Employers are valuable, essential partners with the child support program and account for about 74 percent of child and medical support collections through payroll deductions. We recognize your challenges to navigate the program and appreciate your contributions to ensure financial stability for children and families.
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Child Support Portal
OCSE offers employers a variety of online applications to help you to meet your responsibilities.
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Employer Responsibilities
Employers help to ensure the financial security of our nation’s children by working cooperatively with the child support program. We have several resources and tools to help you meet your responsibilities to the program.
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State Contacts & Requirements
To help employers, payroll professionals, the judiciary and others, OCSE has compiled the state contacts and requirements for specific program areas..
Top Employer Resources
The National Council of Child Support Directors hosted the 2025 Employer Symposium to bring experts from the child support and employer communities together to discuss ways to improve communication, cooperation, and process coordination. Download their report to review the discussions and action items intended for future collaboration.
Disclaimer: This report is not an OCSE publication. The National Council of Child Support Directors produced the 2025 Employer Symposium report. This report is in the public domain. Permission to reproduce is not necessary. The views expressed in this report do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of OCSE, the Administration for Children and Families, or the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
For state agency staff, this explains some differences between independent contractors and employees