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Project Description

The Bootstrap project was developed as a supplement to the existing Texas Fragile Families Initiative (TFF), a program that helped organizations around the state increase their capacity to serve young, low-income fathers.

Bootstrap provided enhanced services to fathers so they could develop the necessary resources to become responsible parents who met the needs of their children. Specifically, it aimed to enhance the ability of low-income fathers to pay child support by providing them with a cash stipend to participate in job skills training. The program began in July 2000 and ended in May 2003.

Project duration: Jan 2002 -

Sites studied include Four of the eleven Texas Fragile Families Initiative sites were selected to participate in the Bootstrap program:

Austin,
Houston-Baylor,
Laredo, and
San Angelo,
Texas

Sample Characteristics and Sites Studied

Texas Fragile Families fathers who met the following requirements:
1. 17-25 years old
2. Not married to child’s mother
3. Unemployed or underemployed
4. In the process of establishing a child support order
5. U.S. citizen

Acceptable conditions:
� Cohabitating
� Married with a child from a previous relationship

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