Policy Strategy Option One: Focus on Improving the Connection of Low-income Men to the Paid Labor Force
In both public and private efforts to combat poverty, one often overlooked population is low-income men. To some extent this is understandable because men, on average, earn more than women and are less likely to be poor. But there are subgroups of men who are so disconnected from the economic mainstream that when left unaddressed engage in behaviors that place costs on society, such as crime, or contribute to the poverty of others, such as the failure to fulfill child support obligations.