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Larimer County proclaims August 2025 Child Support Awareness Month, highlights $17M collected in 2024
Summary
Larimer County commissioners unanimously approved a proclamation designating August 2025 as Child Support Awareness Month and heard that the county child support unit collected more than $17 million for families in federal fiscal year 2024.
The Larimer County Board of County Commissioners unanimously proclaimed August 2025 as Child Support Awareness Month Tuesday and heard a presentation from Department of Human Services staff outlining the unit’s work and outcomes. Vanessa Fuel, division manager for Human Services, introduced the child support services team; Nancy Kelly, Larimer County child support administrator, described operations and results from federal fiscal year 2024.
Kelly told the commissioners the county’s 28-person child support unit collected over $17 million in 2024 for families in Larimer County, established 209 new child support orders, modified 288 orders and opened 870 new cases. The unit serves an active caseload of approximately 5,800 families, Kelly said, and she described the program’s vision to support families through timely services and to engage parents as partners through the life of their child support case.
Kelly and Fuel described several program innovations: a targeted barrier-reduction program that helps paying parents resolve obstacles to meeting child support obligations, a pilot referral from the Colorado Department of Corrections’ community reentry program to assist recently released individuals with obligations and reentry, and an October 2025 pilot called Safe Access for Victims to Economic Support to help domestic-violence survivors safely access child-support services. Fuel noted the program is available regardless of income and does not require eligibility for other county services.
The commissioners commended the unit’s work. Commissioner Kristen Stevens thanked staff and emphasized the connections between child support, childcare access and behavioral health; Commissioner John Kefalas asked about legislative changes that have eased debt burdens for those incarcerated and whether the county intercepts gambling winnings; Nancy Kelly described automatic administrative modifications that can reduce orders for individuals incarcerated 180 days or longer, and said the program can intercept gambling winnings and match gig-economy new-hire data to identify income sources.
Commissioner Cavallos moved to approve the proclamation declaring August 2025 as Child Support Awareness Month; the motion passed 3-0. The board stopped for a photo following the proclamation vote.
