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Title: Children's year: a brief summary of work done and suggestions for follow-up work : ... U. S. Department of labor. Children's bureau
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: United States. Children's Bureau
Subjects: Children Children
Publisher: (Washington : Govt. print. off.)
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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tever for compelling the support of a child by itsnatural father. Where provision is made it is in many cases entirelyinadequate, for when the payments are not too low, the period ofsupport is too brief, extending sometimes only to the tenth or eleventhyear. Minnesota, through legislation passed in 1917, affords a greateramount of protection to children born out of wedlock than does anyother American State. In February, 1920, two regional conferences were held under theauspices of the Childrens Bureau to consider standards which shouldgovern legislation for the protection of children born out of wedlock.In these conferences representatives from almost half the Statesparticipated. While the conferences were not a direct outcome ofChildrens Year, they were suggested by the work of the Child-WelfareConferences. Resolutions were adopted by the regional conferences,and a committee has been appointed to prepare a single statement ofprinciples, based on the resolutions. 38 childrens yeak. CQ
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PROGS AM OF CHILDRENS YEAR FOIIOW-TJP. Throughout almost the entire country there is an obvious need ofthe continuance of certain activities which may be said to constitutea Childrens Year follow-up program. The following measures areimportant: 1. Better birth registration. The year has shown afresh the valueto the child of prompt public record of birth. Twenty-three Statesand the District of Columbia now keep records good enough to receivethe sanction of the Bureau of the Census, and, hence, to be includedin the birth-registration area. The States are California, Connecticut,Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michi-gan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, Ohio,Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Utah, Vermont,Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. Twenty-five States are not sorecognized. They are Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Dela-ware, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Mississippi,Missouri, Montana, Nebr

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