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Supporting Fatherhood: Key to Child Development and Family Well-being

This House Resolution emphasizes that active fatherhood is essential for children's development, educational success, and improved future. It highlights the need to support fatherhood through programs and policies that help fathers become more involved in family life, potentially reducing social problems and improving the economic situation of many families.
Key points
Affirms the importance of fatherhood for children's development and future success.
Supports programs for fathers, including those leaving incarceration, to help them return to their families.
Suggests reviewing welfare and tax policies to better support two-parent households.
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Introduced
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Additional Information
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that fatherhood is essential to the development of all children, and that the increased involvement of fathers in the home will lead to economic prosperity, educational excellence, and improved social mobility for children across all racial and ethnic groups.
Print number: HRES 487
Sponsor: Rep. Owens, Burgess [R-UT-4]
Process start date: 2025-06-06