Update on the Marriage and Fatherhood Provisions of the 2006 Federal Budget and the 2007 Budget Proposal


 

Publication Date: February 2006

Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy

Author(s): Paula Roberts

Research Area: Social conditions

Type: Brief

Coverage: United States

Abstract:

This brief describes the new Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood program authorized by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005. It also describes a proposed new matching-grant Family Formation and Healthy Marriage State Grants program contained in the PresidentÂ’s FY 2007 budget.