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Child Support Assistance/Enforcement | IDHFS - Division of Child Support Services (DCSS)

401 Main Street, Suite 680, Peoria, IL 61602

Eligibility

Custodial parents seeking assistance with child support related challenges

Hours

Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
800-447-4278
Voice·

DCSS - Child Support Services

Languages

English and Spanish

Application process

Please call or e-mail [email protected]

Fees

None

Service area

Dekalb County, IL Henderson County, IL Lee County, IL Perry County, IL Putnam County, IL Saline County, IL Sangamon County, IL Reddick, IL Bolingbrook, IL Jefferson County, IL Whiteside County, IL Clay County, IL Coles County, IL Naperville, IL Joliet, IL Beecher, IL Adams County, IL Pike County, IL Buckingham, IL Washington, IL Romeoville, IL Iroquois County, IL Clark County, IL Douglas County, IL Monroe County, IL South Pekin, IL Fulton County, IL Dewitt County, IL Scott County, IL Saint Anne, IL Peotone, IL Gallatin County, IL Marshall County, IL Randolph County, IL Tremont, IL Crest Hill, IL Brown County, IL Hancock County, IL 61611, IL Lake County, IL Crete, IL Pekin, IL Peoria County, IL Delavan, IL Wilmington, IL Jersey County, IL Wayne County, IL Crawford County, IL Grundy County, IL Kendall County, IL Johnson County, IL Washington County, IL Mokena, IL Rock Island County, IL Fayette County, IL Henry County, IL Alexander County, IL Logan County, IL Cass County, IL Menard County, IL Monee, IL Christian County, IL Greene County, IL Warren County, IL Bureau County, IL Macoupin County, IL Schuyler County, IL Hopedale, IL Jasper County, IL Green Valley, IL Cumberland County, IL Aroma Park, IL Union Hill, IL Manteno, IL Mchenry County, IL Channahon, IL Edwards County, IL Jo Daviess County, IL Deer Creek, IL Hardin County, IL Mercer County, IL Pope County, IL Mackinaw, IL Manhattan, IL Morgan County, IL Richland County, IL Clinton County, IL Creve Coeur, IL Union County, IL White County, IL Montgomery County, IL Momence, IL Ogle County, IL Winnebago County, IL Groveland, IL Hamilton County, IL Woodford County, IL Wabash County, IL Marion County, IL Morton, IL Moultrie County, IL Minier, IL Herscher, IL New Lenox, IL Carroll County, IL Knox County, IL Braidwood, IL Champaign County, IL Stephenson County, IL Armington, IL Bond County, IL Saint Clair County, IL Shorewood, IL Jackson County, IL Macon County, IL Massac County, IL Vermilion County, IL Lawrence County, IL Mason County, IL Stark County, IL Piatt County, IL Pulaski County, IL Grant Park, IL Kane County, IL Elwood, IL Homer Glen, IL Frankfort, IL Kankakee, IL Edgar County, IL Franklin County, IL Essex, IL Madison County, IL Williamson County, IL Dupage County, IL Ford County, IL Cook County, IL Livingston County, IL Boone County, IL Lockport, IL Calhoun County, IL Effingham County, IL La Salle County, IL Mcdonough County, IL Shelby County, IL Bourbonnais, IL Hopkins Park, IL Bradley, IL Mclean County, IL Bonfield, IL Plainfield, IL
In Illinois, child support services are administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services- Division of Child Support Services (DCSS). DCSS helps custodial parents: -Locate the parent who does not live with the child(ren) (referred to as the noncustodial parent or NCP); -Legally establish paternity (the child's father) if the parents are not married; -Get an order for child support and/or health insurance; -Collect payments on an already established child support order; -Change the amount of a child support order (also known as a modification); and -Collect past-due child support payments.

Last Assured

11/24/2025

Providing organization

IDHFS Division of Child Support Services DCSS
In Illinois, child support services are administered by the Department of Healthcare and Family Services- Division of Child Support Services (DCSS). DCSS helps custodial parents: -Locate the parent who does not live with the child(ren) (referred to as the noncustodial parent or NCP); -Legally establish paternity (the child's father) if the parents are not married; -Get an order for child support and/or health insurance; -Collect payments on an already established child support order; -Change the amount of a child support order (also known as a modification); and -Collect past-due child support payments.