality of your case information Clermont County Child Support has discontinued relaying payment and balance information via the telephone. To check for payments or balances call 1-800-860-2555 or the TDD (Telecommunications Device for the Deaf) is 1-866-500-3784 or click on the Internet Payment Status website www.jfs.ohio.gov/ocs. A PIN (Personal identification number) is necessary to access information on either system. Click here for more information about your PIN.

Hot Spots

Unemployed or Underemployed?

Are you having difficulty meeting your child support & medical insurance obligation with your current employment situation? Need some assistance obtaining employment or training?

Click here to go to our new Payor Career Opportunity Program page.

Settlements and Support

Many times, it is the unexpected call that leads to a large child support collection.

An obligor can find himself or herself in a fender bender or a work related accident. This information can prove useful to the Child Support Enforcement Agency when a person who pays child support falls behind in making payments. Click here for related story* The legal staff of the CSEA needs to be informed of these incidents so that efforts can be made to either intervene in legal actions or contact can be made with the appropriate individuals in order to seek an assignment of benefits/proceeds. Please notify your caseworker if you learn that a person who pays child support is in a situation where a lump sum proceed may become available to him through a work related injury or other situation in which a law suit may be or has been filed. Information that a person may be an heir to an estate can also be relevant and lead to possible child support collections. A listing of caseworkers can be found on our website under the heading, "Contact Us," or you can call our general line at 513-732-7248, and ask to speak to your caseworker to share any information.