This article examines the relation between low-income fathers’ presence in their children’s lives and children’s early developmental outcomes. Children with resident or involved nonresident biological fathers showed higher levels of self-regulation and lower levels of aggression than...

To gain a better understanding of how low-income fathers of young children think about their role, researchers asked fathers of 24-month-old children what “good fatherhood†means to them. Fathers identified four broad responsibilities: (1) providing a stable environment, (2) teaching...

Mathematica collected data on child care settings used by program and control group families when children were 14, 24, and 36 months of age. Findings demonstrate the important role programs played: Early Head Start families were receiving not only more child care but substantially more...

Using data from a population survey of 261 Early Head Start programs and a father involvement demonstration of 21 programs, the authors examine the extent to which fathers participate in Early Head Start intervention programs for infants and toddlers. Fathers were present in the lives of a...

Reports impacts for subgroups of children and parents in this sequence: African American, White, Hispanic, low risk, moderate risk, and highest risk.

The research empirically defined three program approaches based on services provided: (1) a home-based approach, in which all families received the home-based option; (2) a center-based approach, in which all families received the center-based option; and (3) a mixed approach, in which families...

This brief highlights key findings on whether the coaching model and financial incentives implemented affect quality of services participating child care businesses provide.