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The NRFC Library is a collection of materials to build a knowledge base around fathers, fatherhood, and operating a Responsible Fatherhood program. It also houses all resources created by the NRFC, including fact sheets, PSAs, and past webinars.

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Fatherhood Summit Session
Hearts of the Fathers: The Perspective of Program Participants

Participants had the chance to kick up their feet and feel a father’s heart beat in this session designed to inspire, challenge, and warm hearts. A “Dad Cave” format set the stage for an invigorating, insightful, and personal conversation with four ACF program fathers (and their kids) who shared…

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Applying Behavioral Science to Child Support: Building a Body of Evidence.

The federal government created the child support program in the 1970s to secure financial and medical support for children whose parents live separately. Today, the program collects $32 billion per year in child support payments and serves more than 16 million children and families. Still, about 35 percent of child support obligations go unpaid each month. Parents who do not pay often lack the ability to do so, due to unemployment, disability, incarceration, or other (sometimes multiple) barriers. These parents leave a significant amount of child support unpaid, and collecting that support…

Brief
Nudges for Child Support: Applying Behavioral Insights to Increase Collections.
This research snapshot from the Behavioral Interventions to Advance Self-Sufficiency (BIAS) project presents findings from the Cuyahoga tests, which demonstrate that low-cost, low-effort behavioral interventions can improve child support outcomes. However, interventions that are more intensive may be necessary to increase overall child support collection amounts, perhaps because some parents have a limited ability to pay. (Author abstract modified)

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