| As of May 2006 most links were deactivated because so many no longer worked. |
There are many places that communities and fathers can turn to, to get information and help for meeting individual needs and for program development and improvement. Some of the information that fatherhood programs need is specific to designing and developing a fatherhood program. There is other information that both fathers and programs need to know, information about what resources, programs and help might be available for an individual father who has a specific need, for example how to apply for food stamps or where to find information about improving parenting skills. This chapter is a resource directory of Federal, State, and community-level information sources. It contains information and sources provided from the six Federal agencies and from their published documents, including Federal agency websites. Information was also obtained from mentioned organizations' websites and from published brochures and reports produced by those organizations. This chapter also relied in part on information in publically available resource documents on responsible fatherhood efforts. Several of these resources, the National Conference of State Legislatures recent publication, Connecting Low-Income Fathers and Families: A Guide to Practical Politics, the Grantmakers for Children, Youth and Family's publication Insight on Fathers and Families, Vol 3, issue 1, and the Social Action Policy Network publication, Restoring Fathers to Families and Communities were especially helpful in identifying initiatives and resources funded by the private sector and by states and communities. Information on how to obtain these documents is provided in this chapter as well.
Federal agency information sources and resources are provided in the first section. This section contains the website addresses which provide important information about applying for Federal funds. In the second section is information about some of the public and private state-wide fatherhood activities, listed by State. The third section provides a list of organizations that have recently done research and policy work on fatherhood. Lastly, in the fourth section are listed organizations that are advocacy, training, technical assistance, and program development resources for states and communities who want to improve their responsible fatherhood efforts. These sections may also be of assistance to individual fathers who want information about hoe to be a better father or who want to know where they can go for help for a particular problem.
One additional note about the information in this chapter. This information is provided for the readers convenience. With the exception of the Federal agency information, the examples, contact information, and web sites contained in this chapter were provided, created, or maintained by other public and private organizations. The Departments of Agriculture, Education, Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, Labor, and Justice do not control or guarantee the accuracy, relevance, timeliness, or completeness of this outside information. It is also important to recognize that the inclusion of information or addresses or web sites for a particular program or organization does not reflect its importance, nor is it intended to endorse any views expressed or products or services offered.
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA)
www.cfda.gov or aspe.hhs.gov/cfda
The CFDA is a government-wide compendium of Federal programs, projects, services, and activities which provide assistance or benefits to the American public. It contains financial and nonfinancial assistance programs administered by departments and establishments of the Federal government. The CFDA provides information on all Federal assistance programs and how to apply for assistance.
Commerce Business Daily (CBDNet)
cbdnet.gpo.gov
CBDNet is the Government's official FREE electronic version of the Commerce Business Daily (CBD). CBDNet lists Federal procurement information for doing business with the Government.
Notices appearing in CBDNet are required to also be printed in the hard copy version of the Commerce Business Daily.
Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
www.childstats.gov
The Forum, a collaborative effort of 20 Federal agencies, fosters coordination and collaboration in the collection and reporting of Federal statistics on children and families. The Forum website offers easy access to Federal and State statistics and reports on children and their families, including: population and family characteristics, economic security, health, behavior and social environment, and education. Reports of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics include America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being, the annual Federal monitoring report on the status of the Nation's children, and Nurturing Fatherhood.
Federal Register
www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html
The Federal Register, in the section called Notices contains information on funding available through grants from Federal agencies. Other information published in the Federal register includes rules or proposed rules that are applicable to the public Federal, presidential documents, and notices of hearings and investigations, committee meetings, agency decisions and rulings, delegations of authority, issuances or revocation of licenses, availability of environmental impact statements, filing of petitions and applications, and agency statements of organization and functions.
FirstGov
www.firstgov.gov.
FirstGov is a government website that provides the public with easy, one-stop access to all online U.S. Federal Government resources. FirstGov allows users to browse a wealth of information, everything from researching at the Library of Congress to tracking a NASA mission. It also enables users to conduct important business online, such as applying for student loans, tracking Social Security benefits, comparing Medicare options and even administering government grants and contracts.
Government Printing Office
www.access.gpo.gov
The GPO is the focal point for printing, binding, and information dissemination for the entire Federal community. In addition to Congress, approximately 130 Federal departments and agencies rely on GPO's services. Congressional documents, Federal regulations and reports, IRS tax forms, and U.S. passports — all are produced by or through GPO. GPO provides Government information through a wide range of formats, including printing, microfiche, CD-ROM, and online technology through GPO Access (http://www.access.gpo.gov.)
Workers.gov
www.workers.gov
Workers.gov gives workers direct and easy one-stop access to government information and services in nine core categories: jobs, learning, family & health, transportation & housing, money management, rights & protections, disabilities resources, citizenship, recreation & travel.
USDA website: www.usda.gov
FNS ONLINE
www.fns.usda.gov/cga/default.htm
FNS ONLINE is the public information section of the FNS website. Through the website the Office of Communications and Governmental Affairs provides a variety of services to its customers. Included on the website are: press releases, program fact sheets, publications, speeches, program data, contacts, regions, and organizational charts. Listed below are FNS internet pages that will provide important information about food stamps and other food security issues for fathers and program providers
Food Stamps: State hotline phone numbers
www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/menu/apps/apps.htm
Food Stamps: Informational pamphlets
www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/MENU/NEW/info.htm
Food Stamp: Eligibility
www.fns.usda.gov/fsp/MENU/APPS/ELIGIBILITY/ELIG.HTM
National School Lunch Program and Child Care Nutrition Programs
www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/
National School Lunch Program:application information
www.fns.usda.gov/cnd/Translations/Default.htm
Special Supplementary Programs for WIC and the WIC Farmer Markets
www.fns.usda.gov/wic/
Other Nutrition Programs:
Frequently Asked Questions about eligiblity for: Commodity Programs, Nutrition Program for the Elderly, The Emergency Food Assistance Program, and Food Distribution Program for the Elderly.
