A 2010 study of
children from military families during the War on Terror found «wartime parental deployments can be one of the most stressful events of a child's life.»
Not exact matches
According to North Carolina
child custody laws, if a
military parent has sole or joint custody of a
child and receives deployment papers that involve moving a substantial distance
from the parent's home, a North Carolina
family court will issue a temporary custody order of the
child during the parent's absence, which shall end no later than 10 days following the parent's return.
Children assigned to underperforming schools,
from active - duty
military families, or in foster care received approximately $ 2,800 per year (90 % of the state per - pupil base - level allocation of roughly $ 3,100)
during the 2011 - 12 school year.
As part of the federal welfare reform of 1996, Congress recognized the need to promote responsible fatherhood as a way to support
child wellbeing.2
During the 106th Congress (1999 - 2000), Congress provided funding to the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), a non-profit organization that works with government agencies, the
military, corrections departments, and community organizations to create fatherhood programs.3 Concurrently, Congress also provided funding to evaluate the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and
Family Revitalization's fatherhood program, signaling the federal government's commitment to researching and assessing the impact of responsible fatherhood programs.4 Although Presidents Clinton, Bush, and Obama included funding for responsible fatherhood programs in each of their budgets, it was not until the 109th Congress of 2005 - 2006 that the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood (HMPRF) grants program was created and funded under the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 beginning in FY2006 and continuing through FY2010.5 The program was subsequently reauthorized under the Claims Resolution Act of 2010.6 The HMPRF programs support healthy marriage, responsible parenting, and economic stability activities, and are funded through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration of
Children and
Families» (ACF) Office of
Family Assistance (OFA).7 The HMPRF programs have continued to receive funds through FY2016.8 Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education grantees, the New Pathways for Fathers and
Families grantees, and Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility (ReFORM) grantees are currently funded
from FY2015 through FY2020.9
According to North Carolina
child custody laws, if a
military parent has sole or joint custody of a
child and receives deployment papers that involve moving a substantial distance
from the parent's home, a North Carolina
family court will issue a temporary custody order of the
child during the parent's absence, which shall end no later than 10 days following the parent's return.