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Board proclaims August 2025 Child Support Awareness Month; county child support office reports near $30 million distributed in FY2024
Summary
Merced County declared August 2025 Child Support Awareness Month; county child support officials reported nearly $29.8 million collected and distributed in federal fiscal year 2024 and announced a free community kids event in July.
The Merced County Board of Supervisors proclaimed August 2025 as Child Support Awareness Month and heard an update from the county Child Support Services director on program activity and a community event.
Jeffrey Watoon, director of Merced County Child Support Services, told the board the program collected and distributed nearly $29.8 million to children and families in federal fiscal year 2024 and served a caseload the director described as about 13,683 cases. He said the county is on pace to exceed…
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