Child Support Enforcement

What Child Support Enforcement does

Child Support HQ operates the website ChildSupportHQ.com, a free consumer-facing informational portal that provides state-specific child support enforcement information, agency directories, and online calculators for all 50 US states and Washington DC. The platform serves individual parents and caregivers — both custodial and non-custodial — seeking information on support obligations, paternity establishment, payment procedures, and interstate enforcement, as well as state child support enforcement agencies that benefit from centralized public-facing guidance. Its core technology is a web-based directory of state program pages paired with state-specific calculators that incorporate gross income, taxes, insurance premiums, child care costs, custody overnights, and other statutory variables; calculators are differentiated as ease-of-use implementations of existing state guidelines rather than proprietary financial models.

The business is organized as a private company headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, founded in 2017 and operating under the DBA "Child Support HQ" / "ChildSupportHQ.com," with 66 employees listed in firmographic data. The company runs on a freemium model with no disclosed paid tiers, subscriptions, or transactional fees; banner advertising is visible on the site, suggesting an ad-supported revenue mechanism. Distribution is exclusively digital and self-serve, driven by organic SEO targeting state-by-state child support queries, with no mobile app, no public API, no SDK, and no disclosed AI/ML capabilities. The firm is not itself a regulated entity, not a contracted government service provider, and has no disclosed parent company, institutional investors, or ownership structure.

The site's content is derived from publicly available federal and state CSE program information, including references to the Title IV-D framework administered by the HHS Office of Child Support Enforcement, the Federal Parent Locator Service, the Federal Case Registry, and the National Directory of New Hires. It links to each state's enforcement agency (e.g., Georgia Division of Child Support Services, Florida Department of Revenue, Delaware Division of Child Support Enforcement) as a directory, not as a service intermediary. No revenue, funding rounds, or headcount trends are disclosed, and the relationship between the company and the federal-state Title IV-D system is informational rather than operational or contractual.

Name

Child Support Enforcement

Legal name

Child Support HQ

Website

https://childsupporthq.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Child Support HQ operates a free consumer-facing website (ChildSupportHQ.com) that provides state-specific child support information, agency directories, and online calculators for all 50 US states and Washington DC, serving custodial and non-custodial parents.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Child Support Information Services

NAICS

Other Individual and Family Services (624190), Child and Youth Services (62411), Educational Support Services (611710)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Family & Child Benefits Administration (Child Allowance, Parental Leave) (BPAIAKAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Family & Parent Support Services (Parent Coaching, Advocacy) (EDAJALAK), Child Protection & Child Rights (BPAGABAG)

Keywords

• Child support information
• Child support calculators
• State enforcement resources
• Parent support guides
• Family law resources

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Informational Services (Free): The website provides free informational content about child support enforcement programs across all US states. Revenue generation is not explicitly disclosed in available sources but appears to be advertising-supported given the presence of banner advertisements on the website.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Child Support HQ is an informational website that provides state-specific child support enforcement information, agency directories, and free online calculators for all 50 US states and Washington DC. The platform aggregates educational content about child support laws, enforcement mechanisms, and state-specific calculators that estimate support obligations using inputs such as gross income, taxes, insurance premiums, child care costs, and overnights.

Product overview

Child Support HQ is a comprehensive informational website providing child support enforcement information and free online calculators for all 50 US states and Washington DC. The platform consists of state-specific child support information pages that list enforcement agencies, contact information, mission statements, and available services, paired with state-specific child support calculators that allow users to estimate support obligations. The core service is the free calculator tools accessible via each state's dedicated page, with calculators for Georgia, Florida, Delaware, Connecticut, Wyoming, Wisconsin, West Virginia, Washington DC, Washington, Virginia, Vermont, Utah, Texas, Tennessee, South Dakota, South Carolina, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Oregon, Oklahoma, Ohio, North Dakota, North Carolina, New York, New Mexico, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Nevada, Nebraska, Montana, Missouri, Mississippi, Minnesota, Michigan, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, Louisiana, Kentucky, Kansas, Iowa, Indiana, Illinois, Idaho, Hawaii, Colorado, California, Arkansas, Arizona, Alaska, and Alabama.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Child Support HQ Website A comprehensive informational website providing child support information, enforcement guidance, and calculation tools for all 50 US states and Washington DC. Targets individual parents and caregivers needing child support information.
• State Child Support Calculators Free online calculators for each state that estimate child support obligations based on income levels, expenses, and other factors including gross income, taxes, insurance premiums, child care costs, and overnights. Targeted at individual parents estimating support obligations across all 50 US states and DC.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) - Office of Child Support EnforcementcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 January 1975The Child Support Enforcement Program is a partnership between Federal, state and local governments, authorized by Title IV-D of the Social Security Act. The Federal Government, through HHS, funds, monitors and evaluates State programs as well as assisting states in locating absent parents and obtaining support payments. The website references the Handbook on Child Support from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families Office of Child Support Enforcement.
• Federal Parent Locator Service (FPLS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFederal government service that ensures state and local child support offices have access to information to locate non-custodial parents. The Federal Case Registry and National Directory of New Hires are part of FPLS.
• State Child Support Enforcement AgenciescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerEach state operates a child support enforcement program (usually part of Social Services Department, Attorney General's Office, or Department of Revenue). The website provides links to all 50 state agencies plus DC. Examples include: Georgia Division of Child Support Services (DHS), Florida Department of Revenue, Delaware Division of Child Support Enforcement (DHSS), Connecticut Bureau of Child Support Enforcement (DSS), and others.
• Florida Department of RevenuecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIn Florida (except Miami-Dade and Manatee counties), the Child Support Enforcement Program is administered by The Florida Department of Revenue. The website provides their contact information and links to their services.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Nolo: Long-standing legal information publisher with extensive family law and child support content. Comparable as a content-led incumbent monetizing through articles, legal guides, and attorney referrals in the same subject area.
• Avvo: Legal directory and Q&A site owned by Internet Brands. Comparable as a legal information incumbent monetizing family law traffic through attorney referrals and listings.
• LegalZoom: Large online legal services platform covering family law, divorce, and child support filings. Comparable as a broad incumbent serving the same parent audience with paid legal document and information services at scale.
• FindLaw: Thomson Reuters-owned legal information site with family law sections and state-specific content. Comparable as an incumbent publisher competing for the same consumer family-law search queries.
• Justia: Free legal information and lawyer directory site with strong family law content. Comparable as a free-info incumbent with similar SEO-driven business model and overlapping family law coverage.

Direct peers

• CustodyX Change: Provides child custody and child support calculators and scheduling tools for parents. Directly comparable because it addresses the same paying/receiving parent use case with state-aware calculators and self-serve digital tools.
• SupportPay: Child support and expense management app for co-parents. Comparable because it targets the same parent/caregiver audience with tools for tracking payments, shared expenses, and support obligations across states.
• OurFamilyWizard: Co-parenting communication and child support expense tracking platform used by court-ordered families. Comparable because it serves the same separated-parent population managing court-ordered support and shared expenses.

Emerging players

• DivorceNet: Niche family law information site focused on divorce and custody. Comparable as a specialized content site competing for the same audience's pre-divorce and child support queries.
• Cozi Family Organizer: Family organizer app used by separated and shared-custody households. Comparable because it serves the same parent segment with shared-calendar and expense tracking tools adjacent to child support management.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/child-support-enforcement

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Investors

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