Paying the Price
Helping out father-absent households isn’t cheap. In fact, it costs American taxpayers at least $100 billion each year, according to one conservative estimate.
This collection of seven briefs has one simple focus: sharing information and insights from 15 years of growth in the Responsible Fatherhood field. Each installment in the series, at two quick pages a piece, explains how far we’ve come — and what work we still have to do — to give America’s fathers and families the support they need to succeed.
Research links responsible fathering to a long list of positive outcomes. For instance: Children with involved fathers have a better chance of growing up in a higher-opportunity neighborhood while avoiding material hardship and homelessness. They are also less likely to participate in risky behaviors or cross paths with the juvenile justice system.