PIERRE | The Department of Social Services (DSS) is encouraging parents to go online to deal with child support obligations as staff is working remotely or behind closed doors in ...

News 19 reached out to DSS for data on how much money in child support is currently owed or how many parents are behind on paying their child support, however, according DSS, the agency does not ...

The penalties totaled $11 million in 2012. South Carolina remains the only state that hasn’t implemented an automated child support enforcement system as required by a 1988 federal law.

COLUMBIA – More than two months after the state and Hewlett Packard agreed to settle a long-running dispute that has kept a computerized child support enforcement system from being completed, no ...

During the week of Aug. 18, the South Carolina Chamber of Commerce (SC Chamber) held a press conference in partnership with ...

Since 1992, S.C. taxpayers have spent $48.1 million to build an automated child-support enforcement and Family Court case-management system. All they have to show for it is two lawsuits and $115 ...

The Senate DSS Oversight Committee has been pressing DSS since earlier this year to somehow shorten the time it will take to get the child support enforcement system, which has been in the works ...

DSS distributed $117.2 million in child support money for more than 53,000 cases in 2022. Mayer said the numbers in 2022 are close to the average the state has seen.

The Senate DSS Oversight Committee has been pressing DSS since earlier this year to somehow shorten the time it will take to get the child support enforcement system, which has been in the works ...

It can be found on the DSS website at https://clientportal.dss.sc.gov/ #/. The client-friendly portal provides 24/7 access for individuals who are applying for child-support services from DSS.

The Pitt County Department of Social Services staff and its partnering agencies through August will observe Child Support Awareness Month. DSS and many local agencies work together daily to ensure ...

Last year, she said, the state collected $253 million in child support. This year, she said, the agency is on track to collect $276 million.