Ohio Governor Ted Strickland designated August as Child Support Awareness Month. The theme for 2007 is “Child Support – an essential building block for a child’s success.”

For children to succeed in life, it takes emotional, financial, and medical support. But even when families break up, both parents can go on contributing to that success. And when child support play a part, a parent continues to build relationships that endure.

Evidence suggests that kids who receive support from both parents get better grades in school and have fewer behavioral problems. Child support helps families remain self sufficient, relying less on public assistance in the form of cash payments, food stamps, and Medicaid.

Ohio parents are doing their job. Ohio provides child support services for 1.3 million children, and collects nearly $2 billion in support payments. For the eighth year in a row, Ohio collected and distributed the most non-public-assistance money in the nation.

During Child Support Awareness Month, we recognize all parents who are deeply committed to the success of their children.

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