Are you feeling lost in the sea of paperwork and tasks to complete? There is nothing worse than feeling like you have too much to do and not enough time to do it. There are so many papers to fill out and documents to gather in order to get your child support figured out, it can be daunting. Then, once you have it all done, if something in life changes, you have to go through the process all over again. It can seem never ending. In the midst of the stress of it all, you have to figure out how to do life and enjoy raising your children. Here is a list of the best child support resources all in one place.
Luckily there is help out there in the way of child support services, you just need to know where to look. Every state has their department of course, but there isn’t a ton of personal support there. Many non profit organizations have also developed to focus on helping mothers and fathers through the process. These groups will often provide much more emotional support as well as practical guidance.
Here is a starting point of where to seek help for child support services and all that goes along with that.
Getting Started
Administration for Children and Families – national organization, find the link to your state office.
California Child Support – Set up an account, find paperwork, pay online, get answers to legal questions.
SupportPay – everything related to your child support in one easy place online; makes it easy to make payments online; see what all the child related costs are without the verbal back and forth.
How to Collect
Support Kids – a non profit that helps get your child support money to you. They retain a percentage as their fee, but only if you get your money.
National Child Support – Experts in helping collect delinquent child support.
Support Collectors – Get the support you are due.
Emotional Support
Single Parent Advocate – practical assistance and emotional encouragement
Single Mother Help – Many different types of assistance available
Single Parents Alliance of America – provides resources and services to single parents across the nation.
