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For the past two decades, the nation's efforts
to reform the welfare system and the child support system
have often proceeded on separate tracks. However, there has
been a growing realization that neither has very explicitly
considered how to work with the group of men who bridge them
both: low-income noncustodial fathers whose children receive
welfare. The Parents' Fair Share (PFS) Demonstration, run
from 1994 to 1996, was aimed at increasing the ability of
these fathers to attain well-paying jobs, increase their child
support payments to increase their involvement in parenting
in other ways. These reports one examining the effectiveness
of the PFS approach at increasing fathers' financial and nonfinancial
involvement with their children and the other examining the
effectiveness of the PFS approach at increasing fathers' employment
and earnings provide important insights into policies
aimed at this key group.
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