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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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EITC Expansion Proposals: What’s at Stake for Young Workers.
Recognizing the importance of the EITC in lifting low-wage workers out of poverty, there has been strong bi-partisan support for expanding the credit to childless workers (including non-custodial parents) and younger workers. A number of proposals to expand the EITC would do just that. The EITC can…
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Theory Meets Practice: A Report on Six Small-Scale Two-Generation Service Projects.
This report details the experiences of six two-generation intervention projects in New York City supported by grants from the Foundation for Child Development. The two-generation projects help low-income families gain access to employment-related services for parents, and developmental services such as quality child care and health care for children. Although programs varied, all included voluntary services, used counseling, and had a moderate level of openness to parent input and decision making. Chapter 1 of the report describes recent changes in the welfare system and efforts to develop…
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Fragile Families, Father Involvement and Public Policy.
The increase in the number of children being born to unmarried parents present a number of social policy issues for strengthening the involvement of unwed fathers with their children. This working paper examines trends in out-of-wedlock childbearing, the influence of fathers in child development, and how social policies such as welfare, child support, and fathering programs affect unwed fathers and their family involvement. The authors discuss a number of studies that have found paternal involvement to be associated with better emotional, behavioral, and developmental outcomes in children, as…

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