***MEDIA ADVISORY***
August 1, 2025
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY VICKI ELAINE BECKER RECOGNIZES CHILD SUPPORT AWARENESS MONTH
Prosecuting Attorney Vicki Elaine Becker is joining prosecutors, the Indiana Department of Child Services/Child Support Bureau, and child support services agencies throughout the country to recognize August as Child Support Awareness Month.
Prosecutor Becker wants to ensure that our community is aware that her Office assists parents and guardians of minor children in determinations of paternity, establishing and modifying child support and medical support/health insurance orders, calculating past due child support, locating non-custodial parents, collecting and disbursing child support and providing other related services essential to the well-being of Indiana’s children. This full range of prosecutor-provided services is available to all Indiana parents and guardians free of charge.
“Financial support of Indiana’s children is crucial to their well-being and ability to thrive during the critical years of childhood. My Office stands ready to continue to ensure parents provide financial security for their children. As your county Prosecutor, I take the issue of children’s well-being seriously and believe that consistent child support payments can help custodial families achieve economic stability. This education and awareness campaign is designed to help families become more aware of the services that we provide and to utilize them,” said Prosecutor Becker.
The Indiana child support program, carried out locally by the elected county Prosecutor in each Circuit, serves more than 200,000 families statewide. Last year. Indiana’s county prosecutors, county clerks, and the Indiana Child Support Bureau collected and distributed more than $498 million to Indiana families. Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Office collected and distributed $21,744,174.10 to families in 2024.
For more information about child support services, call the Elkhart County Prosecutor’s Child Support office at (574) 522-3074, or the Child Support Bureau’s KIDSLINE at (800) 840-8757.
Parents can enroll in child support services free of charge in person at the Office of the Prosecuting Attorney located at 301 S. Main Street, Suite 100 in downtown Elkhart, Indiana, on Mondays from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and Tuesdays–Fridays 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.. The office is closed daily from 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.. Or, services are available online 24/7 by visiting our website to access the child support portal: https://www.elkhartcountyprosecutor.com/child-support/
Contact information for every Indiana county prosecutor’s child support office and general information about child support is available at childsupport.in.gov/county.
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