www.fns.usda.gov/fdd/MENU/ABOUTFDP/aboutfd.htm
USDA Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service
www.reeusda.gov
The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES) is a research and education network that links the research and education programs of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and works with land-grant institutions in each State, territory and the District of Columbia. In addition to linking agricultural, forestry and veterinary schools and institutions, its network includes the historically black land-grant institutions, schools and colleges of human sciences, Native American land-grant institutions, and Hispanic-serving institutions. Included among its programs are one which foster rural, economic and social development; families, 4-H, and nutrition partnerships; science and education resources development; and communications, technology, and distance education. Listed below are CSREES sponsored internet sites that provide important information about parenting and other family issues for fathers and program providers
Children and Youth and Families Education and Research Network
www.cyfernet.org
CSREES Health Site
www.nnh.org
CSREES Child Care Site
www.nncc.org
Extension Service/Kansas State University Parenting website
www.ksu.edu/wwparent/begin.html
CSREES Offices
www.reeusda.gov/1700/statepartners/usa.htm
ED website: www.ed.gov
The Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC)
National Library of Education (NLE)
ERIC website: www.accesseric.org
NLE website: www.ed.gov/NLE/index.html
ERIC is a federally funded, nationwide information system designed to provide anyone with educational needs a ready access to education literature. Located within the NLE, ERIC is the largest education database in the world and contains over 1,000,000 bibliographic records, of journal articles, research documents, curriculum and teaching guides, conference papers and books. Although there is no specifically designated funding for Responsible Fatherhood activities, ERIC does contain in its database many references to information resources about Fatherhood. Its16 Clearinghouses cover the whole field of education. Each Clearinghouse collects, abstracts, and indexes educational materials for the ERIC database, responds to requests for information in its subject area, and produces special publications on current research, programs, and practices. Listed below are two of the most relevent ERIC contacts for fatherhood.
The National Parent Information Network (NPIN)
http://npin.org
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Elementary and Early Childhood Education
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Children Research Center
51 Gerty Drive
Champaign, IL 61820-7469
Toll Phone: 800-583-4135
Phone: 217-333-1386
TTY/TDD: 800-583-4135
Fax: 217-333-1386
E-mail: ericeece@uiuc.edu
Website: http://ericeece.org
The following list contains some ERIC URL's for specific information about Fatherhood.
What about Fathers?
http://npin.org/library/1997/n00202/n00202.html
The Changing Roles of Fathers
http://npin.org/pnews/1998/pnew698/pnew698c.html
Students Do Better When Their Fathers are involved at School
http://npin.org/library/1998/n00066/n00066.html
A Father's Challenge: Reaching Your Daughter at School
http://npin.org/library/pre1998/n00407/n00407.html
Family Support and ....Father Involvement
http://npin.org/library/pre1998/n00288/n00288.html
New Roles for Dads: Fathers as Role Models and Mentors
http://npin.org/library/pre1998/n00425/n00425.html
Education Publications Center (ED Pubs)
Phone: 1-877-4-ED-PUBS (1-877-433-7827) (se habla español).
Phone: 1-877-576-7734 (TTY)
www.ed.gov/pubs/edpubs.html
ED Pubs is the Department of Education's one-stop center for access to information products, including publications, videos, brochures, posters, and other mailings.
National Center for Educational Statistics
www.nces.ed.gov
NCES is the primary Federal entity for collecting and analyzing data that are related to education in the United States and other nations. NCES provides information on educational statistics, educational surveys and other data collection, publications (electronic catalog), college search information and more. NCES has published several research reports on the effects of fathers' involvement on children's educational attainment.
Partnership for Family Involvement in Education
Phone: 1-800-USA-LEARN (1-800-872-5327, se )
Phone: 1-800-437-0833 (TTY)
http://pfie.ed.gov
The Partnership for Family Involvement in Education includes more than 7,000 family, school, community, employer, and faith-based organizations that are working to increase opportunities for families to be more involved in their children's learning at school and at home. Partner organizations collaborate at the local level to strengthen schools and improve student achievement levels. Through the telephone resource center and website, information is made available to parents and others about education issues, how to get involved in education at the community level, and special initiative. Information is also available on publications, videos and newsletters.
HHS website: www.hhs.gov
HHS Fatherhood Initiative Website
http://fatherhood.hhs.gov
HHS' Fatherhood Initiative provides program information, tools, research reports, program evaluations, and other fatherhood resources. HHS is promoting responsible fatherhood by improving work opportunities for low-income fathers, increasing child support collections, enhancing parenting skills, supporting access and visitation by non-custodial parents, reducing domestic violence, and involving boys and young men in preventing teenage pregnancy and early parenthood.
Head Start Publications Management Center
Phone: 703-683-5767
Fax: 703-683-5769
www.hskids-tmsc.org
Head Start Publications Management Center, a service of the Head Start Bureau, supports the Head Start community and other organizations working in the interest of children and families by providing information products and services, conference and meeting support, publication distribution, and marketing and outreach efforts.
National Child Care Information Center
Phone: 800-616-2242 or 800-516-2242 (TTY)
Fax: 800-716-2242
http://nccic.org
National Child Care Information Center, established by the Child Care Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, complements, enhances and promotes child care linkages and serves as a mechanism for supporting quality, comprehensive services for children and families.
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information
Phone: 301-468-2600 or 1-800-487-4890
Spanish: 1-877-POR-VIDA or 1-877-767-8432
www.health.org
The National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information, a service of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, includes numerous substance abuse prevention and treatment resources in English and Spanish, including the Hablemos en Confianza kit (available: www.health.org/hisp99/index.htm) with an Intergenerational Communication Book, Community Action Guide, Children's Activity Book, posters, stories, and other materials to help professionals and families prevent substance abuse. The Clearinghouse also links to the HHS project Parenting IS Prevention, an initiative to raise awareness, train and engage parents at every level about the importance of building a close and positive relationship with their children. Built around the theme that mothers and fathers can and do make a difference, Parenting IS Prevention (PIP) is an integral part of the HHS substance abuse prevention agenda.
National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth
phone: 301-608-8098 (tel./TTY)
www.ncfy.com
Cynthia Diehm, Director
The National Clearinghouse on Families & Youth is the central resource on youth and family policy and practice at the Family and Youth Services Bureau, a bureau within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
National Institutes of Health
Phone: 301-496-5133
www.nichd.nih.gov
Dr. Duane Alexander, Director
The National Institute of Child Health and Human Development administers a multidisciplinary program of research, research training, and public information, nationally and within its own facilities, on reproductive biology and population issues, prenatal development, medical rehabilitation, and maternal, child, and family health.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Fatherhood in the Twenty-First Century" in Child Development, Vol. 71: 127-136.
