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The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) team consists of researchers, curriculum developers, and social service delivery professionals who were funded to research and oversee the development of community-based programs that provide relationship education to married parents. This Toolkit was developed by the SHM team to guide emerging SHM programs as they developed and implemented various aspects of the program design and research agenda — with the goal of helping program operators develop a strong, successful program. Our goal in providing this document for general use is that managers and…
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Home Instruction for Parents of Preschool Youngsters (HIPPY) aims to promote preschoolers' school readiness by supporting parents in providing instruction in the home. The program model is designed for parents who lack confidence in their ability to prepare their children for school, including parents with past negative school experiences or limited financial resources. The HIPPY program model offers weekly activities for 30 weeks of the year, alternating between home visits and group meetings (two one-on-one home visits per month and two group meetings per month). HIPPY sites are encouraged…
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In honor of Father's Day, the Child Support Report offered three personal essays on fatherhood from leaders in the field, along with several perspectives on the child support program from state child support directors and researchers. (Author abstract modified)
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This updated edition explains what program evaluation is, why evaluation is important, how to conduct an evaluation and understand the results, how to report evaluation findings, and how to use evaluation results to improve programs that benefit children and families. (Author abstract)
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses eight strategies for engaging a community in a program. The strategies include: involve the board in community engagement planning, prepare a plan, identity community strengths, recruit community members to serve on an advisory board or committee, schedule an open house event where staff, board members, funders, and other stakeholders can interact with community members, sponsor a forum, conduct interviews and focus groups, use the media to spread the word about programs promoting responsible…
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses nine strategies for securing foundation funding for programs promoting responsible fatherhood. The strategies include: learn as much as possible about foundations that might fund the program, prepare a comprehensive plan for approaching foundations, get organized, recognize a foundation's culture, identify insiders, cultivate relationships with key foundation representatives, locate other nonprofit and community organizations that have been awarded grants from the target foundations in the past…
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses five strategies for forming an effective Board of Directors. The strategies include: conduct a board check-up, orient new board members, keep searching for new members, shape a board that possesses a mix of education, skills, information, and access to important networks such as donors, and implement strategies to boost board performance.
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses six strategies for creating a useful logic model that presents a visual display of the connections among the resources available to operate the program, current and planned activities, and changes or results the program hopes to achieve. The strategies include: understand the role of the logic model, evaluate the situation, identify inputs, determine outputs, envision outcomes, outline the model, and implement techniques for guiding program progress. A sample logic model is provided.
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses six strategies for enhancing staff and volunteer capabilities in programs promoting responsible fatherhood. The strategies include: develop workshops or training programs or take advantage of those offered by other organizations, agencies, or associations; have staff and volunteers attend regional and national conferences; use professional coaches to provide the customized guidance that program management, staff, or volunteers need; organize a peer mentoring group with other professionals who serve…
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses six strategies for expanding fund development in programs promoting responsible fatherhood. The strategies include: translate your program's mission and strategic goals into financial requirements and develop an action-oriented fund development plan; outline a set of fundraising objectives that reflect the resources necessary to reach the program goals you identified during strategic planning; devise fund development strategies that focus on building long-term relationships with donors and funders…
