Consequently, a person coming into the program at a later stage will be unable, in
a substantial number of instances, to find additional investors because the recruiting of participants into the program at an earlier stage by others has exhausted the number of prospective participants.
However, recent practice suggests that if professionals systematically gather the young men's details by, for
instance, routinely asking the mothers for them early in the pregnancy, develop interagency working while making child outcomes the focus
of their work and mainstream engagement through the service (in this case, a teenage pregnancy service) while keeping good records and comprehensively assessing the young men's needs
substantial numbers of young fathers can be reached with interventions that make a real difference.