H.O.P.E. Farm, Inc
"Gold is Gold, no matter where you find it. The children in this community are gold, they just need to be given a chance." -Mr. Gary Randle, Co-Founder and Executive Director, H.O.P.E. Farm
Statistics on fatherlessness according to the "Fort Worth Community Assesment" by The Community Foundation of North Texas
Out of the top 13 outstanding needs identified in Tarrant County, "Fatherlessness" was ranked number two.
FACTS: In 2000, 17% of the 371,565 families in Tarrant County had no father in the home. That means approximately 140,000 children in Tarrant County do not live with their father. In Tarrant County, 23% of femaleheaded households fall below the poverty line. Female-headed households are twice as likely as male-headed households to be in poverty and over five times as likely as married couple households. (Tarrant County Public Health, 2004)
CONSEQUENCES: Fatherless children are at greater risk of drug and alcohol abuse, mental illness, suicide, poor educational performance, teen pregnancy, and criminality. (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics, Survey on Child Health, Washington, DC, 1993) “The economic consequences of a [father's] absence are often accompanied by psychological consequences, which include higher-than-average levels of youth suicide, low intellectual and education performance, and higher-than-average rates.
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Children From fatherless homes account for:
- 63% of youth suicides (US Department of Health and Human Services)
- 90% of homeless and runaway children (US Department of Health and Human Services)
- 85% of all children that exhibit behavioral disorders (Center for Disease Control)
- 80% of the rapists motivated with displaced anger (Criminal Justice and Behavior)
- 70% of all Juveniles in state-operated institutions
- 75% of all adolescent patients in chemical abuse centers (Rainbows for All God's Children)
- 71% of all high school dropouts (National Principals Association Report on the State of High Schools)
- 85% of all youth sitting in Texas prisons (Texas Department of Criminal Justice)