Sheriff's office involved in community programs by default because there is no other agency which can. But he must divert funds from other programs to handle this. 19 million children are fatherless. Our socio-economic problems stem from fatherlessness, not from poverty. Poverty stems from fatherlessness.
Crime increases across the socio-economic strata.
Present GNP much lower than it would have been with strong 2-parent families. This risk to the future of our nation is much greater than the risk from the USSR could have ever been. Material needs and wants are not the problem - lack of interpersonal contact with fathers is the problem. Government must free up the family, schools, the economy, and churches to allow them to solve the problem - government cannot solve it alone. Allow education to play a larger role coupled with parental involvement.