County Legislature highlights importance of child support

Photo by Tom Rivers

ALBION – Orleans County Legislator Fred Miller, right, presents a proclamation to child support specialists, Alex DeSmit and Kaitlin Zwifka, during last week’s County Legislature meeting. The Legislature recognized August as “Child Support Awareness Month.”

The proclamation states:

“Whereas, Orleans County is committed to ensuring the safety, health and well-being of our children, our greatest hope and promise for the future; and

“Whereas, parents have the most critical role in the development of their children, and an obligation to provide safe, loving and secure environments in which their children can grow and flourish; and

“Whereas, parents have an obligation to support their children, financially and emotionally; and

“Whereas, studies have shown that when both parents provide financial and emotional support, children are less likely to engage in unhealthy and unproductive behaviors and are more likely to do well in school and succeed later in life; and

“Whereas, the Child Support Enforcement Program and child support professionals in Orleans County play a vital role in assisting parents in achieving and maintaining economic security for their children.”