H1263 Summary

• Honors fathers and their positive impact on children's lives during Father's Day observance on June 15, 2014

• Acknowledges that 24 million children in the United States (one in three) grow up without a relationship with their father

• Recognizes the correlation between lack of paternal involvement and negative outcomes including child poverty, health issues, incarceration, crime, teen pregnancy, substance abuse, lower education levels, and obesity

• Supports organizations like Every Father Counts that advocate for fathers' involvement in children's lives and seek to address laws and policies affecting father-child relationships