The Ohio Department of Job and Family Services says child support payments are being collected at a rate not seen since before the Great Recession.
The state collected 69 percent of child support owed during the last federal fiscal year, higher than the national average of 64 percent. The state has collected 1.8 billion dollars in that period. Officials have ramped up efforts to collections. An expanded waiver and compromise program allows caseworkers to waive some debt if parents begin making regular payments.