If the obligor files for unemployment insurance benefits (UIB) in Illinois, the Department of Healthcare and family services can have child support payments deducted from those benefits. DCSS will attempt to contact the CP/obligee by letter 60 calendar days before discontinuing child support services. There is a registration process for first time users. Ifthe CP/obligee has a good reason for missing an appointment she/he must contact the DHS caseworker or the DCSS Regional Office before the appointment or as soon as possible afterward. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) Facing a chronic shortage of teachers, Illinois has introduced a new initiative aimed at recruiting educators. Woodstock, IL 60098-2637. The Circuit Clerk keeps a record of every payment made for Child Support. Custodial parents/obligees who have non-assistance cases, should contact the DCSS Regional Office to report the situation. This high school extension is available to administrative and judicial cases. This notification must be made in writing on a Change of Address form, which can be printed below. To find out if we are holding payments or refunds for you, please click on the link below or call 1-800-447-4278. A child support order will be established by DCSS through its administrative process or through the circuit court. Register for ExpertPay. If you don't know where your child's other parent is, the DCSS will assist you in locating him/her. Failure to pay will result in balance due being sent to a collection agency and turned over to the IL Comptroller's Local Debt Recovery Program for withholding from state tax refunds. To access your Payment History, Change your PIN or to Manage your Notifications, please provide the last four digits of your Social Security Number, PIN and Date of Birth. Any discussions between parents and the Department's attorneys are not considered confidential or privileged under Illinois law. This is a secured portal for users of the Illinois State Disbursement Unit System, which processes child support checks received from employers and non-custodial parents and disburses the funds via check, direct deposit or debit card to the receiving families. In Illinois, a child is legally emancipated at the age of 18 years. If there is cause for concern of family violence, contact the Department of Human Services caseworker or the DCSS Regional Office for help. If the CP/obligee thinks that the child is entitled to more than an equal share, the CP/obligee has the right to get a lawyer and ask the judge for a larger share of the child support payment. The person paying the Child Support MUST live in the State of Illinois (If the person paying the Child Support lives in another state, contact the Illinois Attorney Generals Office for collection). It looks like your browser does not have JavaScript enabled. DCSS will submit child support cases to the Illinois Comptroller, which in turn will submit reports to credit bureaus, thus damaging the paying parent's credit score. Fathers may be required to pay for genetic testing. This check is for child support received by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services as a result of Unemployment Insurance Benefits. They also must NOT have any involvement with the Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services. If the CP/obligee still disagrees, she/he may appeal the decision. If it is appropriate, steps will be taken to change (modify) the order. One Time Registration Fee - a one-time registration fee of $2.50 is charged The Circuit Clerks office does NOT accept personal checks for Child Support payments. Last 4 digits of your Social Security Number: Your Date of birth MM/DD/YYYY: PIN: Login Help Note: Child Support services are available to any parent who needs assistance in establishing legal parentage, establishing child support or medical support, or enforcing support. Click here to find your local Regional Office. Click here to find your local Regional Office. Does the CP/obligee expect that the NCP will continue to pay child support regularly? The Illinois child support program is for families. The CP/obligee has a sudden emergency or family crisis. Taking this precautionmay slow down the receipt of dependent healthcare paper work, but the family is protected. However, as of June 1, 2003, Illinois law allows the Department to extend current child support until the child graduates from high school or attains the age of 19, whichever comes first. When there is a match with the NCP/obligor in the DCSS computer system, an Income Withholding for Support will automatically be sent to the NCP/obligors new employer. If the NCP/obligor files for unemployment insurance benefits (UIB) in Illinois, the Department can have child support payments deducted from those benefits. If the child(ren) has/have been removed from the TANF case and then added back to the case, they cannot be removed again for one year. DCSS will review the account and advise the CP/obligee of the results. This check represents the additional amount collected which is yours. The DCSS computer system automatically calculates the delinquent amount and serves the NCP/obligors employer with an Income Withholding for Support to deduct an additional amount from the NCP/obligor's wages until the delinquency amount is paid in full. This presumption can be overcome only by evidence showing that it is highly probably true that the alleged father is not the father of the child. Please turn on JavaScript and try again. *Note: Although child support services may stop, all future child support payments will be issued by the State Disbursement Unit if the support is paid through income withholding. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services has a health insurance program, called All Kids, offered to Illinois children at a reduced rate or at no cost to the parent. Click. If the CP/obligee currently receives TANF and Medical Assistance or has received them in the past and disagrees with how DCSS distributed child support payments, she/he may contact DCSS and ask for a review of the account. P.O. Child support may be established through the administrative process when: The mother and father are not married or in a civil union and paternity has already been established; or, The mother and father are separated but not divorced; or. If the Department receives the NCP/obligors federal tax refund and past-due support had been temporarily assigned to the Department while the CP/obligee received TANF, it will be retained by the Department to pay back the state for TANF cash assistance already paid to the CP/obligee.If there is any federal tax money left after all cash assistance has been paid back to the state, it will be sent to the CP/obligee for any past-due support owed. The person receiving Child Support must NOT be receiving Public Aid or have received Public