The Atlantic: How Anti-Poverty Programs Marginalize Fathers
Author: Jessica Strong . Date: February 26, 2014CFFPP Director Jacquelyn Boggess describes how many welfare programs can perpetuate—rather than alleviate—families from poverty by often serving only women and children and excluding noncustodial fathers:
“It’s like seven people in bed together, sharing a very small blanket. If you move the blanket over to cover up one person who’s chilly, someone else is going to get cold.”
-Jacquelyn Boggess
(February 2014)