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Montana Child Support Services Division – Missoula Region 5
Listed under Legal help & child support
About this service
Payments are issued electronically by direct deposit to a personal bank account or to a U.S. Bank ReliaCard®. You can choose direct deposit or ReliaCard after reviewing the pre-acquisition disclosures. If you do not set up direct deposit, payments automatically go to the ReliaCard.
The division is made up of three bureaus: Budget and Administrative Services, Field Services and System, Program and Training. The Central Office and the Intergovernmental Regional Office are located in Helena. Four additional regional offices are located in Butte, Billings, Great Falls, and Missoula.
How to get help
Either parent or a caretaker/guardian of a child may open a case with the Child Support Services Division (CSSD) by completing an application. Families receiving certain types of public assistance receive CSSD services automatically.
Apply: Montana Child Support Services Division – Missoula Region 5
- Phone
- 1-800-346-5437
- childsupport@mt.gov
Who qualifies
Either parent or a caretaker/guardian of a child may open a case with the Child Support Services Division (CSSD) by completing an application. Families receiving certain types of public assistance receive CSSD services automatically.
Cost
- Published cost
- $25 enrollment fee; No fee - receiving Montana Public Assistance, including: Medicaid/HMK/HMK Plus, SNAP, Cash Assistance, Child Care Grant, Child and Family Services.
- How families pay
- Varies
Sources
- from dphhs.mt.gov/cssd/payment updated
- from dphhs.mt.gov/cssd/Forms updated
- from dphhs.mt.gov/cssd/AboutCSSD updated
- from facebook.com/MontanaChildSupport updated
- from dphhs.mt.gov/assets/cssd/CSSDTermsandConditions.pdf updated
- from dphhs.mt.gov/assets/cssd/EnrollmentforServices.pdf updated