The current conference agreement of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 contains provisions reauthorizing the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Among the provisions is a program of grants to promote healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood. This publication examines the funding and its uses and requirements. The House is expected to vote on the Act on February 1, 2006. (Author abstract)
The California State PTA encourages fathers to be involved in their children's education and development. PTAs can promote father involvement at home and at school by educating parents about its importance, by encouraging fathers to be involved in PTA activities, and by sharing the ideas in this packet with the dads in their community to give them ideas on how to be involved. (Author abstract)
The California State PTA encourages fathers to be involved in their children's education and development. PTAs can promote father involvement at home and at school by educating parents about its importance, by encouraging fathers to be involved in PTA activities, and by sharing the ideas in this packet with the dads in their community to give them ideas on how to be involved. (Author abstract)
Over the last decade, there has been a growing awareness of the role that fathers can play to support children in their early years of development. Those administering early childhood education programs have begun to reach out to parents for the specific purpose of promoting father involvement and leadership. Head Start programs have been a national model for parent involvement in early education and development and are now a national leader in linking father involvement to early childhood development and education. The recommendations and ideas in this fact sheet have emerged from the Head…
Family Law Clinics are a valuable source of information for parents, especially non-custodial fathers, to learn about legal rights and options regarding child support, custody, parenting time, arrearages, and other areas of family law. This checklist offers tips for hosting a successful clinic in the community. (Author abstract modified)
The percentage of children under the age of 18 who live with two parents decreased steadily for several decades (from approximately 85% in 1970 to approximately 68% by the mid-1990s1). Beginning in the mid-1990s, this decrease leveled off and the proportion of U.S. children who live with two married parents has since remained at approximately 68 percent. Despite relatively little change over the last decade, the proportion of U.S. children who live in a single parent household has more than doubled since 1970, from approximately 12 percent to 28 percent. (Author abstract)
This resource provides fathers with concrete tips on how and what they can do to support their pregnant partners.
Data and sources of information on the effects of father absence on poverty, maternal and child health, incarceration, crime, teen pregnancy, child abuse, drug and alcohol abuse, education, and childhood obesity.
Research tells us that children with active dads receive benefits that kids without involved fathers don't get. This fact sheet informs dads how they can stay involved in their children's lives even though they may be divorced or separated from their spouse.
