The Oregon Child Support Program’s mission is to support parents to support children. We provide services and support to parents to ensure every child receives the financial and emotional support they need to thrive.
The Oregon Child Support Program provides these services:
- Establishing paternity/parentage
- Finding the noncustodial parent
- Determining the amount of child support
- Establishing a child support order or making changes to an existing support order
- Coordinating a child’s health care coverage
- Collecting and processing child support payments
- Safety in Child Support
- Ensuring compliance with child support orders
The Oregon Child Support Program also helps employers understand and comply with legal obligations, such as reporting new hires, withholding income for child support, and enrolling dependents in medical insurance plans if available.
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Director’s Message
The work of supporting children and their families is critically important. Subsequently, the Oregon Child Support Program processes more than $1 million a day in medical and child support for our youngest and most vulnerable Oregonians. Overall, the program helps more than 220,000 parents provide the financial and emotional support their children need and is one of the most cost-effective and efficient agencies in the state, with 94 percent of collections going directly to families.
Through the Oregon DOJ’s Division of Child Support, and the work of partnering district attorney offices, the Oregon Child Support Program offers services that improve the well-being of children, reduce reliance on public assistance, encourage family self-sufficiency, return funds to the state treasury, and save taxpayer money.
As the director of Oregon’s Child Support Program, I’m committed to continuing our tradition of dedicated public service – supporting parents to support children.
Dr. Andy Gray,
Director
Self-Assessment Report (PDF) »
This report is for fiscal year 2025 and prepared by the Research Analyst team.