"Factors Associated With Fathers' Caregiving Activities and Sensitivity
With Young Children," Journal of Family Psychology, Vol. 14, No. 2.
"Nurturing Fatherhood: Improving Data on Research on Male Fertility, Family Formation, and Fatherhood.", Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
Office of Child Support Enforcement National Reference Center
Phone: 202-401-9383
Fax: 202-401-5999
www.acf.dhhs.gov/programs/cse/
contact: Rayetta Byrd
The National Reference Center is the repository for OCSE publications and is the place to call to obtain copies of OCSE materials, including annual reports, research reports, best practices, videos, and Child Support Reports, the OCSE newsletter that regularly contains articles about fatherhood.
Office of Minority Health Resource Center
Phone: 800-444-MHRC (800-444-6472) or 301-589-0951 (TDD)
Fax: 301-589-0884
www.omhrc.gov/OMHRC/index.htm
The Office of Minority Health Resource Center (OMH-RC) serves as a national resource and referral service on minority health issues. Information resources on minority health include databases (funding, media, research, data, and listings of volunteer resource persons) as well as scientific reports, journals, and documents. OMH-RC also offers customized database searches, publications, mailing lists, referrals, and more regarding American Indian and Alaska Native, African American, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Hispanic populations.
State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid
Health Care Financing Administration
Phone: 1-877-KIDS-NOW (1-877-543-7669)
www.insurekidsnow.gov
The State Children's Health Insurance Program (S-CHIP) enables states to insure children from
working families with incomes too high to qualify for Medicaid but too low to afford private health insurance through separate State programs, Medicaid expansions, or a combination of both. All 50 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories have implemented S-CHIP. Effective outreach strategies, school-based enrollment materials, and other tools are available to help enroll children in free or low-cost health insurance through S-CHIP and Medicaid.
HUD website: www.hud.gov
HUDUSER
www.huduser.org
HUD USER makes available printed copies of recently published HUD material. Primarily sponsored by HUD's Office of Policy Development and Research, these reports, executive summaries, case studies, and guidebooks span the fields of housing and urban development. HUD USER provides electronic copies of this material available for easy downloading, while also providing access to the HUD USER Web Store, for online ordering. Areas covered include: affordable housing, community and economic development, poverty, public and assisted housing, and policy and legislation.
Public & Indian Housing Information Center
www.HUD.gov/pih/systems/pic/pichome.html
The Public and Indian Housing Information Center provides information on public and Indian housing activities. It is a technical support center for housing authorities but this site also provides information on how to locate local HUD office and local housing authorities. The specific URL for the local housing authority profiles is: www.HUD.gov/pih/systems/pic/haprofiles/index.html.
DOJ website: www.usdoj.gov
Bureau of Justice Statistics
Jan M. Chaiken, Director
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/
The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), a component of the Office of Justice Programs is a source for criminal justice statistics. BJS collects, analyzes, publishes, and disseminates information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. These data are used by Federal, State, and local policymakers in combating crime and ensuring that justice is both efficient and evenhanded. In addition to BJS publications, this website contains information on statistical programs, grant programs, dissemination programs, job opportunities and visiting fellows program. Recently BJS published a special report: "Incarcerted Parents and Their Children," August 2000, NCJ, 182335. This report presents data from the 1997 Surveys of Inmates in State and Federal Correctional Facilities concerning inmates with minor children. The report can be found at: www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/iptc.htm
Juvenile Justice Clearinghouse (JJC)
Phone: 800-638-8736
Fax: 301-519-5212
e-mail: puborder@ncjrs.org
www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) has developed many publications which focus on parenting in general, but are also applicable to issues specific to fathers. Examples of some of these publications include:
National Criminal Justice Reference Center (NCJRC)
www.ncjrs.org
NCJRC is a federally sponsored information clearinghouse for people around the country and the world involved with research, policy, and practice related to criminal and juvenile justice and drug control. The NCJRC provides information on publications and activities throughout the Department of Justice. Areas covered include corrections, courts, drugs and crime, international issues, juvenile justice, law enforcement, victims of crime, and statistics. Also included on this website is information on grants and funding opportunities through DOJ programs, a calendar of events and how to order publications.
National Institute of Correction Information Center (NICIC)
Phone: 303-682-0213
email: asknicic@nicic.org
www.nicic.org
The NIC Information Center provides research assistance and document delivery for correctional policy makers, practitioners, elected officials, and others interested in corrections issues. All services are provided at no charge. Personal research assistance is provided by Corrections Specialists with field experience. Areas covered by the NICIC include: NIC publications database, jails publications, prisons publications, community corrections publications, general interest publications, and other materials.
Parenting Resources for the 21st Century
www.parentingresources.ncjrs.org
Parenting Resources for the 21st Century links parents and other adults responsible for the care of a child with information on issues covering the full spectrum of parenting. This site, federally sponsored through the Coordinating Council on Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, strives to help families meet the formidable challenges of raising a child today by addressing topics that include school violence, child development, home schooling, organized sports, child abuse, and the juvenile justice system.
DOL website: www.dol.gov
Bureau of Labor Statistics
www.bls.gov
The Bureau of Labor Statistics is the principal fact-finding agency for the Federal Government in the broad field of labor economics and statistics. The BLS produces data relevant to understanding the social and economic conditions of workers, workplaces, and workers' families. Publications, news releases, and data on such subjects as employment and unemployment, job turnover and layoffs, prices, living conditions, compensation, working conditions, productivity and technology are available.
Workforce Investment Act Information
www.usworkforce.org.
USWORKFORCE.ORG provides answers to current and emerging questions about the implementation of the Workforce Investment Act. It is a collaboration between public and private sector groups and individuals to provide access to workforce information and resources and to apply that information toward innovative and effective partnerships and programs. Information includes publications, contacts, and services available through WIA programs. For example, information on State One-Stop Contacts is available through this site.
Employment and Training Administration Publications and Research
http://wdr.doleta.gov/research/
The E&TA website contains information about workforce databases, research and publications for employers, employees and policymakers. Information is available on major worker groups — youth, adult, aging baby boomers, the homeless, employers, and others. It contains DOL research on such topics as lifelong learning demonstrations, worker profiling, worker dislocation, the Job Corps program, non-traditional jobs for women, performance standards and other employment and training initiatives and programs.
