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K.I.D.S.

In Wisconsin, the child support enforcement agency is under the umbrella of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. K.I.D.S. provides a website (http://www.dwd.state.wi.us/bcs/default.htm) where you may view payments and balances, sign up for direct deposit, get tax information for parents, and find out what is new in child support law. The website is interpreted to English, Spanish, and Hmong.

What is KIDS?

KIDS (Kids Information Data System) is Wisconsin's child support computer network system. In 1999, it processed more than $870 million in support. KIDS assists child support staff with collecting support, establishing paternity, and providing custodial parents with better and faster information.

KIDS For Custodial Parents

KIDS automatically produces required court documents, legal notices, payment coupons, account balances, and checks other state data systems for information about parents who do not pay or have stopped paying their child support. Custodial parents receive their child support payments accurately and more timely. Custodial parents may access account information through an interactive voice response telephone system or the website, KIDS Information Line. The KIDS Information Line receives more than 400,000 calls every month.

KIDS Provides More Uniformity

KIDS alerts workers to the next appropriate action to take for a case to meet federal timelines for enforcement activities. Employers cooperating with KIDS has facilitated collection of approximately $618 million in support payments this year.

KIDS Information Line

Website: https://www.wisctf.org/WIC/index.asp
(414) 615-2400 Metro Milwaukee area
(800) 991-5530 Outside the Metro Milwaukee area
(877) 209-5209 TDD
Bureau of Child Support
Content Contact: Minnie Huggs
PO Box 7935
Madison, WI 53707-7935