The Impact of the Georgia Fatherhood Program on Employment and Wages

The purpose of this quantitative study is to examine the impact of a job-training program, the Georgia Fatherhood Program (GFP), on the employment levels and wages of low-income, noncustodial parents. A pretest/posttest design was created to compare GFP participants to a similar comparison group. Th...

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Published inJournal of social service research Vol. 29; no. 4; pp. 53 - 65
Main Authors Bloomer, Stacey R., Sipe, Theresa A.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published St. Louis, MO Taylor & Francis Group 01.01.2003
Haworth Press
Subjects
Absent fathers
Educational Programs
Employment
Fatherhood
Fathers
Georgia
Georgia (State)
Job Training
noncustodial parents
Professional training
Programmes
Social problems and social policy. Social work
Sociology
USA
Wages
United States Of America
Multivariate Analysis
Salary
Employment
Professional training
Imprisonment
Social Policy
Father
Statistics
Single Parent Family
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Summary:The purpose of this quantitative study is to examine the impact of a job-training program, the Georgia Fatherhood Program (GFP), on the employment levels and wages of low-income, noncustodial parents. A pretest/posttest design was created to compare GFP participants to a similar comparison group. The results of the research indicate that GFP participants experienced a significant increase in employment, and gained wages similar to the employed comparison group. However, repeated measures analysis revealed that previously employed GFP participants did not significantly increase their wages. The data suggest that the job-training program may be most beneficial to those individuals who are unemployedat the timeof enrollment. Recommendations for future research are presented.
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ISSN:0148-8376
1540-7314
DOI:10.1300/J079v29n04_03