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Children who participate have:

• 30% higher graduation rates than their socioeconomic peers who did not have the program.
• 50% less likely of a need for Special Education services.
• Better performance on assessments and standardized tests than their peers without the program.
• Increased lifetime earning potential by up to 1 million dollars due to starting out on the pathway to success.

Children without present fathers:

• Are 4x more likely to live in poverty
• For girls, are 7x more likely to get pregnant as a teen
• Have more behavioral problems
• Have a 2x greater risk of infant mortality
• Are more likely to go to prison as adults
• Abuse drugs and alcohol at a higher rate
• Are 2x more likely to drop out of high school
• Suffer from obesity at 2x the average rate