August is Child Support Awareness Month, and the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services’ Child Support Division is marking the occasion by partnering with local United Way organizations for a donation drive to support their critical efforts in the communities they serve, and getting the word out about free services for custodial parents and children in families where they are not living with their parents. Donations can be made by visiting: https://pages.donately.com/unitedwayofmetrochicago/campaign/august-is-child-support-awareness-month-hfs-division-of-child-support-services-giving-campaign. HFS has regional Child Support offices in Aurora, Champaign, Chicago, Collinsville, Joliet, Marion, Peoria and Rockford, and each is partnering with a local United Way branch that provides career and community-based family-building services. Donors will be asked for their zip code, which will direct the funds they contribute to a local branch of the United Way. The donation website will be live through September 10th. The United Way was chosen this year based on their ongoing efforts to provide services to meet the needs of some of the most vulnerable members of their community, while also promoting philanthropy and volunteerism, making the communities they serve stronger.