%0 Journal Article
%T Low
%A Cristina Gomez-Vidal
%A Emily Higgs
%A Michael J. Austin
%J Families in Society
%@ 1945-1350
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1044389418767826
%X The emerging literature on fatherhood is contributing to the reframing of public perceptions of low-income nonresident fathers by focusing on father presence rather than absence. Insights into how and when fathers contribute to their children beyond financial support provides for a strengths-based perspective to engage fathers in services provided for their children. A review of this literature includes practice implications related to the need for: (a) father engagement training for agency staff, (b) father-friendly programs and services, (c) child support policy reform, and (d) more research on the issue of fatherhood in the 21st century
%K fathers
%K low-income men
%K child support
%K nonresident fatherhood
%K father engagement
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1044389418767826