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The NRFC Library is a collection of materials to build a knowledge base around fathers, fatherhood, and operating a Responsible Fatherhood program. It also houses all resources created by the NRFC, including fact sheets, PSAs, and past webinars.

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How Communities Work Together: Lessons from the Chicago Community Networks Study.
This series from MDRC explores what networks of organizations can accomplish in communities. The researchers are focusing on nine Chicago neighborhoods, combining social network analysis with in-depth interviews to see how community organizations can collaborate with one another on local…
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Parenting practices and child adjustment in different types of households : a study of African American families.
This article uses a sample of 867 African American households to investigate differences in parenting practices and child outcomes by type of household. Results indicate that mothers provide similar levels of parenting regardless of family structure. Secondary caregivers, however, show a great deal of variation in quality of parenting. Fathers and grandmothers engage in the highest quality parenting, stepfathers the poorest, with other relatives falling in between. These differences in parenting do not explain family structure differences in child behavior problems. Results suggest that…
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Family Styles of Fatherless Households.
A study of 105 fatherless children from clinics at the University of Florida Children's Mental Health Unit categorized fatherless household lifestyles according to the length of paternal absence. Two groups emerged: (1) the transitional fatherless children, those without fathers for 2 years or less, and (2) the hard-core fatherless children, living with the mother for more than 2 years in paternal absence. A comparison group of 53 children from (3) intact families showed that 15 had experienced some period of fatherlessness establishing a 4th group, (4) historical. It appeared in most cases…

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