RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD: PROMOTING THE BEST INTERESTS OF CHILDREN
CAPITOL HILL BRIEFING

Wednesday, June 12th 11 AM The Gold Room (2168 RHOB)
Washington, DC 21012

There is agreement that no single model of family structure yields healthy and supported children. However, there is evidence that demonstrates that family interdependence matters such that when one family member is affected by hardship (e.g., a father's joblessness), children and other family members are negatively affected.

Multiple approaches are needed to promote the best interests of children and to create opportunities for fathers to sustain their engagement and closeness with their children and families: among the most important, the elimination of government barriers to healthy relationships and healthy marriages, the promotion of cooperative parenting, the fostering of economic stability, and the provision of incentives to noncustodial parents to fulfill financial and emotional support.

Please join Members of Congress and community stakeholders as the Congressional Research Service reveal findings from a comparison of workforce programs proposed in Julia Carson Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2013 with the workforce programs proposed in the American Jobs Act. Followed by a panel discussion calling for the need of Transitional Jobs Program that combines subsidized employment with education and employment skills training and Career Pathways Program that also combines work with education and employment skills training vital to lower income and returning fathers.