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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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2012.07 Webinar Audio: Effective Strategies for Working with Fathers Returning from Prison

The webinar will provide ideas and resources to guide work with fathers who are returning to the community from prison. Resources will also be provided that can be shared with fathers and their families.

After this training webinar, participants will improve their knowledge and…

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Using the Principles of Adult Learning to Enhance Health Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programming 

Many healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood (HMRF) programs that serve adults find it challenging to keep participants engaged in voluntary workshop sessions and help them achieve their desired outcomes. “Adult learning theory” identifies key principles that matter most for adults to learn successfully. In this way, adult learning theory might help HMRF practitioners strengthen adults’ engagement in learning experiences and mastery of program content. This brief highlights five strategies based on adult learning theory that HMRF program developers and facilitators can use to support…

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Applying Insights from Adult Learning Theory to Improve Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programming 

Adult learning theory aims to explain the processes by which adults gain knowledge, skills, and abilities. This paper explores how adult learning theory might inform healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood (HMRF) programming so it can be more successful in supporting family well-being. The first section of the paper provides an overview of the HMRF program context, including participants’ background and skills, the services programs offer, and the common challenges programs face in achieving their desired outcomes. The second section of the paper summarizes the key principles of adult…

Fact Sheet

Sixteen Things Fathers Can Do to Support Their Pregnant Partners.

This resource provides fathers with concrete tips on how and what they can do to support their pregnant partners.

Journal Article

Fragile Families.

The dramatic increase in nonmarital births in the United States cannot be written off as a simple “lifestyle choice” that has no implications for child well-being. Nor is it simply a result of a rise in casual sexual encounters. The vast majority of children born outside of marriage are born to parents in committed yet fragile relationships. Our challenge in this volume is to explore the ramifications of this new reality and to fashion policy recommendations that reduce the number of fragile families in the first place, and that ensure that children born into fragile families receive the…

Fact Sheet

Engaging Fathers for Successful Reentry: Research, Tips, Best Practices

Successful reentry is one of the greatest challenges facing America today and, especially the future of our children. The greatest predictor of whether a child will wind up in prison is whether his parent(s)— namely, the father—was in prison. Despite the many daunting challenges that fathers face upon their release, connecting them with their children and family is perhaps the most strategic one to address because it breaks the generational nature of crime and incarceration.

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Longitudinal Relations Between CoParenting and Father Engagement in Low-Income Residential and Nonresidential Father Families.

Coparenting relationship quality and father involvement are closely linked but few studies have investigated this relationship using samples of socioeconomically disadvantaged families. The current study used family systems theory to examine the longitudinal and bidirectional relations between coparenting relationship quality and father engagement in caregiving and play, using a large and racially diverse sample of low-income residential and nonresidential fathers in the Building Strong Families project (N = 1,908). Structural equation modeling tested cross-lagged relations between couple-…

Fact Sheet

Tip Card for Fatherhood Practitioners: Building Effective Partnerships.

This tip card offers strategies on how to identify potential partners, communicate expectations, collaborate on shared topics of interests, and build effective partnerships. The strategies provided will help to create stronger agencies that can enhance funding applications and increase outcomes for the community.

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Parenthood is Associated with Greater Well-Being for Fathers Than Mothers.

The experiences of mothers and fathers are different in ways that could affect their well-being. Yet few studies have comprehensively examined gender differences in parents’ well-being. In the current research, we investigated such gender differences in a large representative sample (Study 1a; N = 13,007), in a community sample using validated well-being measures (Study 1b; N = 472), and in a large experience sampling study measuring happiness during caregiving activities and during interactions with children (Study 2; N = 4,930). Fathers reported greater happiness, subjective well-being,…

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Parental and Social Institutional Responsibilities to Children’s Needs in the Divorce Transition: Fathers’ Perspectives.

A total of 82 separated and divorced fathers were interviewed in a study utilizing thematic analysis to examine fathers’ narratives about their divorce experiences, particularly in regard to their relationship with their children, and grounded theory analysis to uncover themes related to fathers’ perceptions of their children’s needs, and parental and social institutional responsibilities to these needs, during the divorce transition. We found that contextual factors, particularly the legal custody determination process, largely determine both the level of paternal involvement and quality…

Fact Sheet

8 Facts About American Dads.

Fatherhood in America is changing. Today, fathers who live with their children are taking a more active role in caring for them and helping out around the house, and the ranks of single fathers have grown significantly in recent decades. At the same time, more and more children are growing up without a father in the home. The changing role of fathers has introduced new challenges as dads juggle the competing demands of family and work. Here are some key findings about fathers from Pew Research Center. (Author introduction modified)

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