Father's Day is Sunday, June 17th

Building Strong Family Connections is vital to reducing poverty

If we truly want cut poverty in half by 2020, building strong family connections—especially through providing more support for low-income fathers—must be part of the solution. Our nation’s public policies and programs have often left fathers out of the resources that have been made available to children.
By supporting low-income men and fathers in a more comprehensive way, we can reduce many of the challenges that cause families to fall apart and children to fall into poverty.

This June, Catholic Charities USA will leverage Father’s Day to reignite a national dialogue in our country about the importance fathers play in helping their children grow up in safe and supportive families. Creating strong family connections is critical in ultimately reducing poverty.

Within the Campaign to Reduce Poverty in America and this framework, we will:

• advocate for more effective public policies and strategies to help low-income fathers become more active and engaged in the lives of their children.
• engage local Catholic Charities and the communities they serve in joining in this dialogue as well as help them create, share, or improve their existing programs that support dads and families.
• create more awareness in the wider community on the importance of this issue and what they can do to support fathers in reducing poverty.