About Us

The Child Support Enforcement Agency is responsible for the location of non-custodial parents; the establishment of parentage; the establishment and modification of child support and medical support orders; and the enforcement and collection of child, spousal, and medical support orders. 

The Ohio Child Support Enforcement Program is State supervised and County administered.  The Tuscarawas County CSEA is directed by Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Traci A. Berry under the authority of Prosecutor Ryan Styer.

The staff consists of 30 employees organized into five units.  The Case Management Unit is the largest with 12 Case Managers and 1 Supervisors.  The case loads are broken down alphabetically by the man’s last name.  The Intake-Establishment Unit consists of 2 Intake Specialists, 1 Establishment Case Manager, and 1 Supervisor.  The Fiscal Unit consists of the Fiscal Officer, Assistant Fiscal Officer, Audit Specialist and 2 Customer Service Representatives.  The Legal Unit consists of 3 Assistant Prosecuting Attorneys, 1 of whom acts as Administrative Hearing Officer, 2 Legal Secretaries, 2 Adjustment and Review Specialists, and a Sheriff’s Deputy assigned to this Agency.

Tuscarawas County CSEA administers approximately 8100 open cases and collected $14,661,293.00 in FFY 2011.