About Us
In 1997, the PACT Program ( Parents are Consistently There) was developed in Multnomah County to address non-compliant Obligors, ordered to appear before a Circuit Court Judge for Contempt of Court, non-payment of their child support orders.
The objectives of the class were (and still are):
• To increase frequency of child support payments by the obligated parent.
• Provide parents with the practical tools needed to organize thoughts and questions about child support, organize their legal paperwork, to work within a budget to be able to pay their monthly support.
• Educate parent regarding the Support Enforcement Division, and what SED can and can not assist them with.
• Improve commitment and awareness of support issues which are integral to parenting.
• Provide information and referrals to outside resources, including legal resources, job skills training, and social services which include food, shelter and health care.
• Increase participants' understanding of self worth.
The Program has begun to grow. Clackamas County joined in 2000, and we have recently expanded our classes southward, to Salem . Our plan is to bring neighboring Polk and Yamhill, into the Marion County location, and continue adding classes to the larger counties, including Washington County , Lane County , and those throughout Central Oregon , before moving further into the state.
The history of the PACT Program from inception through 2008, shows more than 950 Obligors have successfully completed the class. In tracking payments twelve months prior to attendance, and 36 months following completion of the class, the increase in payment and frequency of payment has been ten-fold.
We want to make this program, and these classes, available to any and all obligated parents who need help understanding the Child Support Program and what they, as parents, can do to help themselves. The one question we are asked time and again is “Why didn't I know about this program sooner?” That is why we are here!
PACT . . . . 
It's about the kids