Aid in the past(If the Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services is involved, contact the Illinois Attorney Generals Office for collection). There are no transaction fees for debit-based Please turn on JavaScript and try again. If the child(ren) has/have been removed from the TANF case and the NCP/obligor stops paying, it will take 45 days for the child(ren) to be added back into the case. View Full Website for additional information. The registration fee charged Clean Slate only erases past due child support payments that are owed to the State of Illinois. This is called Past Excess Child Support. Always include the county name (McHENRY) and/or our county number (17111) on your check. Both parents will be notified of the review results. The Illinois mandatory child support guidelines require both parents financial information to calculate the child support obligation. a 2.95% convenience fee is charged to all payments A CP/obligee who is interested in optional earmarking, must contact the DHS caseworker who can further explain and help to determine the money potentially received under this option. This check is for child support received by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for a month in which you did not receive an assistance payment. The employer must begin taking the ordered amount out of the NCP/obligors pay check the first pay period occurring within 14 business days of the date the Income Withholding for Support was mailed, faxed, or personally served on the employer. If you wish to change your name, you must mail or fax a written request that includes your previous name and your new name along with legal documentation of your name change. Genetic testing is very accurate. To complete an account review, DCSS may request the following information: Support Order number (court docket number, Administrative Support. If none of the childs genes match those of the man alleged to be his/her father, that man is ruled out (excluded) as being the childs biological father. If the agency submitting a voucher for payment to be made by the IOC has flagged it as confidential, the text will not display the same amount of information as other payments. To get more information visit their website at www.childsupportillinois.com The McHenry County States Attorneys Office can represent residents of McHenry County to attempt to collect Child Support arrearages. Illinois law requires that child support payments be withheld from thewages of the parent/obligor that is ordered to pay child support. The program is managed by the Food and Nutrition Service (FNS) of the United States Department of Agriculture. The CP/obligee must keep the following in mind when making this decision: The child(ren) cannot be removed from the TANF case if they are brothers, sisters, half-brothers or half-sisters to any other child(ren) in the case. Due to the volume of checks processed by the SDU, you MUST follow the guidelines below to insure proper credit to your account: Illinois State Disbursement Unit DCSS does have agreements with all of the states, some countries, and some tribal child support programs in order to help each other. Child Support Payable to the Circuit Court. These legal representativeshandleDCSS cases in circuit court as the attorneys for the Department and do not legally represent parents, in court or out of court, as clients. Payments - The Illinois Office of Comptroller Payments The information provided below allows the general public to view payments made by the Comptroller. Your payment may take up to seven business days to be posted to your child support account. send money owed for current or past support payments and Pass Through payments to the caretaker relative; refund money owed to the circuit clerk or other third party; or. Most Illinois Child Support is now paid through the Illinois State Disbursement Unit (SDU). Pass Through Payment In a month you receive cash assistance, when a child support payment is made by the non-custodial parent during that month of assistance, you may receive up to the first $100 in pass-through payments for one child in the family household receiving cash assistance, or up to $200 in pass-through payments for two or more children in the family household receiving cash assistance. HFS sends HFS 2876 to the absent parent to give a written explanation of the refund reason. Yes, the CP/obligee will receive all of the child support and/or medical support payments made by the NCP/obligor. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________. Copies of documents possessed by DCSS except as prohibited by law (i.e., Internal Revenue Service and State Comptroller information), are provided at the request of the CP and/or an authorized representative. Privacy Policy | Website Design by Granicus - Connecting People and Government. If the CP/obligee receives Medical Assistance only, the SDU will disburse only the amount for medical support to the Department. Grace B. Hou, Secretary, IDHS Help Line There is a registration process for first time users. The AVRS is available to answer your call in both English and Spanish, 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. Please notify the SDU of your new address either by calling (877)225-7077 to request an address change form or go to www.ilsdu.com. Order number or other identifying number); TANF case number if the CP/obligee received TANF or Medical Assistance; and, One or both parents' Social Security number. To report these changes, call the Child Support Customer Service Call Center at 1-800-447-4278 or SDU at 1-877-225-7077. Find information for services and assistance available to youth, including youth who are in trouble with the law, life skill training, and pregnancy prevention. Before a case can be submitted for modification, a review is conducted to verify balances, non-custodial parent's employment status and other pertinent information. The following is an example of how Current Excess Child Support is paid to the CP/obligee: If DCSS collects more in total child support payments than the total of TANF cash assistance plus pass through payments paid to the CP/obligee, the difference up to the total child support obligation due at that time will be sent to the CP/obligee. DCSS may also change existing administrative support orders. Send your Child Support payment to: McHenry County Circuit Clerk P.O. For the alleged father to be the legal father of the child: Both parents complete, sign, and have witnessed a Voluntary Acknowledgment of Paternity form; or, An Administrative Paternity Order has been entered by a state child support agency; or, An Order of Paternity has been entered in court by a judge. If you do not have an active child support case with the department and would like one, a customer service representative will be able to answer your questions and take your application.