In this interview, we speak with Dr. Jessica Pearson and Dr. Rachel Wildfeuer. Jessica is the Director of the Center for Policy Research (CPR) and the creator and Co-Director of the Fatherhood Research & Practice Network (FRPN). The FRPN has published a report on father-related policy issues and draws on NPO's research on both of our report cards. Rachel Wildfeuer is a Research Analyst at CPR and wrote an article featured on the NPO's site on this report.

Policies and Programs Affecting Fathers: A State-by-State Report is a 12-chapter compilation of policies and programs that support the engagement of fathers with their children in all 50 states and the District of Columbia.

This groundbreaking FRPN report covers ten areas of public life: child support, child welfare, criminal justice, early childhood, education, employment, family law, food and housing, health and mental health, and responsible fatherhood. In each area, the authors present state-by-state information on the adoption of a variety of policies and programs that have the potential to support parent–child contact and/or remove barriers to parent–child contact that low-income, nonresident fathers face. The report creates a baseline against which future change might be assessed and a guide to supportive state policy options.

A full version of this report is available for download at:

https://www.frpn.org/fatherhood-policy

See Rachel Wildfeuer's NPO blog post at https://www.sharedparenting.org/sharedparentingnews/policies-and-programs-affecting-fathers

CPR website: https://centerforpolicyresearch.org/

CPR LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/center-for-policy-research

FRPN website: https://www.frpn.org/

FRPN Twitter: https://twitter.com/The_FRPN