talbert house

The father was “broken” when he reached out to the HCJFS Child Support division. The 42-year-old father of three was unemployed, had a criminal conviction on his record and had failed to graduate from high school. But he wanted to do right by his two young sons, ages 11 and 7.

When the public discusses child support, especially pertaining to our agency, it almost always means the monetary support a non-custodial parent pays to the child. When we discuss it internally, we like to broaden the definition to include family/parent engagement. …