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BOCYF Projects
America's Fathers: Abiding and Emerging Roles in Family and Economic Support Policies (1994)
Publications: America's Fathers and Public Policy: Report of a Workshop (1994)
In September of 1993, the Board on Children and Families (now the Board on Children, Youth, and Families) convened a workshop, "America's Fathers: Abiding and Emerging Roles in Family and Economic Support Policies," to examine the role of American fathers and public policies that influence that role. Participants were drawn from the research community, government agencies, and service providers.
The main topics of discussion centered around child support, teenage fathers, fathers of disabled children, and inner-city poor fathers. The workshop had the following objectives:
- understanding of factors that facilitate or inhibit fathers' participation in programs designed to provide support for families
- integrate what is known about the effects of family and economic support policies on fathers' involvement, or lack thereof, with their children
- mismatches between the knowledge base and assumptions embedded in current and proposed public policies
- for research to better inform family and economic support policies.
A report, America's Fathers and Public Policy: Report of a Workshop, was published in 1994.
Major support for this activity was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.
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