Typically,
marriage promotion programs would provide information about the long - term value of marriage to at - risk high school students.
Such policies benefit all families and are likely to be more effective than
marriage promotion in reducing poverty and improving the lives of the growing number of single mothers and their children.
If the goal
of marriage promotion efforts was truly to lower poverty rates and improve the well - being of unmarried parents and their children, then it is time to take a different approach toward this goal.
Marriage itself seems to be largely beyond the reach of public policy,
with marriage promotion schemes showing little promise, as Ron Haskins outlined in an essay in National Affairs.
Marriage itself seems to be largely beyond the reach of public policy, with
marriage promotion schemes showing little promise, as Ron Haskins outlined in an essay in National Affairs.
It begins by discussing the impact of federal public policy on fatherhood programs and the inclusion
of marriage promotion in social welfare policy.
The 1996 welfare reform legislation and its subsequent reauthorization institutionalized this focus on marriage by allowing states to spend welfare funds on a range of
marriage promotion efforts.
While the report acknowledges that
marriage promotion efforts haven't worked, marriage does seem to offer some -LSB-...]
Some states have
marriage promotion programs, such as Louisiana, where couples voluntarily renounce their access to no - fault divorce.
While the report acknowledges that
marriage promotion efforts haven't worked, marriage does seem to offer some -LSB-...]
Williams identifies a government policy that does not work:
marriage promotion.
``, examines the conventional wisdom on single mothers and
marriage promotion (get»em married to solve poverty!)
The hope of
the marriage promotion campaign was that marriages in low - income communities could be made more stable and beneficial through skills training and support.
A shortage of «marriageable men» is not a major obstacle to
marriage promotion.
Some states have
marriage promotion programs, such as Louisiana, where couples voluntarily renounce their access to no - fault divorce.
Critics and supporters of government - sponsored marriage education continue to debate the solution to helping poor families: marriage education — and
marriage promotion — or economic assistance.