County child support collection rate best of metros

DAYTON — The Montgomery County Child Support Enforcement Agency’s 68.11 percent collection rate on current support ranks first among Ohio’s six major metro counties for collection of such support as of June, according to the county’s Department of Job and Family Services.

The agency collected more than $107 million in 2008, a 2.9 percent increase over 2007.

The county provides child support services for 79,883 children annually and has 60,426 child support cases.

For more about child support, call (937) 225-4600 or go to mcohio.org/services. Payments can be checked 24 hours a day, seven days a week by calling (800) 860-2555.