Payment Information:

S.E.T.S. Statewide Automated Payment Line: 1-800-860-2555

Payment Information Website: http://jfs.ohio.gov/ocs/

Child Support Cash Payments:

Clients can make cash payments at this location only:

Lake County Treasurer's Office

County Administration Building

105 Main Street

Painesville, Ohio 44077

Clear identifying information should accompany payments including:

1.    Obligor name

2.    Social Security number

3.    SETS case number

4.    Order number

Ohio Child Support Payment Central (CSPC):

As part of a federal legislative mandate, employers and obligors who send checks or money orders for child support payments must use a central location to remit payments:

EMPLOYERS MAIL PAYMENTS TO:

OHIO CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT CENTRAL

PO BOX 182394

COLUMBUS, OH 43218-2394

INDIVIDUAL OBLIGORS MAIL PAYMENTS TO:

OHIO CHILD SUPPORT PAYMENT CENTRAL

PO BOX 182372

COLUMBUS, OH 43218-2372

You must provide all four of the following data elements for each intended payment to a case/order:

OBLIGOR NAME

The non-custodial or absent parent's full last name and first name. Please note any differences in spelling and call the county at (440) 350-4000 to resolve.

SETS CASE NUMBER

The non-custodial or absent parent's case identification in the SETS computer system. This 10-digit number was assigned to the employee's support case during conversion to SETS. This number always begins with a "7" (e.g. 7000456789). Please call the county that sent you the original withholding notice to identify the SETS case number.

ORDER NUMBER

The non-custodial or absent parent's judicial or administrative order number.

SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER

The non-custodial parent or absent parent's nine-digit social security number.

Ohio Child Support Payment Central Direct Deposit:

If you receive child support or spousal support (alimony) and hate waiting in line to cash your support check; or if you're out of town and your check arrives, are you worried that it'll be safe until you get home? Then think about DIRECT DEPOSIT. Have your check deposited directly in the financial institution account you indicate. All you have to do is enroll.

Get your payments directly and safely by signing up for DIRECT DEPOSIT.

DIRECT DEPOSIT is safe and confidential

Payments don't get lost

Your money goes directly to your account

Fewer people handle your payment

It's convenient and saves you time

You don't have to go to the bank to cash or deposit the check

You don't have to be in town to receive your payment

No waiting in line to cash your check

Contact your support officer at (440) 350-4000 to request the form & mail to:

OHIO CSPC

P.O. BOX 182497

COLUMBUS, OH 43218-2497

After Child Support Payment Central receives your form, enrollment takes approximately three weeks.