What’s Trending: Should welfare programs pay more attention to dads?

Nadya Sabeva, Getty Images/iStockphoto

Nadya Sabeva, Getty Images/iStockphoto

Based on decades-old stereotypes that single mothers are raising children alone and single dads are “deadbeats,” the majority of U.S. anti-poverty programs almost exclusively serve women and children. Fathers bear the brunt.

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