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Description: This site is designed to help fathers who have to be away from their children maintain and strengthen the relationships they have with their children.
Fatherhood Initiative Home Page
Description: This site provides information on policy initiatives related to fatherhood, research, program evaluations, and links to other resources and related web sites.
Description: This site provides links to fathering tips, training, research, chatrooms, community initiatives and inspirational stories about fathering.
National Fatherhood Initiative
Description: This is the home page of the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI). NFI was founded in 1994 to lead a society-wide movement to confront the problem of father absence.
NFI's mission is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers.
– Evaluation –
Author: Lindquist, Christine; Anupa Bir
Description: Thirteen programs around the country were funded in 2006 under the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS) Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-entering Fathers and Their Partners (MFS-IP) grant program. This report presents the first results of a 7-year evaluation of the MFS-IP grantees that began in October 2006. Focusing on the evaluation design, this study describes all 13 projects along a variety of dimensions and describes the evaluation framework that will be used in upcoming reports.
– General Information –
Description: This podcast series goes to the heart of loving and committed fathers to discover their purpose in the lives of their children from birth to the point they launch them into the world. The podcast is created for anyone who wants to learn more about the impact fathers can have on children.
Description: Dads and Daughters is the national advocacy nonprofit for fathers and daughters. DADs inspires fathers to actively and deeply engage in the lives of their daughters and galvanizes fathers and others to transform the pervasive cultural messages that devalue girls and women.
Description: Dads Make a Difference is an umbrella program for two curricula: Dads Make a Difference (taught by older teens to middle-school youth) and The R Factor: Building Resiliency in Young Adults (aimed at students 16-20 years old. The curricula promote the positive involvement of fathers and educates youth about responsible parenting.
Divorced Dads- Making the Most of Visitation 
Description: This fact sheet offers suggestion for making visitations of divorced fathers a positive experience for the children.
Description: The Department of Health and Human Services has developed a special initiative to support and strengthen the roles of fathers in families.
Fathers Gain Respect From Experts (and Mothers)
Author: Tarkan, Laurie
Description: This article discusses fatherhood and the importance of parenting together.
North Carolina Fatherhood Resources
Description: This website provides resources on fatherhood.
Single Male Caregiver Challenges Following the Mother's Death
Description: This article discusses the challenges faced by a single male caregiver following the mother’s death.
Author: Batten, Richard
Description: This article discusses the difference made by fathers who play an emotional role in their children's lives.
Author: Direnfeld, Gary (34 more by this author)
Description: At heart, all men know dads are important. We just have to remember to act that way for our kids.
Why Ranchers and Farmers Are Reluctant to Seek Counseling and How Family Practitioners Can Help
Author: Weigel, Randy (1 more by this author)
Description: This is an article on the social expectations of men in agriculture and how their potential need for a family counselor and practitioner has heightened within recent years.
– Other Resources –
Dad's Early Connection With Child Writes Script For Later School Involvement
Description: This news article gives an overview of a new University of Illinois study that explores the role of parent involvement on student achievement. The study involved 390 children and their families from the Child Development Supplement data set of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. The importance of fathers in early childhood is discussed.
– Professional Development –
Why Fathers Count, No Matter Where They Are!
Author: Green, Stephen (1 more by this author); Sean E. Brotherson, Ph.D.; Joseph J. Maiorano, M.S.
Description: This is an archived version of a "Connect" training (June 2008) that focused on fatherhood and provided the latest information on evidence-based practices intended to help educators support men in their role as fathers, no matter where they are--at home, living apart, serving in the military, or in jail. This 90-minute training was aimed at parent/family educators wanting to learn about what's happening in Extension related to fathering.
– Programming Resource –
10 Maneras Para Ser Un Padre Mejor
Description: This article provides tips on how to be a good father.
Description: This article provides ideas on what a dad can be and examples on how a dad can be involved.
Beating the Odds: How Ethnically Diverse Fathers Matter
Author: Behnke, Andrew (4 more by this author)
Description: This article discusses why fathers count and provides a better understanding of how ethnic minority fathers matter to their children and families.
Being an Involved Father: What Does It Mean?
Author: Evans, Garret (12 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides a set of strategies for fathers to use in building healthy and "involved" relationships with their children.
Description: VH1 DAD CAMP is a docureality show focusing on the lives of 6 irresponsible soon-to-be dads and what it takes to be a responsible father/parent.
Description: Provides suggestions, tips and activities for fathers who are unable to be with their children but want to maintain and strengthen their relationships with their children.
Description: Dads Make a Difference is an umbrella program for two curricula: Dads Make a Difference (taught by older teens to middle-school youth) and The R Factor: Building Resiliency in Young Adults (aimed at students 16-20 years old. The curricula promote the positive involvement of fathers and educates youth about responsible parenting.
Divorced Dads- Making the Most of Visitation
Author: Bloir, Kirk (5 more by this author)
Description: Fact sheet with tips and suggestions for divorced fathers when they spend time with their children during court ordered visitations.
