Cobb DA describes ‘massive disparity’ in state, federal funding for child support services

ATLANTA — The Cobb County District Attorney’s Office is asking state lawmakers to help close what they described as a “massive disparity” in funding for its child support services division — a program that serves thousands of children across the county.

District Attorney Sonya Allen and Louie Hunter, the office’s director of communications and governmental affairs, appeared before the Cobb Legislative Delegation Tuesday to outline the growing gap between state and federal funding and the actual cost of operating the program.

The division manages interstate child support cases, involving one party residing in Georgia while the other lives in a different state or even abroad…

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