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Peer reviewedNichols-Casebolt, Ann – Child Welfare, 1988
Discusses the claim that little has been done by health, social work, and educational professionals to speak up about the fact that children born out-of-wedlock lack the economic and psychological benefits that attach to the right to legal paternity. (RWB)
Descriptors: Childhood Needs, Children, Fatherless Family, Illegitimate Births
Download full textCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1983
This document presents the text of the Congressional hearings on nonpayment of child support, examining the link between nonpayment and child abuse, and focusing on possible remedies. The content of the proposed National Child Support Enforcement Act (H.R. 3354) is discussed. Written statements from 12 individuals are included, dealing with the…
Descriptors: Child Abuse, Child Neglect, Compliance (Legal), Divorce
PDF pending restorationCongress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Finance. – 1979
The purpose of Part D of Title IV of the Social Security Act is to enforce the support obligations owed by absent parents to their children, locate absent parents, establish paternity and obtain child support from parents. This Senate report provides an overview of the child support enforcement program and 23 tables of statistical data. Many of…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Fatherless Family, Federal Aid, Federal Legislation
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families. – 1984
Subsequent to a related hearing surveying the economics of family life, the Select Committee on Children, Youth, and Families of the House of Representatives met to hear statements addressing the topics of paternal absence and the role of fathers in society. The first panel presented an overview of paternal absence and father involvement.…
Descriptors: Blacks, Business Responsibility, Family Influence, Fatherless Family
Coudroglou, Aliki – 1986
Prepared at the request of Arizona Governor Bruce Babbit, this report documents the state of poverty among women in Arizona and recommends an action plan that will alleviate their poor economic status. Discussion focuses on three factors identified as influencing conditions of poverty experienced by women: changing family structure, the labor…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Divorce, Employment Problems, Family Problems
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. – 1996
This hearing transcript presents statements regarding programs that facilitate involvement of marginal or absentee fathers in the upbringing of their children. Opening or prepared statements, reiterating the increase in paternal abandonment and its attendant social costs, are presented for Indiana Senator Dan Coats, Chair of the Subcommittee on…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Child Rearing, Child Welfare, Childhood Needs
