The 2009 Ohio Child Support Guidelines Council released their report to the legislature and public on July 1, 2009. 

The Executive Summary of the Guidelines Council Report can be downloaded here or from the Office of Child Support website: http://jfs.ohio.gov/Ocs/pubsmain.stm  Check back here for updates as these reform recommendations make their way through the State Legislature and get implemented.

In January of 2009, a Collaboration of the Ohio Office of Child Support (OCS), the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction (DRC) and the Ohio Child Support Directors Association (OCDA) submitted a report to the State Directors of Job and Family Services and DRC making policy recommendations related to incarcerated and reentry obligors.  The recommendations are designed to empower parents so that they can successfully remove barriers to the payment of child support.  The Collaboration Report can be downloaded here.  Check back here for updates as these reform recommendations make their way through the State Legislature and get implemented.

The Potential Impact of Increasing Child Support Payments to TANF Families - an article by Laura Wheaton and Elaine Sorensen of the Urban Institute on changes in Child Support rules that will allow up to $200 a month in child support payments to be "passed-through" directly to custodial parents and not counted when determining a family's TANF benefits.  These new rules will take affect in October of 2008.  States will have to change policy to adopt them.   for a pdf version of the article

Assessing Child Support Arrears in Nine Large States and the Nation - this report, commissioned by the federal Office of Child Support Enforcement conclusively shows that the vast majority of child support arrears are owed by poor fathers with either no income or reported income of $10,000 or less.   for a pdf version of the article.

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