However, lessons were learned from these early programmes and in 2004, the Texas Fragile Families
initiative reported an increase in child support orders / paternity establishment among its participants (with a «dose» effect — the longer the
young father was involved in the programme, the more likely he was to establish paternity / pay child support); and employment rates up from 50 % at the start of the programme to almost 70 % at six months and 80 % at one year (Romo et al, 2004).