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This issue of a newsletter for child welfare workers in Colorado describes strategies for developing a rapport with families from other cultures, fathers, and teens. The articles review the importance of client-worker collaboration to the success of assessments and services. Professionals who are working with culturally diverse families are advised to learn about values and experiences from a variety of resources, including parents themselves. Cultural differences should be respected and integrated into treatment when appropriate. Techniques for including fathers in casework include…
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The forum served as an opportunity to reinvigorate an important dialogue among responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage leaders. It brought together a diverse group of state and local agencies, faith- and community-based organizations, public and private sectors, responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage experts, researchers, practitioners, and federal staff. These representatives offered lessons learned from working with fathers, families and couples and providing marriage education services. They also explored best and promising practices in promoting the economic, physical, and social…