Welfare-to-Work
www.doleta.gov
By clicking on Welfare-to-Work, information is available on all Welfare-to-Work activities including competitive and formula grantees, conferences, work with low-income noncustodial parents and the WtW evaluation activities. Recently published on this site is brief report Tackling Recruitment Challenges in WtW - Feedback from the WtW Evaluation. This brief report summarizes the issues that have made outreach and recruitment to both mothers and fathers difficult in the WtW program and presents some strategies to improve participant recruitment. Also found on this website is Serving Noncustodial Parents: A Descriptive Study of Welfare-to-Work Programs, a description of 11 local WtW programs in eight cities.
Note the designation (State of) means that the fatherhood initiative is a function of a State office or agency. State initiatives without that designation have been initiated and implemented by the private sector. Such private initiatives are primarily funded through the private sector but may also receive some State funding.
(State of) Florida Commission on Responsible Fatherhood
Phone: 850-488-4952
www.fcorf.org
Matthew D. Munyon, Executive Director
The Florida Commission on Responsible Fatherhood's goals are to raise public awareness of problems created when a child grows up without a responsible father present, identify obstacles that impede or prevent the involvement of responsible fathers in the lives of their children, and promote successful strategies to encourage responsible fatherhood.
(State of) Georgia Fatherhood Initiative
Phone:912-430-4346
www2.State.ga.us/Departments/DHR/CSE/father.htm
Frances Barry, Director
The Fatherhood Initiative, created in 1997 by DHR's Child Support Enforcement office, uses State TANF and title XX funding to work with non-custodial parents who have a case with CSE and are unable or unwilling to pay their child support. The program offers:job counseling and placement assistance; placement into GED programs if needed; vocational training; classes on life-coping skills; and classes to strengthen parenting skills. CSE has entered into contracts with the Department of Technical and Adult Education to provide the range of services noncustodial parents need to get a job or move up the career ladder.
Illinois Fatherhood Initiative
Phone: 800-996-DADS
www.4fathers.com
David Hirsch, President
The Illinois Fatherhood Initiative was the country's first statewide nonprofit, volunteer organization promoting father involvement in the lives of children. The initiative's activities include the publication of the "Illinois Fathers Resource Guide," a yearly calendar, and a children's essay contest about fathers.
(State of) Indiana Fathers and Families
Phone: 317-706-2641
www.State.in.us/fathers
The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration (FSSA) Division of Family and Children, has initiated Indiana Fathers & Families to support community-based efforts to help promote and restore a better quality of life for fathers and their families. Activities include: project funding; dissemination of information on Indiana Fathers & Families, technical assistance opportunities, and other information that fosters the effective delivery of services focused on restoring fatherhood and renewing families; development of a statewide Indiana Fathers & Families Work Group; and development of partnerships between State and local government bodies, non-government organizations, businesses, local planning bodies, and individuals involved in promoting and restoring fatherhood in Indiana.
(State of) Texas PAPA and POP Programs
Phone: 512- 460-6124
Ann Costilow, PAPA Program
Phone: 512- 460-6317.
Joan Hutchinson, POP Program
Texas has launched two programs that reinforce the importance parenting and paternity establishment. The Texas hospital-based Paternity Opportunity Program (POP) represents a successful collaboration among hospitals, the Office of the Attorney General (the child support agency in Texas), and the Bureau of Vital Statistics (BVS) to give fathers an opportunity to voluntarily acknowledge paternity. Hospital birth registrars now distribute written material on paternity to unwed parents, offering them an opportunity to sign the paternity acknowledgment form. Materials have been developed, the acknowledgment of paternity form has been made, and training has been provided to personnel at birthing hospitals and birthing centers across the State. PAPA, which stands for Paternity/Parenthood Program, is a curriculum that teaches teenagers the legal rights and financial responsibilities that come with parenthood. PAPA's objective is to make teenagers aware that parenthood is a commitment that will last at least 18 years. The curriculum includes a video, written lesson plans and transparencies. The curriculum has been distributed to every middle school and high school in the State and is currently being revised to focus more on non-financial fatherhood issues such as good parenting and the developmental need of children. Both PAPA and POP are programs of the Texas Attorney General's Office of Child Support Enforcement.
Texas Fragile Family Initiative
Phone: 512-320-0228 ext. 125
http://texasfragilefamilies.org
Michael Hayes, Project Director
The Texas Fragile Families Initiative (TFF) is an innovative state-wide project with 12 sites developed through the partnership of the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health and the Center for Public Policy Priorities. The Initiative is designed to facilitate the development of community-based services for young, low-income, fathers as they support the emotional, physical, and financial needs of their children. To this end, TFF is engaged in multiple layers of activities: capacity-building to local programs and their staff, training and technical assistance to State agencies, public policy education, recruitment of funding partners within both private foundations and public agencies, and community awareness building.
(State of) Virginia Fatherhood Campaign
Phone: 804-786-7367
Ron.J. Clark, Director of Fatherhood Programs
The VA Department of Public Health has instituted a campaign to encourage men to "be a good dad". The State conducted focus groups with fathers to determine what kinds of materials and media coverage would be most effective. Fathers said they wanted to see ordinary men like themselves. Virginia has designed their public service announcement around the average dad, and have distributed their materials at sporting events, barber shops and other places that young men frequent.
Washington State Fathers Network and National Fathers Network
Phone: 425-747-4004
www.fathersnetwork.org
James May, Director
The Washington State/National Fathers Network advocates for men as crucially important participants in the lives of their families and children. The Network provides support and resources to fathers and families of children with developmental disabilities and chronic illness, and to the professionals who serve them. For example, the Network has training materials for health providers about how to work with men of color who are caring for their special needs children.
(State of) Wisconsin Fatherhood Initiative
Phone: 608-266-1212
www.dwd.State.wi.us/wifatherhood
Kevin Keane, Executive Assistant to the Governor
The Wisconsin Fatherhood Initiative began when Governor Tommy Thompson signed an Executive Order in August of 1998. This EO required State agencies to examine their policies and make them more father-friendly. The Initiative has also sponsored a statewide fatherhood summit, conducted a public awareness campaign that included a special day at Milwaukee Brewers stadium, and has funded 35 projects around the State for local communites to develop fatherhood activities. The Wisconsin Fatherhood Initiative is working with the Wisconsin Resource Center on Fragile Families and the National Fatherhood Initiative to conduct fatherhood forums in communities throughout the State.
The Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
Phone:609-258-5894
opr.princeton.edu/crcw/
Sara McLanahan, Center Director
CRCW is located at Princeton University. The Center is concerned with a broad range of children's issues, including education, healthcare, income sufficiency and family/community support and supports basic research as well as evaluations of particular policies and programs. They have recently undertaken a major new project, the Fragile Family and Child Well-being Study, to learn more about nonmarital childbearing and its affect on family relationships and child development.
Recent work on fathers and families
Fragile Families Research Brief: "Dispelling Myths about Unmarried Fathers", June 2000
Testimony of Sara McLanahan before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U. S. House of Representatives April 27, 1999
Fragile Family City Reports: Austin, Texas and Oakland, California.
Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
Phone: 202-408-1080
www.cbpp.org
Wendell Primus, Director of Income Security
Founded in 1981, the center blends rigorous research and analysis with activities designed to enable policymakers, nonprofit organizations at all levels, and the media to make extensive use of its work.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Testimony of Wendell Primus on Child Support Legislation(including fatherhood provisions)Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources of the Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives", May 18, 2000
"The Initial Impacts of Welfare Reform on the Economic Well-being of Single-mother Families"
"A State Strategy for Increasing Child Support Payments from Low-income Fathers and Improving the Well-being of Their Children through Economic Incentives."
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Phone: 202-328-5140
www.clasp.org
Alan W. Houseman, Director
Through education, policy research, and advocacy, the Center for Law and Social Policy seeks to improve the economic security of low-income families with children and secure access by low-income persons to the civil justice system.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Helping Families Keep Their Child Support" by M. Greenberg
"Biology and Beyond: The Case for Passage of the New Uniform Parenting Act" by P. Roberts
"Realistic Child Support Policies for Low-Income Fathers" by V. Turetsky
Center for Policy Research
Phone: 303-837-1555
Jessica Pearson, Director
The Center for Policy Research works with public and private sector service providers to plan, develop, and test projects that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the justice system and human service agencies.
Recent work on fathers and families
"OCSE Responsible Fatherhood Programs: Early Implementation Lessons" (with Policy Studies, Inc.)
"Evaluation of the Parent Opportunity Project."
"Programs to Increase Fathers' Access to Their Children." In Fathers under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement.
Child Trends, Inc.
Phone: 202-362-5580
www.childtrends.org
Kristin Moore, President
Child Trends, Inc. is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to studying children, youth, and families through research, data collection, and data analyses.
Recent work on fathers and families
Research Brief: "What Do Fathers Contribute to Children's Well-Being?"
Research Brief: "How Do Social, Economic and Cultural Factors Influence Fathers' Involvement with their Children?"
Research Brief: "The Meaning of Father Involvement for Children."
"What Policymakers Need to Know About Fathers." S. Policy & Practice, 1998, 21-35.
Fatherhood Project, Families and Work Institute
Phone: 212-465-2044, ext. 237
www.fatherhoodproject.org
James Levine, Director
Edward Pitt, Deputy Director
The Fatherhood Project is a national research and education project that is examining the future of fatherhood and developing ways to support men's involvement in child rearing. The project's books, films, consultation, seminars, and training all present practical strategies to support fathers and mothers in their parenting roles.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Working Fathers," ongoing research into best practices and strategies for creating a workplace that enables fathers to better balance work and family life.
"The Male Involvement Project," a national training initiative that helps Head Start and early childhood programs get fathers and other significant men involved in their programs and in the lives of their children.
Harvard Family Research Project
Phone: 617-495-9108
www.gse.harvard.edu/~hfrp
Heather Weiss, Director
The Harvard Family Research Project conducts research about programs and policies that serve children and families throughout the United States.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Promising Practices for Family Involvement." Principal 78(3). 1999, 16-19.
Institute for Research on Poverty
Phone: 606- 262-6358
www.ssc.wisc.edu/irp/
Barbara Wolfe, Director
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) at the University of Wisconsin, Madison is a national, university-based center for research into the causes and consequences of poverty and social inequality in the United States. It is nonprofit and nonpartisan.
Recent work on fathers and families
Focus , Spring 2000 issue on Child Support and Fatherhood
"Initial Findings from the W-2 Child Support Demonstration Evaluation"
Poverty Research News, March-April 2000 issue on Fathers
Institute on Domestic Violence in the African American Community
Phone:612:624-9217
www.dvinstitute.org
Oliver J. Williams, Executive Director
The mission of the Institute is to provide an interdisciplinary vehicle and forum by which scholars, practitioners, and observers of family violence in the African American community will have the continual opportunity to articulate their perspectives on family violence through research findings, the examination of service delivery and intervention mechanisms, and the identification of appropriate and effective responses to prevent/reduce family violence in the African American community.
Recent work on fathers and families:
Conference: Health and Mental Health Consequences of Domestic Violence in the African American Community, Seattle, Washington, December 1-2, 2000
Conference Plenary Speaker: Fathers Behind Bars and on the Street, Durham, North Carolina, September 13-15, 2000 sponsored by the Family and Corrections Network and the National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families.
Joint Center for Poverty Research
Phone: 847-491-4145 or 773-702-0472
www.jcpr.org
Susan Mayer, Executive Director
The Northwestern University / University of Chicago Joint Center for Poverty Research supports academic research that examines what it means to be poor and live in America. JCPR concentrates on the causes and consequences of poverty in America and the effectiveness of policies aimed at reducing poverty.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Economic Conditions and Welfare Reform."
"Financial Incentives for Increasing Work and Income Among Low-lncome Families."
"Barriers to the Employment of Welfare Recipients."
Lewin Group
Phone: 703-269-5500
www.lewin.com
Michael Fishman, Senior Vice-President
The Lewin Group is a strategic health and human services consulting firm with 30 years' experience in the US and around the world. Their mission is to help improve health policy and increase knowledge about the health and human services systems worldwide.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Evaluability Assessment of Responsible Fatherhood Programs."
