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Thank you for considering giving a contribution to Family Comes First. We hope you find the information on our site is compelling as you consider how your current and future donations will help us to continue our important work of advancing the well-being of children by protecting Ohio families. With your generous donation, Family Comes First, can provide a wide range of programs for many of Ohio’s families; programs that promote healthy parental relationships, marriage, responsible fatherhood and our relationship-based approach to abstinence. Thank you so much for your generous support!

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Why should you donate

Did you know?

• Children in married-couple families were less likely to live in poverty than children living in female-householder families. In 2007, 9 percent of children in married-couple families were living in poverty, compared with 43 percent in female-householder families. *
• A child with a nonresident father is 54 percent more likely to be poorer than his or her father. **
• Poverty is especially prevalent among black, Latino, and American Indian children: 35% of black children live in poor families. In the 10 most populated states, rates of child poverty among black children range from 20% in New Jersey to 43% in Ohio. ***

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Again, thank you for your consideration and support.

Sources:

*America’s Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, 2009
**Sorenson, Elaine and Chava Zibman. “Getting to Know Poor Fathers Who Do Not Pay Child Support.” Social Service Review 75 (September 2001): 420-434.
***2005 National Center for Children in Poverty