how do i go about putting the father of my child on child support?

According to the NJ Department of Human services (I provide the website link below), if you need financial help, either temporarily or in addition to child support, Work First New Jersey (WFNJ) offers eligible families financial help and other support services such as child care, Medicaid and NJ SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits, which you indicate you are presently receiving. The link is: http://www.njchildsupport.org/Services-Programs/Custodial-Parents/Financial-assistance.aspx It may be possible to continue to receive child care, Medicaid and/or SNAP benefits while receiving child support.  It is my understanding that in making the determination of continued eligibility for child care, Medicaid and SNAP benefits, the Board of Social Services will consider a number of factors, including but not limited to your income.  If your child's father has health insurance, the court may require him to provide health insurance for the child rather than the State.  The website link I pasted above provides the link to the child support application. Before filing an application for child support with the court, you would benefit from information specific to your case and an answer to your question from a staff member at the Board of Social Services. According to the website I provided above, for more information, you may contact your county's Board of Social Services office, visit the WFNJ website or call the WFNJ Hotline at 1-800-792-9773. A list of the contact iniformation, addresses and hours of each county's Board of Social Services office is provided at the following web address: http://www.nj.gov/humanservices/dfd/programs/njsnap/cwa/ The WFNJ website is: http://www.state.nj.us/humanservices/dfd/programs/workfirstnj/ Finally, you may want to check with your county's Board of Social Services office about whether or not the office intends to sue your child's father for reimbursement of any financial assistance paid to you.