Can you tell us about efforts involving divorced fathers and their willingness and ability to pay child support?
You are correct Mr. Chairman; the vast majority of our work deals with that portion of the population that is low income, low skilled, and never married. Young cohabiting couples produce one-third of all of Americas children. That is not one-third of all poor children, one-third of all minority children, or one-third of any sub grouping that you might name. It is a fact that one third of all American children are the progeny of couples that have never been married. In addition, about a quarter of all poor children are produced by couples who are either cohabiting or couples in which the father visits the child at least once per week. These visiting relationships tend to be an important part of the parenting/living arrangements of young African American families, while childbearing within cohabitation is more typical of white and Hispanic couples. The Partners for Fragile Families Demonstration was built on the lessons learned from 25 years of publicly and privately supported demonstrat
