RESPONSIBLE PARENTING PROGRAM
Fourth Judicial District
El Paso County
Bridging the Gap to Responsible
Parenting Together!
Goals of the Program
• Assist Non-Custodial Parents in
overcoming barriers to paying their child
support.
• Develop good paying behavior in effort of
maintaining consistent, full payment as
ordered.
• Develop a plan to help Non-Custodial
Parents with maintaining good paying
behavior after they exit the Responsible
Parenting Program.
WHO IS ELIGIBLE?
Non-Custodial Parents who have not made
payments to their child support case as
ordered, have had a contempt filed and
served upon them and have expressed an
interest in receiving help with removing
barriers to paying their support.
Incentives Available Through the Responsible
Parenting Program
• Helps to avoid a possible jail sentence.
• Help in confronting roadblocks to making payments.
• Provide access to treatment and/or professionals
who can assist the Non-Custodial Parent.
• Assist with bus passes or gas vouchers for
employment searches through the Parent
Opportunity Program.
• Compliance with CSEU for driver’s license
suspensions.
• Possible relief of state debt.
• Suppression of most enforcement remedies with
compliance.
• Expedited review hearings.
• Fast track modification if appropriate.
• Access to one enforcement case manager, Parent
Opportunity case manager, Goodwill case manager
and Fatherhood Specialist.
RESPONSIBLE
PARENTING
PROGRAM TEAM
• Magistrate Jill Brady
• Child Support Attorney, Tracy
Rumans
• Defense Attorney
• POP Case Manager Sherri Smith
• Child Support Enforcement Case
Manager Stacie Pearman
• Fatherhood Specialist Ray
Washington
General Rules and Requirements
• Good faith payments in Phase I,
continued payment of MSO in Phase II
and continued payment of MPD in Phase
III.
• Show up on time for all Court hearings
and appointments.
• Be employed or progressing towards
employment at all times during the
program.
• Pursue a GED if necessary/appropriate.
• Attend a financial literacy course.
• Attend parenting classes or other
programs as ordered by the Court.
Program
Progress
• NCP enters a guilty
plea with a minimum
18 month deferred
sentence.
• Movement through
the phases is based
on payments
received.
• Sanctions
• Final Review