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April 2007
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is the federal agency funding state, local and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families. ACF funds many Fatherhood related programs and demonstration projects that promote the important role of fathers in the lives of their children.
Child Trends is a 26-year-old nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by conducting research and providing science-based information to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children and their families, including information on fatherhood.
Family First has partnered with NFL players and coaches to emphasize the importance of fatherhood by launching AllProDad.com-an interactive website that offers dads all they need to be a better father.
The Fathers and Families Resource/Research Center, Inc. is a nonprofit agency to enhance the capacity of young fathers to become responsible and involved parents, wage earners, and providers of child support. Major activities are centered on educational and employment advancement, parenting and basic life skills training, and support services assistance.
The primary goal of the Foundation's Fatherhood Initiative is to enable and encourage nonresident fathers to play a supportive and nurturing role in the lives of their children. The Foundation is optimistic that this focused initiative can help fathers fulfill their responsibility to be an asset in the lives of their children by advancing important work already underway and creating additional opportunities to further work in an area of real promise for vulnerable families.
It's My Child Too is a short-term parenting education program that helps young, non-custodial fathers learn how to participate in the healthy development of their preschool children. The program includes 14, 90-minute sessions focused on fathers' roles, children's health and behavior, responsible decision-making, and co-parenting relationships. Each module stands alone, allowing program facilitators to tailor the content to the interests and needs of the fathers in their group.
Making Fathers Count is a free publication by the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
The National Center for Fathering seeks to inspire and equip men to excellence in their fathering. The National Center provides practical, how-to oriented resources for dads including tips on fathering, insights on unique fathering situations, fathering resources, and humor through its nationwide radio program, the Center’s Today’s Father magazine, and the fathers.com weekly newsletter.
The Fathering Indicators Framework developed by the National Center on Fathers and Families at the University of Pennsylvania...
The National Fatherhood Initiative (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.
The mission of Three for Me is to improve the well-being of children by inspiring and equipping parents/families to be effectively involved in their children’s education. In response to a lack of parent involvement in schools nationwide, Three for Me was founded in 2003 by Dee Keywood and Kris Thompson to challenge parents to volunteer in schools, be active in school-decision making and provide resources to motivate parents to be actively involved in their child’s education.
The 15+ Make Time to Listen...Take Time to Talk campaign's goal is to provide practical guidance to parents and caregivers about how to create time to listen and take time to talk with their children. The campaign provides practical guidance for parents and caregivers on how to strengthen their relationship with their children by spending at least 15 minutes of daily, undivided time with them and focusing on them.
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The Community Foundation of Boone County
Mailing Address:
PO Box 92
Zionsville, Indiana 46077
Street Address:
60 East Cedar Street
Zionsville Indiana 46077
Voice: 317-873-0210 or 765-482-0024
FAX: 317-873-0219