"Management Information System (MIS) for Responsible Fatherhood Programs to Track the Characteristics of Clientele Served by Responsible Fatherhood Programs."
Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation
Phone: 212-532-3200
www.mdrc.org
Virginia Knox, Senior Research Associate
The Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation conducts primary research and designs and implements demonstration projects on a variety of issues related to helping families obtain economic independence, including teen pregnancy and fatherhood issues.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Parenting and Providing: The Impact of Parents' Fair Share on Parental Involvement," November 2000.
"Working and Earning: The Impact of Parents' Fair Share on Low Income Fathers' Employment," November 2000.
National Center for Children in Poverty
Phone: 212-304-7100
http://cpmcnet.columbia.edu/dept/nccp
J. Lawrence Aber, Director
The National Center for Children in Poverty's mission is to identify and promote strategies that reduce the number of young children living in poverty in the United States.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Map and Track: State Initiatives to Encourage Responsible Fatherhood" (1997, 1999), a compilation of State activities and initiatives on responsible fathering.
Briefs, periodically published policy analyses on child-centered issues, such as welfare reform.
National Center on Fathers and Families (NCOFF)
Phone: 215-573-5500
www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu
Vivian Gadsden, Director
NCOFF develops and implements practice-focused, practice-driven research to expand knowledge on father involvement and families. NCOFF is involved in program development, policy research, engaging policymakers, and disseminating information.
Recent work on fathers and families
"The NCOFF FatherLit Research Database," a compilation of almost 9,000 citations of research articles, reports, books and related publications covering work over the past 40 years and focused on fathers and their relationship to families, and child well-being. The Database is updated daily with new research materials and is available online at www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu and on CD-ROM.
"The Family Development Study Group," research teams of 12 members, consisting of researchers, practitioners, and policymakers and analysts, who work together to identify critical research-practice issues within a designated area (e.g., fathering and family processes, poverty and social vulnerability, and family structure and development) and who develop and implement research studies collaboratively.
"The Fathering Indicators Project," an adaptive measuring framework that is designed to assist practitioners in programs, evaluation researchers, and policymakers identify areas of fathering behaviors and activities, monitor progress, and measure change.
"The Bay Area Fathering Integrated Database System (BAyFIDS) Project" is a three-part project including (1) an online directory of fathers and families programs in nine counties in the Northern California Bay Area, (2) a research dataset on Bay Area fathering programs' activities, service populations. and funding streams, and (3) a longitudinal study of fathering program participant outcomes.
National Conference of State Legislatures
Phone: 303-830-2200
www.ncsl.org
William T. Pound, Executive Director
Dana Reichert, Policy Specialist, Children and Family Programs
NCSL is a bipartisan organization dedicated to serving the lawmakers and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories. It is a source for research, publications, consulting services, meetings and seminars.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Connecting Low-Income fathers and Families: A Guide to Practical Policies"
"Broke but not Deadbeat-Reconnecting Low-Income fathers and Children"
National Council on Family Relations
Phone: 612-781-9331
www.ncfr.com
Michael L. Benjamin, Executive Director
The National Council on Family Relations is a professional association that provides a forum for family researchers, educators, and practitioners to share in the development and dissemination of knowledge about families and family relationships.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Nonresident Fathers and Children's Well-Being: A Meta-Analysis." Journal of Marriage and the Family 61(3), 557-73.
Public/Private Ventures
Phone: 215-557-4400
www.ppv.org
Gary Walker, President
Public/Private Ventures is a national nonprofit research organization whose mission is to improve the effectiveness of social policies, programs, and community initiatives, especially as they affect youth and young adults.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Overcoming Roadblocks on the Way to Work: Bridges to Work Field Report."
Social Policy Action Network
Phone:202-434-4770
www.span-online.org
Kathleen Sylvester, Director
The Social Policy Action Network works to develop effective social policy by transforming the findings of research and the insights of front-line practitioners into concrete action agendas for policymakers. SPAN then crafts strategies to build public will for these policy ideas, providing clear messages for the public and compelling stories for the newsmedia. SPAN's work includes such issues as welfare reform, fatherhood, teen pregnancy and parenting, child welfare, and early childhood education and care.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Restoring Fathers to Families and Communities: Six Steps for Policy Makers" at www.aecf.org/publications/index.htm, click on - foundation funded reports.
The Urban Institute
Phone: 202-833-7200
www.urban.org
Robert Reischauer, President
A nonprofit policy research organization, the Urban Institute's goals are to sharpen thinking about society's problems and efforts to solve them, improve government decisions and their implementation, and increase citizens' awareness about important public choices.
Recent work on fathers and families
"Involving Males in Preventing Teen Pregnancy: A Guide for Program Planners" by F. Sonenstein and others
"A Look at Poor Dads Who Don't Pay Child Support" by E. Sorensen and C. Zibman
"Public Health, Public Safety and Prisoner Reentry: Challenges for the Future" by J. Travis
"Nonresident Fathers: To What Extent Do They Have Access to Employment-Based Health Care Coverage" by L. Wheaton
Vera Institute of Justice
Phone: 212-334-1300
www.vera.org
Christopher E. Stone, President
Working in collaboration with government, the Vera Institute of Justice designs and implements innovative programs that encourage just practices in public services and improve the quality of urban life.
Recent work on fathers and families
The Incarcerated Fathers Initiative is reviewing fatherhood programs in prison and community-based programs that lend themselves to working with ex-offenders and men in the criminal justice system.
Welfare Information Network
Phone: 202-628-5790
www.welfareinfo.org/fatherho.htm
Barry L. Van Lare, Executive Director
The Welfare Information Network helps organizations and individuals obtain the information, policy analysis, and technical assistance they need to develop and implement welfare reforms that will reduce dependency and promote the well-being of children and families.
Recent work on fathers and families
The network's website provides one stop access to more than 9,000 links dealing with welfare issues on more than 400 websites.
Issue Note: "Support Services for Incarcerated and Released NonCustodial Parents", June 2000.
Resource Note:"Collaborations with Community-Based Organizations to Promote Responsible Fatherhood", October 1999.
Bay Area Male Involvement Network
Phone: 415-454-1811
www.bamin.org
Stan Seiderman, Director
The Bay Area Male Involvement Network is a partnership of several Bay Area child service agencies that are working to increase the involvement of fathers and other significant men in the lives of children. The network offers technical assistance, consultation, and a male involvement curriculum for training teachers in early childhood education.
