T o develop and provide broad and comprehensive programs of group activities and recreational activities in which participation by single parents and their children will be a satisfying experience through companionable association with other parents, and to provide the children with a sense of shared experience. T o encourage and develop the interchange among members of experience and knowledge relating to their special problems and to make the benefit of that experience available at all times to any parent in need of guidance, the welfare of the children being the primary consideration. T o establish advisory services for assistance and guidance to single parents and their children. T o establish such Chapters or other units as may be necessary to serve most effectively the welfare of single parents and their children, in those communities or areas where there is a need. T o cooperate with other institutions and organizations on matters of mutual interest.
T o provide single parents with a sense of belonging in a two-parent society.