Word: supporter
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Before the establishment of this act, child support offices had little reason to establish paternity for children in poor urban areas, said Ronald B. Mincy '74 a senior program officer with the Ford Foundation, which is supporting study of the issue...
...lowest rates of out-of-wedlock births and divorce in the country, 14,000 children see their parents separate, and 20,000 children are born out of wedlock in an average year in the state, according to panelist Marilyn Ray Smith, a legal counsel for the state's Child Support Enforcement Division...
Among the many provisions of the act was a provision requiring state child support offices to establish paternity in the birth of out-of-wedlock children receiving welfare. States must make progress towards establishing the father in 90 percent of these children, or else lose massive amounts of federal welfare money paid out in block grants...
Boardman says it is important to be certain that the University has the support before embarking on a major fundraising effort...
Schnur further emphasized Gore's faith in family and community. To support them, Schnur said, Gore wants to increase expenditures on childcare and preschool, which he said will help lower income communities...