Social Work as a component of Child Support Programs

As most of our listeners know, the child support program has been evolving since it’s creation as part of the Social Security Act in 1975. One of the most significant changes we have seen – and probably the hardest to accomplish – has been the transition from being focused on enforcement to being focused on families. The Child Support program, and the people we serve in the program, has contact with more families than any other social service program and with that we have both a great deal of responsibility as well as a great deal of opportunity. 

On today’s show, we welcome Christine Wolf, who is a social worker from the Clark County District Attorney’s Office, Family Support Division – Christine works with child support cases in Las Vegas and throughout Clark County and she is the perfect example of what we can do when we focus on the opportunity we have in this program to help families find the resources and help they need to move forward.

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There are a lot of programs that could benefit from incorporating social workers into their daily child support programs and today we’ll hear from Christine how they created their program, how it works and what benefits they are seeing.

For more information on the Clarke County program, or to share ideas on how you might start your own, Christine has generously provided her contact information - Christine Wolf, MSW, LSW, Clark County Office of the District Attorney, Family Support Division. Email Christine.wolf@ClarkCountyDA.com.

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