Divorced Dads: Making the Most of Visitation
Author: Bloir, Kirk (5 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet contains information and suggestions aimed at helping fathers maximize their time with their children as a result of divorce agreements.
Fathering to Meet the Needs of Children
Author: Taylor, Denise; Janet A. Clark
Description: This fact sheet discusses how fathers can meet their children's needs by using these parenting strategies based on NEPEM: caring for oneself; better understanding their children; nurturing, guiding and motivating their children; and being an advocate for children.
Fathers & Families Coalition of America
Description: The mission of FFCA is to enhance the capacity of service providers throughout the nation, so they will be better equipped to effectively serve fathers, mothers and children.
Author: Smith, Charles (28 more by this author)
Description: This publication describes the three keys to father-child relationships and how to implement them into family life.
Author: Maiorano, Joseph (1 more by this author)
Description: This article describes a new curriculum, Fit 2-B FATHERS. F2-BF is a parenting-skills education program for incarcerated adult males. The title was selected because the program enables participants to become physically, practically, and socially fit to meet the demands of fathering. The program goals are to reduce the recidivism rate of participants and reduce the risk of their children becoming incarcerated.
Author: Maiorano, Joseph (1 more by this author)
Description: Fit 2-B FATHERS (F2BF) is an educational curriculum in which research-based information about inmate education and parenting education have been combined with the author’s personal experiences to create a social and fathering skills program for helping participants-- males involved in the corrections system (e.g. incarcerated, sentenced to an alternative to incarceration, or participating in other forms of community-transition programming) to become better men and fathers.
Gatekeeping: Mom as a Pathway to Healthy Father Involvement
Description: This article provides research and practice tips for helping moms to engage dads in healthy ways.
Incarcerated Fathers: Extending their Parenting Knowledge to the Outside
Author: DeBord, Karen (61 more by this author)
Description: Provides a series of activities for delivering educational programs for incarcerated fathers. These worksheets can be used between educational sessions provided to incarcerated fathers to reinforce learning and be shared with the child and care giver on the outside.
Author: Green, Stephen (1 more by this author)
Description: This Journal of Extension article reports on a pilot conducted in Texas on the importance of fathers taking on an active role in their children's educational development in order for their children to have greater academic success.
Learning to Be a Father: How Do We Do It? Isn't There a Manual Somewhere?
Author: Evans, Garret (12 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet discusses the important role of being a father, why it is important and how fathers can learn to be better fathers.
Maybe Baby: A Short Course on Becoming a Father
Author: Smith, Charles (28 more by this author)
Description: The author envisions this "course" as a conversation. The goal is to encourage young men to think through the decision of becoming a father and to consider the challenges and opportunities if they become one. This is not a course on parenting. It is accompanied by a Journal use as the course proceeds.
Maybe Baby: A Short Course on Becoming a Father
Author: Smith, Charles (28 more by this author)
Description: This is a journal to be used in conjunction with the "Maybe Baby" course. The goal is to encourage young men to think through the decision of becoming a father and to consider the challenges and opportunities if they become one. This is not a course on parenting.
My Daddy Takes care of Me! Fathers as Care Providers
Author: Casper, Lynne
Description: This report, developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, gives statistics and information on father caregivers in the U.S.
National Fatherhood Leaders Group
Description: National Fatherhood Leaders Group (NFLG) is an emerging organization that is comprised of men and women who have been involved in responsible fatherhood policy, research, advocacy and practice.
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse
Description: The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) is funded by the Administration for Children and Families' Office of Family Assistance's (OFA) and supports efforts to assist states and communities to promote and support Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage. Provides access to print and electronic publications, and timely information on fatherhood issues
Parent Education and Support Literature Review 2005
Description: This site consists contains links to parent education articles.
Parenting When Apart: Tips for Non-resident Fathers
Author: Evans, Garret (12 more by this author); Daniel F. Perkins
Description: This fact sheet provides tips for increasing non-residential father's involvement in their children's lives.
Restoring Fathers to Families and Communities: Six Steps for Policymakers
Author: Sylvester, Kathleen (1 more by this author)
Description: This guide lays out a detailed strategy for promoting father involvement, especially among low-income, unwed men. It is designed for state and local officials and what they can do legislatively and administratively to help fathers help their children.
Talking with Moms about Engaging Dads
Description: This fact sheet is intended to help professionals engage mothers to engage the fathers of their children in healthy ways.
Description: Help for dads who live away from their children due to divorce, separation or conflict with the child's mother.
The Common Roles of Fathers: The Five Ps
Author: Evans, Garret (12 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet addresses the basic parenting responsibilities of fathers: problem solver, playmate, punisher, provider and preparer.
The Deployed Fathers and Families Guide
Description: The Deployed Fathers and Families Guide produced by the National Fatherhood Initiative has numerous resources to help fathers experiencing deployment.
The R Factor: Building Resiliency in Young Adults, A Dads Make a Difference Program
Author: Endersbe, Julie
Description: This curriculum promotes positive involvement of fathers and educates youth about responsible parenting. It is intended to be taught by adult teachers to high school students.
