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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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FRPN Research Brief: Parenting Programs for Incarcerated Fathers.

This research brief examines parenting programs for incarcerated fathers. Before discussing programming, researchers discuss the effects of the incarceration of fathers on communities, families and children. Next, they briefly review research that has examined the experiences of fathers before,…

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San Diego Military Family Collaborative: Sparking Community-Based Solutions for Building Protective Factors with Military-Connected Children and their Families.
The development of the San Diego Military Family Collaborative, comprised of more than 400 representatives from over 80 unique public, private, faith-based, military, and governmental organizations, is described. Strategies the Collaborative is using to coordinate efforts to support military families are discussed, and their long-term goal of aligning shared measurement and activities in child abuse and neglect prevention is emphasized. 6 references.
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Power Up Your Parenting.
This article shares parenting tips from the Families Over Coming Under Stress (FOCUS) program, a program that provides resiliency training to military children and families affected by multiple deployments. Tips include: set parenting goals, communicate openly, build consistent routines, provide logical consequences, and model the behaviors you want to see.
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Military Children and Families (Fall 2013 issue of The Future of Children).
This issue of The Future of Children seeks to integrate existing knowledge about the children and families of today's United States military; to identify what we know (and don't know) about their strengths and the challenges they face, as well as the programs that serve them; to specify directions for future research; and to illuminate the evidence (or lack thereof) behind current and future policies and programs that serve these children and families. At the same time, it highlights how research on nonmilitary children and families can help us understand their military-connected counterparts…
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Sources of Parenting Support in Early Fatherhood: Perspectives of United States Air Force Members.
We conducted semi-structured focus groups with men in the United States Air Force (N = 39) to examine fathers' access to parenting information during the transition to parenthood, and to determine methods for engaging fathers in intervention. Results of content analysis highlight fathers' motivation to develop and maintain positive relationships with their partners and children despite substantial challenges, including multiple deployments, family moves, and demanding work responsibilities. Fathers emphasize the importance of information in facilitating the transition to parenthood,…

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