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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, to increase their
child support payments, and 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 some
important insights into policies aimed at this key group.
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Funders
U.S. Department of Health and
Human Services, The Annie E. Casey Foundation,
U.S. Department of Labor, The Pew Charitable Trusts, Smith Richardson Foundation, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, Ford Foundation,
Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, The McKnight Foundation, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Northwest Area Foundation
The findings and conclusions presented in this report do not necessarily represent the official positions
or policies of the funders.
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