Receving a Child Care/Child Income Credit

I am single disabled father of one child and do not recieve SSI , but recieve food stamps and 400 dollar monthly alotment for my child and me to live on , plus i owe back taxes from earlier yrs. question is .. if i file income taxes and it show a refund due for a child credit will the IRS take that money and put it towards the back taxes , and I and my child recieve nothing?