ATLANTA — The Georgia Department of Human Services has launched a mobile app for making child support payments.

The app, GA DCSS, will allow parents to “make child support payments, review payment history, view scheduled appointments, and receive notifications/alerts on important information regarding their cases” directly through the Georgia Division of Child Support Services, according to a press release from the Georgia Department of Human Services.

 Georgia DHS Commissioner Robyn Crittenden said the app will help parents “fulfill obligations, resulting in stronger families.”

“Children need emotional and financial support from both parents,” she said. “The GA DCSS mobile app gives parents another avenue to meet their child support obligations. Ensuring children in our state are receiving much needed support from both parents helps build stronger families for a stronger Georgia.”

Georgia will be the first state to have a full service child support app that allows users to securely access child support case details and other GDHS resources via any mobile device. The Peach State joins other states like New Jersey, Texas and California that have also developed apps to make child support matters more accessible to mobile device users.

“The mobile app is part of the overall effort in continuing to meet the needs of our customers where they are,” said Tanguler Gray, DCSS director. “Custodial and noncustodial parents are both able to access information or updates on their child support case in the palm of their hands.”

An estimated $737 million in child support was distributed to more than 551,000 children in Georgia for Fiscal Year 2016, according to the release. Nationally, $32.4 billion in child support was collected in 2015 on behalf of the 15.9 million children served by child support enforcement programs, according a report by the Federal Office of Child Support Enforcement.

The app is available on Apple and Android devices and can be downloaded for free in the App Store or the Google Play Store.

Dandron writes for the Valdosta, Georgia Daily Times.