Description: This article provides ideas on what a dad can be and examples on how a dad can be involved.
Author: Bloir, Kirk (5 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet provides tips and suggestions on how fathers can become more involved in their children's lives and improve their relationships overall.
Why Fathers Count, No Matter Where They Are!
Author: Green, Stephen (1 more by this author); Sean E. Brotherson, Ph.D.; Joseph J. Maiorano, M.S.
Description: This is an archived version of a "Connect" training (June 2008) that focused on fatherhood and provided the latest information on evidence-based practices intended to help educators support men in their role as fathers, no matter where they are--at home, living apart, serving in the military, or in jail. This 90-minute training was aimed at parent/family educators wanting to learn about what's happening in Extension related to fathering.
– Research –
Description: This document highlights presentations and lessons learned from Casey's "conference within a conference" at the 2006 Hispanic Healthy Marriage Conference.
Building Bridges Between Healthy Marriage, Responsible Fatherhood, and Domestic Violence Programs
Author: Conway, Tiffany
Description: This guide includes promising practices for fatherhood programs.
Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America
Description: This research report offers a comprehensive picture of how mothers and fathers feel about parenting, how they parent and how they came to be parents. It details more than 40 indicators including parenting practices, activities, child care, custody, marriage, divorce, cohabitation, sexual activity and contraception.
Child Protection Workers: Engaging Fathers
Description: This article provides research on child welfare agencies’ efforts to identify, locate and involve nonresident fathers.
Effectively Serving Low-Income Fathers of Color
Author: Behnke, Andrew (4 more by this author)
Description: This literature review employs four dynamic conditions--microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, and macrosystem-- underlying a socio-ecological framework to present various key factors influencing the lives low income African American and Latino fathers. The discussion includes best practices and examples of programs to guide professionals and policy makers working to better the lives of families of color.
Fathering across the Border: Latino Fathers in Mexico and the U.S.
Author: Behnke, Andrew (4 more by this author)
Description: This qualitative study gives voice to Latino fathers’ perceptions of their roles and values in family life by analyzing data collected from 32 Latino men. The findings support the idea of “generative fathering” to describe the resiliency of Latino fathers and the contributions they make to families, communities, and future generations.
Healthy Marriages in Low-Income African-American Communities (Part 2)
Author: Franklin, Robert
Description: This publication further explores partnerships between faith communities and the marriage movement.
Author: Green, Stephen (1 more by this author)
Description: This Journal of Extension article reports on a pilot conducted in Texas on the importance of fathers taking on an active role in their children's educational development in order for their children to have greater academic success.
Description: This issue of “In Brief” highlights Lauren J. Kotloff’s new report “Leaving the Street: Young Fathers Move from Hustling to Legitimate Work.” Based on an in-depth interview study of participants in P/PV’s Fathers at Work initiative, the report examines the lives of young urban men with criminal records, exploring how they got involved with “hustling,” their experiences in the labor market and their feelings about fatherhood. The full report presents early findings from the Fathers at Work evaluation, as well as recommendations for programs serving young fathers.
Low-Income Fathers and Child Support: Starting off on the Right Track
Author: Legler, Paul
Description: This report examines the treatment of low-income fathers in the child support system in the United States and how the system could be improved. It includes recommendations for child support programs, state legislative action, and federal action.
Making Fathers Count: Assessing the Progress of Responsible Fatherhood Efforts
Author: Sylvester, Kathleen (1 more by this author)
Description: This paper traces the history of the fatherhood field, reviews its accomplishments thus far, and identifies areas in need of further efforts.
Marriage and the TANF Rules: A Discussion Paper
Author: Roberts, Paula (2 more by this author)
Description: In this monograph, the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) puts forth a Marriage Plus policy that the state should seek to develop rules that do not discourage marriage; and rules should not disadvantage children who live in single-parent families.
My Daddy Takes care of Me! Fathers as Care Providers
Author: Casper, Lynne
Description: This report, developed by the U.S. Census Bureau, gives statistics and information on father caregivers in the U.S.
Promoting Responsible Fatherhood
Description: This guide highlights the fact that fatherhood programs— no matter how effective—are insufficient in and of themselves, and stresses the key is to link fathers and programs that support them to a broad range of family supports and social services. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.
Race/Ethnic Differences in Father Involvement in Two-Parent Families:Culture, Context, or Economy
Author: Hofferth, Sandra
Description: This paper examines the contribution of economic circumstances, neighborhood context, and cultural factors to explaining race/ethnic differences in fathering in two-parent families.
Supporting Young Fathers (Executive Summary)
Description: This report is a summary of the Trust for the Study of Adolescence’s publication Supporting Young Fathers: Examples of Promising Practice (2007). The report was developed to address the lack of information about promising practice in working with young fathers, particularly in terms of those working with teenage and school-age fathers.
The New Kid on the Block: What is Marriage Education and Does it Work?
Author: Ooms, Theodora
Description: This policy brief, from the Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP), describes marriage and relationship education in light of the Dept. of Health and Human Services Healthy Marriage Initiative. Best practices, and their potential benefits, are explained.