Center For American Indian and Alaskan Native Health
School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University
Phone: 410-955-6931
http://ih.jhsph.edu/cnah/index.htm
Kristen Speakman, Program Coordinator
The center focuses primarily on increasing father engagement, improving parenting skills, and enhancing social support systems for teen-formed American Indian families in five pilot communities on the Navajo, White Mountain Apache, and Gila River reservations. The center's efforts will contribute to building a store-house of knowledge about the impacts of poverty on American Indian families and communities.
Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy
Phone: 608-257-3148
www.cffpp.org
David Pate, Director
Through the provision of technical assistance, policy research, and public education, the Center on Fathers, Families and Public Policy works to place child welfare at the center of public attention. The center's recent projects include the Legal Assistance Project for states that are Partners for Fragile Families sites, a colloquium series on "Negotiating Child Support," and the Reaching Common Ground Project with the National Women's Law Center. The Reaching Common Ground Project has released Family Ties: Improving Paternity Establishment Practices and Procedures for Low-Income Mothers, Fathers and Children. The report is available on the CFFPP website (above) and the NWLC website, www.nwlc.org.
Child Welfare League of America
Phone:202-638-2952
www.cwla.org
Shay Bilchik, Executive Director
The Child Welfare League of America is the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization. Its misson is to engage people everywhere in promoting the well-being of children, youth, and their families, and protecting every child from harm. CWLA provides training, advocacy in leadership in such areas as child care, developing culturally competent programs, children exposed to domestic violence, family centered practice, and homelessness.
Publications cover a wide variety of topics and includes: Working with Children and Families Separated by Incarceration and Teaching Parents of Young Children: A Curriculum in 12 Sessions.
Children's Rights Council
Phone: 202-547-6227
www.vix.com/crc
David Levy, President
The Children's Rights Council (CRC) is a national non-profit organization based in Washington, DC that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family regardless of the parents' marital status. CRC has chapters in most of the United States.
Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth
Phone: 800-292-6149
www.ccfy.org
Cindy Sesler Ballard, Executive Director
Deanna Ouseley, Director of Operations
CCFY is a network of community foundations dedicated to building the leadership capacity of community foundations in order to improve the lives of children, youth and families at the local level. CCFY has undertaken a wide range of activities to create an environment that recognizes the importance of fathers in the lives of children. This work includes the publication of a monograph Fathers Matter: What Community Foundations Can Do, a discussion of simple, effective community-based strategies to improve outcomes for children and families. CCFY has also convened meetings and training institutes with its members to discuss how community foundations can become involved in responsible fatherhood efforts.
Dads and Daughters
Phone: 888-824-DADS
www.dadsanddaughters.org
Joe Kelly, Executive Director
Dads and Daughters (DADS) is a network of fathers seeking to improve both the lives of girls in general and to be a bigger part of their daughters' lives. One of the network's initiatives is to promote policies that focus on healthy body images for girls.
Family and Corrections Network
Phone: 804-589-3036
www.fcnetwork.org
James Mustin, Director
FCNetwork is for and about families of offenders. It provides information on children of prisoners, parenting programs for prisoners, prison visiting, incarcerated fathers and mothers,
hospitality programs, keeping in touch, returning to the community, the impact of the justice system on families, and prison marriage. The site is the gateway to practice, policy and research on families of offenders. The Family and Corrections Network (FCN), publishes the FCN REPORT, the only national publication devoted to families of offenders. In the fall of 2000, FCN, with the National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families sponsored a conference-Fathers Behind Bars and on the Street. Conference proceedings are available on the FCN website.
Family Support America (formerly the Family Resource Coalition of America)
Phone: 312-338-0900
www.frca.org
Virginia Mason, Executive Director
Family Support America works to bring about a completely new societal response to children, youth, and their families — one that strengthens and empowers families and communities so they can foster the optimal development of children, youth, and adult family members. The coalition's membership brings together community-based program providers, school personnel, human services personnel, trainers, scholars, and policymakers.
Fathernet/Father to Father
Phone: 913-384-4661 (National Center for Fathering)
www.cyfc.umn.edu/fathernet
FatherNet produces information on the importance of fathers, fathering and how fathers can be good parents and parent educators. It includes research, policy and opinion documents to inform users about the factors that support and hinder men's involvement in the lives of children. FatherNet contains information about Father to Father a national community effort to unite men in the task of being a strong and positive force in their children's lives. The National Center for Fathering is currently the administrative agent for Father-to-Father.
The Fathers Workshop, Erie Family Center
Phone: 814-871-6683
www.thefathersworkshop.org
Randall Turner, Director
The Fathers Workshop operates the "Long Distance Dads" program, an educational and support program to assist incarcerated men to become better fathers, and "Fatherhood 101," a program designed to help teen fathers become responsible parents. The organization is translating all of its materials into Spanish. The Fathers Workshop also is involved in a pilot project in Germany.
FatherWork, Family Studies Center
Phone: 801-378-4452
http://Fatherwork.byu.edu
Alan J. Hawkins and David C. Dollahite, Founders
FatherWork is an online resource of the Family Studies Center of Bringham Young University. FatherWork provides interesting, informative, and inspiring stories and experiences to help fathers find their own unique and creative ways to meet the needs of the next generation, and to assist practitioners.
Fathers' Forum Online
Phone: 510-644-0300
www.fathersforum.com
Bruce Linton, Founder
This online forum addresses the need for expectant and new fathers to have ongoing dialogues about the stresses and difficulties of fatherhood, and the changing role of fathers in today's society. This organization also sponsors programs in the Bay Area including fatherhood classes, a fathers' support group, and organized walks for fathers and children.
Meld/Meld for Young Dads
Phone:612-332-7563
www.meld.org
Dwaine Simms, National Replication Manager, MELD for Young Dads
MELD is a non-profit organization dedicated to strengthening families and preventing the negative consequences of ineffective parenting. MELD believes that parents can raise children who thrive when they have the information and support they need to act on behalf of their child's healthy growth and emotional development. MELD provides assistance in program replication training, and parenting materials.
