America's Fathers and Public Policy Report of a Workshop (1994) / Chapter Skim
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A few state CSE offices work directly with teenage fathers. In Tennessee, for example, the Responsible Teen Parent Program refers teenage parents in need of employment to Job Training Partnership Act opportunities; however, success is reported to be minimal (Pirog-Good, 1992~.
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, Although 97 percent of the young men said the program had influenced them to provide financial support for their children, no data was given on how many actually followed through; 70 percent of the former clients reported providing financial support for three or more people in 1991. Ninety-six percent of the young fathers reported improved relations with their children's mothers as a result of the program.
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Young Unwed Fathers Project During 1992 and 1993, Public/Private Ventures, Inc., ran a pilot program in six cities-Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Petersburg, Racine, Fresno, and Annapolis-offering young unwed fathers job training through programs funded by the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
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There was also discussion of state-level policy of child custody following divorce. As welfare costs increase and governments look for ways to cut spending, observers expect continuing policy emphasis on establishing paternity and child support enforcement programs.
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PUBLIC POLICY 35 more flexibility to allow nonmonetary supplements to financial support, on the other. Programs such as Parents' Fair Share that provide job training, peer group counseling, mediation, and on-going support after employment may help increase poor fathers' ability and desire to provide support for their children.
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Indeed, beyond child support enforcement, 36
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Research that examines the influence of the timing of fatherhood in the trajectory of men's lives and in the context of other roles that men fulfill was suggested by the workshop participants as a very worthwhile direction for future study, as suggested by some early work along these lines. Preliminary evidence from longitudinal research suggests that high levels of engagement in fathering benefits not only children, but also affects fathers' later roles (Snarey, 1993~.
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As a consequence, virtually nothing is known about fathers' relationships with disabled children. How do fathers view their role in the care of a disabled child?
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The need for much more systematic evaluation research on policies pertaining to divorce, child support, and custodial arrangements was also discussed. What practices, for example, promote the effective establish
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The workshop participants were also interested in seeing more research on the use of mediation and its ramifications for postdivorce relations among mothers, fathers, and their children. A general observation concerned the focus of public policy on men's economic contributions to their families, rather than assessments of fathers' behavior towards their children in evaluations of policies governing paternity establishment, custodial arrangements, and child support enforcement.
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Bloom, D., and K Sherwood 1994 The Parents' Fair Share Demonstration: Report on the Pilot Phase.
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1993b The Child Support Enforcement Program: A Fact Sheet by C Solomon.
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D Sandefur 1992 The Effects of Alternative Child Support Systems on Blacks, Hispanics, and Non Hispanic Whites.
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Child Development 48:167-181.
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H Mnookin 1993 Enforcing divorce settlements: Evidence from child support compliance and award modifications.
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H Good 1993 Child support enforcement for teenage fathers: Problems and Prospects.
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services 1993 Child Support Enforcement: 1 6th Annual Report to Congress.
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APPENDIX Workshop Agenda America's Fathers: Abiding and Emerging Roles, in Family and Econmic Support Policies National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue, NW Washington, DC September 26-28, 1993 September 26 5:30-6:00p 6:00-7:00p 7:00-7: 15p 7: 15-7:45p 7:45-8:00p 8:00-8:30p 8:30-9:00p Reception Dinner Welcome, Introductions, Opening Remarks Donald Wertlieb Fathers' Engagement in Family and Economic Support Programs: Opportunities and Challenges Thomas Downey Question and Answer Session Historical Changes in the Role of Fathers in the U.S. Tamara Hareven Question and Answer Session / Discussion 49
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James Gallagher, Martha Krauss, Ann Turnbull 3:00-3 :1 Sp Break 3:15-4:45p Fathers' Roles in Economic Support Programs: Divorce, Child Support, and Welfare Reform Panel presentations (60 min) followed by discussion (30 min)
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APPENDIX September 28 8: 15-9:OOa Continental Breakfast 9:00-10:30a Fathers' Roles in Teenage Parenting Program Panel presentations (60 mint followed by discussion (30 mint Elijah Anderson, Charles Ballard, Darryl Ward 10:30a-noon Synthesis discussion: What do we know about factors that facilitate vs. hinder fathers' involvement in family and economic support programs?
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