Name Wade Horn | Role Psychologist | |
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Education Southern Illinois University Carbondale Books The Fatherhood Movemen, Better Homes and Gardens, The new father book, Attention Deficit Hyperacti, Father facts | ||
Wade F. Horn is an American psychologist who received unanimous confirmation (under President George W. Bush) in 2001 as the Assistant Secretary for Children and Families. Before his resignation on April 1, 2007, he oversaw the function of the Administration For Children and Families, an agency within the United States Department of Health and Human Services. He served under President George H. W. Bush as Commissioner of Children, Youth, and Families within the Administration For Children and Families.
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Horn is an advocate for the re-envisioning and revising of the Federal Head Start program. Horn served as president of the National Fatherhood Initiative.
He received his Ph.D. in 1981 from Southern Illinois University. He served as an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State University and was an affiliate scholar at the right-wing think tank, The Hudson Institute.
Tenure
Horn has been a supporter and participant in the Coalition for Marriage, Family, and Couples Education, an educational organization concerning family life.
Criticism
Horn has been criticized by Planned Parenthood and other sexual health education organizations for his advocacy of abstinence programs. During his term with HHS, he oversaw increases in funding for both abstinence education and relationship education. Under Horn's administration, these programs are believed to have contained misrepresentations regarding contraceptives, HIV and pregnancy.