Men's Health Network
Phone: 202-543-MHN1 (6461)
www.menshealthnetwork.org
Tracie Snitker, Manager, Government Relations
The Men's Health Network is an informational and educational nonprofit organization that increases public awareness of men's health issues and provides and maintains an ongoing network of health care providers and services that deal with men's health issues. Programs include the men's Healthline (888-MEN-2-MEN) and National Men's Health Week.
National Center for Fathering
Phone: 800-593-DADS
www.fathers.com
Ken Canfield, President
The National Center for Fathering's mission is to inspire and equip men to be better fathers. The center was founded in 1990 to conduct research on fathers and fathering and to develop practical resources for fathers in nearly every fathering situation.
National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership
Phone: 1-888-528-NPCL
www.npcl.org
Jeffrey Johnson, President and CEO
One of the National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership's initiatives is the Partners for Fragile Families project, the first comprehensive national initiative designed to help poor single fathers pull themselves out of poverty and build stronger links to their children and their children s mothers. Recent work includes a 10-site national demonstration project between local child support offices and responsible fatherhood programs, and a Peer Learning College for training child support workers in the special problems of fathers in fragile families.
National Child Support Enforcement Association (NCSEA)
Phone:202-624-8180
www.ncea.org
Joel Bankes, Executive Director
NCSEA's is a non-profit, membership organization whose mission is to promote the well-being of children through professional development of its membership, advocacy and public awareness. NCSEA's membership includes line/managerial/executive child support staff; State and local agencies; judges; court masters; hearing officers; government and private attorneys; social workers; advocates; corporations that partner with government to provide child support services and private collection firms. NCSEA works to ensure passage of effective child support laws and regulations and provides national and regional training to its members and others interested in developing effective supports for children.
National Fatherhood Initiative
Phone: 301-948-0599
www.fatherhood.org
Wade Horn, President
The National Fatherhood Initiative's mission is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the number of children growing up with loving, committed, and responsible fathers. The organization conducts public awareness campaigns promoting responsible fatherhood, organizes conferences and community fatherhood forums, provides resource material to organizations seeking to establish support programs for fathers, publishes a quarterly newsletter, and disseminates informational material to men seeking to become more effective fathers.
National Head Start Association
Phone-202-739-0875
www.nsha.org
Sarah Green, Director
JoAnn Nelson-Hooks, Fatherhood Coordinator
The National Head Start Association (NHSA) is a private not-for profit membership organization representing the 835,000 children, upwards of 170,000 staff and 2,051 Head Start programs in America. It is governed by a 49-member Board of Directors composed of a director, staff, parent and friend representative from each of the 12 Federal regions and the immediate past president. NHSA provides a national forum for the continued enhancement of Head Start services for poor children ages 0 to 5, and their families. NHSA is working collaboratively with several fatherhood organizations to strengthen services for fathers within Head Start.
National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute
Phone: 323-728-7770
www.nlffi.org
Jerry Tello, Director
The National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute is a collaborative effort of Bienvenidos Family Services, The National Compadres Network and Behavioral Assessment, Inc. In addition to providing culturally appropriate family strengthening, intervention and prevention services, resources, and media campaigns, the Institute's experts in the area of Latino fatherhood and healthy family development serve as trainers and advisors in strategic planning, program development, research and evaluation.
National Parenting Association
Phone: 212-362-7575
www.parentsunite.org/CFparentsunite/index2.cfm
Ruth A. Wooden, President
The National Parenting Association was founded by author-activist Sylvia Ann Hewlett to give parents a greater voice in the public arena. Its goal is to build a parents' movement that unites mothers and fathers across the nation. The association and its State partner networks advocate private and public initiatives that give parents practical support, inform parents about issues, and help them make their voices heard locally and in Washington.
National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families
Phone: 800-34-NPNFF or 202-737-6680
www.npnff.org
Preston Garrison, Executive Director
The National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families is a national, individual-membership organization whose mission is to build the profession of practitioners working to advance the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children. NPNFF's programs and services include: publications, conferences, training events, technical assistance, advocacy, fostering collaboration with other fathers and families organizations, and providing networking opportunities for practitioners and policy makers.
Non-Violence Alliance/Domestic Violence Training Institute
Phone:860-347-8220 or 800-349-NOVA
www.endingviolence.com
David Mandel, Partner
The Domestic Violence Intervention Training Institute is a project of the Non-Violence Alliance.
Specializing in services for child protective services, criminal justice, domestic violence professionals, mental health and human services, DVITI offer's training, supervision, program development and consulting for professionals and agencies working directly and indirectly with domestic violence offenders in a variety of settings across a range of disciplines. The Non-Violence Alliance is located in Middletown, Connecticutt.
Paternal Involvement Project
Phone: 773-651-9262
Robert Houston, Executive Director
The Paternal Involvement Project provides a fatherhood training course entitled "Common Ground" for agencies wishing to work with noncustodial fathers. The training helps participating agencies identify existing service capabilities and needs for expanded services; understand the needs of noncustodial fathers; and examine the model and philosophy of the Paternal Involvement Project. Customized training is also available.
Resource Center for Fathers and Families
Phone:763-783-4938
www.resourcesforfathers.org
Arnie Engelby, Director
The Resource Center with six offices in the Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan area, has created programs designed to enhance the role of fathers in full parenthood and full partnership in parenting their children. Programs include: support groups, anger management, parenting classes, family law seminars, relationship development and fathers crisis line.
Single and Custodial Father's Network
Phone: 724-478-4662 or 877-488-SCFN
www.scfn.org
John Sims, Jr., Founder
The Single and Custodial Father's Network is a member-supported nonprofit organization, dedicated to helping fathers meet the challenge of custodial parenthood. The network pursues its mission through education, research, publication, interactive communication, and fathering support groups.
Washington State Fathers Network and National Fathers Network
Phone: 425-747-4004
www.fathersnetwork.org
James May, Director
The National Fathers Network advocates for men as crucially important participants in the lives of their families and children. The network provides support and resources to fathers and families of children with developmental disabilities and chronic illness, and to the professionals who serve them.
Zero to Three: National Center for Infants, Toddlers, and Families
Phone: 202-638-1144
www.zerotothree.org
Matthew E. Melmed, Executive Director
Zero to Three is a national non-profit charitable organization whose aim is to strengthen and support families, practitioners, and communities to promote the healthy development of babies and toddlers.
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