This office oversees the Child Support Specialist Certification program which recognizes knowledge, skills and abilities of child support professionals; supports excellent customer service and promotes increased job opportunities nationwide for the participant. 

• General description of certification process 
• Professional development
• Pre-assessment
• Full assessment
• Feedback
• Successful completion
• Re-certification

• Sample pre-assessment

Shade Makinde

• Contact by e-mail

2409 N. Kelley Ave.
Annex Building
Oklahoma City, OK  73111

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 53552
Oklahoma City, OK 73152

• Chickasaw Nation Child Support Enforcement (Link opens in new window)
• National Child Support Enforcement Association (Link opens in new window)

• Oklahoma Child Support Enforcement Association (Link opens in new window)
• University of Oklahoma Center for Public Management (Link opens in new window)

• Case Worker Survey Summary  (.pdf, 29 pp, 120 KB)
• Child Support Specialist Certification Job Profile Report (.pdf, 137 pp, 662 KB)
• Core Assessments and Functional Certificates
• Oklahoma Child Support Specialist Certification Program Article (pdf, 5 pp, 47 KB)

• Office of Planning, Evaluation, and Learning
• Office of Professional Development and Training
• Resource Development Office