The DeSoto County Department of Human Services provides economic assistance to economically disadvantaged citizens in the form Medicaid, Food Stamps and (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) TANF.  This agency also offers child support assistance by locating absent parents, establishing paternity, obtaining and enforcing court orders for child support, and collecting and distributing child support payments.  For more information about the services this agency provides, please visit the State Department of Human Services website by clicking the link titled Mississippi Dept. of Human Services.