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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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Lessons Learned When Building the Evidence for a Child Welfare Practice Model.

The purpose of this brief is to highlight for the child welfare field the evidence-building lessons learned from the evaluation of Success Coach, a post-reunification program developed by Catawba County, North Carolina. This evidence building began in 2013 with an evaluation of the Success Coach…

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Spotlight on Fathers and Families Center

An NRFC team visited the Fathers and Families Center in Indianapolis on April 23 and 24, 2018. The team had the opportunity to talk with program staff, participants, graduates, and community partners. This NRFC Spotlight highlights aspects of the Fathers and Families Center work with fathers that may be of interest to other fatherhood practitioners, including Recruitment, Intake and Assessment, The Role of Partner Agencies, and Strong Fathers Classes.

NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief

NRFC Data Snapshot 2018: Family Formation: Men's Attitudes, Values, and Expectations.

Men’s family formation behaviors have changed in recent decades. Men are delaying marriage and increasingly living with partners prior to getting married. Additionally, they are becoming fathers at increasingly older ages. These changes in behavior are mirrored by changes in men’s attitudes towards children, family life, marriage, and cohabitation.

In this data snapshot, we report data from original analyses of the National Survey of Family Growth and the General Social Survey, as well as from published resources on men’s attitudes, values, and expectations about family formation. (…

Fact Sheet, Brief

Parenting Children and Youth Who Have Experienced Abuse or Neglect.

Children and youth who have been abused or neglected need safe, stable, and nurturing relationships and environments to recover from the trauma they've experienced. If you are parenting a child or youth with a history of abuse or neglect, you might have questions about the impacts and how you can help your child heal. This factsheet is intended to help parents (birth, foster, and adoptive) and other caregivers better understand the challenges of caring for a child or youth who has experienced maltreatment and learn about available resources for support. (Author abstract)

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FRPN Research Brief: Including Measures of Commitment to Fatherhood in Evaluations of Fatherhood Programs.

This research brief examines two aspects of low-income, nonresidential fathers' commitment to the parenting role: self-reports of the importance of the father role and perceptions of validation from others for being a good parent. The findings of this study show that both types of commitment to the father role are associated with fathers' reports of having a close relationship with his child(ren). Only validation from others is related to fathers' engagement in child-related activities. The implications of these findings for fatherhood programs are discussed in the brief. (Author abstract…

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How did Georgia increase voluntary acceptance of service by 8 percentage points?

An essential step in the child support process is delivering legal documents to the person named as a parent. This infographic summarizes results from a Georgia intervention that aimed to get parents to come in and accept documents voluntarily instead of using a sheriff or process server to deliver them. (Author abstract)

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Putting Fathers and Families at the Center of ACF Programs.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is increasing its commitment of putting fathers and families at the center of its work. They are focused on true engagement across all programs and strongly encourage and support fathers in becoming more involved in the lives of their children. This blog post describes ACF’s vision to prioritize father engagement. (Author abstract modified)

NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief

NRFC Data Snapshot 2018: Living Arrangements of Fathers and Children

This data snapshot shows national data compiled from a range of published resources and data sources on the living arrangements of fathers and children under age 18.

NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief

NRFC Data Snapshot 2018: Employment Characteristics of Fathers

This data snapshot provides information from published resources on a range of employment characteristics of resident fathers, including employment rates, employment status, earnings, family structure, and division of household labor.

NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief

NRFC Data Snapshot 2018: Father Involvement

This resource provides data on father involvement. Fathers—and father-like figures—play an important role in the lives of children. The time fathers spend engaged in activities with their children and the financial supports they help provide are linked to the health and wellbeing of children at all ages. This is true whether a father lives with his child or not. Notably, fathers today are spending more time than in the past with their children.

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Engaging Fathers in Child Support: From a Punitive to a Supportive Approach

This resource provides an overview of the Colorado Parent Employment Program (CO-PEP). CO-PEP focuses on helping noncustodial parents overcome barriers to employment in order to increase child support payments. An assessment of the program is underway.

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