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The Associated Press State & Local Wire
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Associated Press.
June 17, 2000, Saturday, BC cycle
SECTION: State and Regional
LENGTH: 529 words
HEADLINE: Clinton's radio message, Cellucci's response, focus on fathers
BYLINE: By DEB RIECHMANN, Associated Press Writer
DATELINE: NEW YORK
BODY:
The one in three American children who live without their fathers should
not have to suffer financially or emotionally, President Clinton said Saturday
in releasing a report that offers ways to help fathers get more involved in
their child's schooling.
The report by the Education and Health and Human Services departments gives
teachers and those who care for youngsters information on the best ways to help
fathers have a strong role in their children's education. And it highlights
model programs and provides information on resources available.
Researchers report that a father's involvement during infancy and the early
years not only contributes to a child's emotional security, but helps them solve
math problems and develop verbal skills, Clinton said in his weekly radio
address, marking Father's Day on Sunday.
"One study showed that the chances of a child getting mostly A's increased by
over 40 percent in two-parent families where the father was highly involved,'
Clinton said. "Even in families where the father isn't living with his child,
but remains actively involved, those odds of getting A's increased by a full
third."
Massachusetts Gov. Paul Cellucci gave the weekly Republican radio address,
highlighting the importance of fathers in his generally non-partisan response.
"For many of us with families it is difficult to imagine there are fathers
out there who dismiss the opportunity to play a role in their children's lives,"
Cellucci said. "I have often said my proudest and most important title is not
governor - but DAD."
In Clinton's radio message, which he taped Friday in New York where he
visited two schools, the president noted that child support collections have
increased 10 percent during the past year, reaching a record of nearly $16
billion - double the $8 billion collected in 1992.
Clinton also used his address to criticize the House for passing a spending
bill last week that fails to include his $255 million fatherhood initiative. It
aims to help at least 40,000 low-income noncustodial parents - primarily fathers
- find work, meet support payments and re-establish relationships with their
children.
It would allow states to simplify child support and distribution rules, give
incentives to states that pass more child support payments directly to families
and help noncustodial parents move into jobs.
"The fact is, many fathers can't provide financial and emotional support to
their children, not because they're deadbeat, but because they're dead broke,"
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