- Collection:
- Georgia Government Publications
- Title:
- Community outreach : helping parents support their children
- Creator:
- Georgia. Department of Human Services. Division of Child Support Services
- Publisher:
- Atlanta, Ga. : Georgia. Department of Human Services. Division of Child Support Services
- Date of Original:
- 2016
- Subject:
- Parental Accountability Court Program (Ga.)
Child support--Government policy--Georgia
Child support--Law and legislation--Georgia
Chorochromatic maps - Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- state government records
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- application/pdf
- Description:
- Fact sheet about Georgia's parental accountability court program.
- External Identifiers:
- OCLC 1112670305
NZ MMS ID 9918776633702931
Call Number H800.S8 M1 2016 P3 - Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/id:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bh800-ps8-bm1-b2016-bp3-belec-p-btext
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/do:dlg_ggpd_s-ga-bh800-ps8-bm1-b2016-bp3-belec-p-btext
- Language:
- eng
- Holding Institution:
- University of Georgia. Map and Government Information Library
- Rights:
-
GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES DIVISION OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
Community Outreach
Helping parents support their children.
Parental Accountability Court Program
The Parental Accountability Court (PAC) program is a joint effort of the Department and Superior Court Judges to offer an alternative to incarceration and to help chronic non-payers of child support make regular payments. The program utilizes community resources and judicial oversight to address barriers that keep parents from meeting their support obligations. Each program including the services provided to participants is tailored to the needs of the local community. Superior Court Judges provide judicial oversight and collaborate with PAC coordinators to implement the program. PAC coordinators connect participants to existing community resources.
Judicial Circuits Served by Parental Accountability Courts
PACs are in operation in 22 judicial circuits across the state. Another 10 courts will be added in Fiscal Year 2016.
Judicial Circuits
Lookout Mountain
Conasauga Appalachian
Enotah
Mountain
Rome
Cherokee
Blue Ridge
Northeastern Forsyth
Tallapoosa
Cobb
Paulding
Douglas
Piedmont
Gwinnett
Stone Mountain
Alcovy
Western
Atlanta Clayton Rockdale
Northern
Toombs
Flint
Coweta
Griffin
Towaliga
Ocmulgee
Middle
No Parental Accountability Court Parental Accountability Court Pending Parental Accountability Court
Augusta
Chattahoochee
Macon
Dublin
Houston
Dublin
Ogeechee
Southwestern Pataula
Dougherty
Cordele Tifton
Oconee
Brunswick
Atlantic
Eastern
SERVICES OFFERED TO PARTICIPANTS
Volunteer Work Opportunities Literacy Training Job Assistance/Placement Mental Health Services Clinical Assessments Substance Abuse Treatment Coaching/Mentoring Additional services specific to each local
community
BY THE NUMBERS
Since SFY 2012 the Parental Accountability Court program has helped
2 711
noncustodial parents provide much needed support to
Program participants paid an estimated
$2.8M
in support which in return has saved the state more than
$10M*
Alapaha
Waycross
4 780 in incarceration costs.
South Georgia
Southern
of Georgia s children.
*Information on SFY15 incarceration savings are not available yet and have not been included in the amount.
CONTACT INFORMATION For information about the Parental Accountability Court Program and other Community Outreach Services call 1-844-MYGADHS (1-844-694-2347).
Robyn A. Crittenden DHS Commissioner Tanguler Gray Division Director Reed Kimbrough Division Deputy Director
Revised 6/2016