U.S. social welfare policy could engage fathers more
By Hicbd
Mon May 3 2021 3:08 pm
"- Incredibly, we have even seen children go into the foster care system because no one bothered to even engage or locate the child's father.
- For example, in New York City Public Housing, a mother who accepts financial help from a father risks losing housing eligibility for her and her children
- First, we need to overcome ingrained and unexamined anti-father biases by training social-service workers about father engagement.
- Second, we need to reform our child support system. A recent nine-month investigative study in the Baltimore Sun demonstrates how a well-meaning system intended to help children and families can actually do the opposite.
- Finally, fathers are not getting the mental health support they need."
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