09 Jan
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Partnering Head Start With: The Healthy Marriage/ Responsible Fatherhood Connection [PowerPoint Presentation]

This PowerPoint presentation provides information on the benefits of healthy marriages and father involvement for children and explains the goals of the federal Healthy Marriage initiative. It cites statistics that indicate 45% of children raised by divorced mothers and 69% raised by never-married mothers live in or near poverty. It discusses culturally competent strategies for […]

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The Alabama Department of Child Abuse Prevention – The Children’s Trust Fund 2007-2008 Evaluation Report

The Alabama Department of Child Abuse Prevention (DCAP) — The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) has a more than 25 year history as the only state agency explicitly focused on educating our communities about child abuse and neglect and providing prevention programs. DCAP is focused on supporting family-strengthening community programs and investing upfront in efforts to […]

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09 Jan
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Fathering After Violence: Working with Abusive Fathers in Supervised Visitation

This guide is intended to assist the grantees of the Safe Havens: Supervised Visitation and Safe Exchange Grant Program (Supervised Visitation Program or SVP) that want to enhance the safety and well-being of women and children by working more deliberately with abusive fathers who use the centers to visit their children. Although fathers are not […]

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09 Jan
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Adolescent Romantic Relationships as Precursors of Healthy Adult Marriages : A Review of Theory, Research, and Programs

This report evaluates current theory, research, and interventions addressing the role of adolescent romantic relationships in the development of healthy adult marriages. The analyses presented are intended to be of use to several different audiences, including program developers and those working directly with adolescents, policymakers developing polices to support healthy marriages, and researchers seeking to […]

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09 Jan
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Living Arrangements of Children in the United States Over Time

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 […]

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09 Jan
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Testimony of Vicki Turetsky, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Law and Social Policy before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and MeansU.S. House of Representatives

This testimony was given before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. On April 27, 1999, Turetsky testified on ways to encourage poor mothers and fathers to work together to support and raise their children, including full distribution of child support to families receiving TANF. 8 pages.

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09 Jan
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Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage : Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns

This report examines potential precursors of the changes in adult marriage patterns in recent decades. It draws on data from four large national surveys to examine the experiences and attitudes of teenagers to gain a better understanding of factors that influence their views of marriage and their relationship choices in adulthood. The report analyzes teenagers’ […]

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09 Jan
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Protectors or Perpetrators?: Fathers, Mothers, and Child Abuse and Neglect

This brief explores what role fathers play in perpetrating or protecting their children from child neglect and abuse. Studies indicate that fathers, especially married fathers who live with their children, play an important role in protecting their children from abuse and neglect, a fact that is often overlooked by researchers, policymakers, and the media. This […]

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09 Jan
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Family Matters : Family Structure and Child Outcomes

Research has consistently shown that family structure can facilitate or limit the ways in which parents are able to positively influence the future outcomes of their children. What is less understood is in what domains family structure matters and the magnitude of its effects over time. This paper presents existing evidence on the association between […]

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