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0171-Study of Georgia Fat

Study quality: Low

Low

Reason for the rating: This study received a low study quality rating because the intervention was always provided in combination with another factor and the effect of the intervention cannot be disentangled from the effect of that other factor.

Intervention: Georgia Fatherhood Program

Population and employment barriers:

Parenting (Noncustodial parents, Parents)

Services provided:

Job placement, Occupational or sectoral training

Setting: Tested in multiple settings

Study design

Design:

Quasi-experimental design

Study group formation:

The authors surveyed fathers participating in the Georgia Fatherhood Program before they began program orientation. The study team recruited nonparticipants—who were noncustodial parents required to pay child support—from child support enforcement offices or courthouses and offered them $10 to complete an initial survey. To collect post-test data, the authors contacted the participants and nonparticipants who had completed the initial survey, offering a $25 incentive for survey completion.

Time period of study:

Pre-intervention data were collected from August through December 1999 and post-intervention data were collected from January through June 2000.

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Sample characteristics

Sex

Male

100%

Participant race and ethnicity

Black or African American	85%
White, not Hispanic	12%
Hispanic or Latino of any race	1%
Unknown, not reported, or other	2%

The race and ethnicity categories may sum to more than 100 percent if the authors reported race and ethnicity separately; in these cases, we report the category White, rather than White, not Hispanic.

Family status

Parents	100%
Noncustodial parents	100%

Participant employment and public benefit status

Were employed	49%
Were unemployed	51%
Had low incomes	100%

Participant education

Had a high school diploma or GED	72%
Did not have a high school diploma or GED	28%

Specific employment barriers

Were involved with the justice system

64%

Intervention implementation

Implementing organization:

The Georgia Fatherhood Program

Intervention services:

Noncustodial parents who have a child support order or child support arrearage, lack high school educational credentials, are unemployed or underemployed, or are referred by their child support agent are eligible to participate in the Georgia Fatherhood Program. The program provides job placement and training in life skills and in occupations like truck driving and heating or air conditioning repair.

Mandatory services:

None.

Comparison services:

Members of the comparison group were noncustodial parents subject to a child support order. They received no employment training or job placement.

Study publications

Bloomer, Stacey R., and Theresa A. Sipe (2003). The impact of the Georgia Fatherhood Program on employment and wages, Journal of Social Service Research 29(4): 53-65. Available at https://www.fatherhood.gov/library-resource/impact-georgia-fatherhood-program-employment-and-wages.

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Study of Georgia Fatherhood Program