This fact sheet defines whole family approaches, as well as the rationale behind them. It also describes the types of services offered by whole family programs.
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This webinar guides early child care professionals in considering what fathers experience when they walk into an early childhood program. What do they see, hear, and feel? It also reviews relationship-based strategies and effective ways to engage fathers, and helps practitioners to find starting points in making improvements to program environments. (Author abstract modified)
Children benefit from caring, responsive, and stable relationships. A strong relationship with a parent promotes a child’s development, learning, and increased school success. Relationships with parents help children learn to develop connections with peers and other adults. Supportive relationships with parents also help children learn to manage emotions, cope, problem-solve, and resolve conflicts. Early childhood professionals can encourage strong and positive parent-child relationships through family engagement efforts that include valuing, respecting, and supporting families. (Author…
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This video from the Center for Court Innovation explains the UPNEXT program, a workforce development program for fathers, many of whom have interacted with the justice system. The information is given from the perspective of a successful program participant who explains how UPNEXT helped him become updated on his child support, find and maintain a job, and regain custody of his daughter. (Author abstract modified)
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At the second Texas Fatherhood Summit, attendees participated in a Fatherhood Recruitment Challenge. For this activity, attendees brainstormed recruitment strategies with other attendees at their table and created a list. Each table then exchanged lists with a neighboring table and shared the most innovative idea on their neighbor's list with the rest of the Summit attendees. CFRP compiled and organized the 200+ ideas into the list below. You can use this list as a resource for your fatherhood programs. (Author abstract)
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This series of infographics from the Child and Family Research Partnership's 2017 Texas Fatherhood Summit illustrates facts about fathers, father involvement, and family structure.
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This episode of the podcast Work and Life with Stew Friedman features Brad Harrington, Executive Director of the Boston College Center for Work & Family. Mr. Harrington completed a series of papers collectively titled The New Dad Research that examines how fathers manage their career and parenting responsibilities. In this episode, Mr. Harrington and Mr. Freedman explore findings of The New Dad Research and discuss the changing roles of men and women in society and the workplace. (Author abstract modified)
This webpage begins by explaining the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) block grant provides a temporary safety net to poor families and has decreased its reach since its implementation in 1996. It notes in 2015, for every 100 families in poverty, only 23 received cash assistance from TANF, down from 68 families when TANF was first enacted. It states this “TANF-to-Poverty ratio” (TPR) reached its lowest point in 2014 and remained there in 2015. Links to State fact sheets are then provided that include information on a specific State’s TPR from 1995/96 to 2014/15, the number of…
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These resources from Break the Cycle are designed to help educators and parents guide conversations with children and youth in grades K-12 about healthy relationships. There are also complementary resources for students around these topics.
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This policy guidance from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) describes some of the unmet challenges that system-involved youth and their families may face, and explores the potential impact of their engagement on the outcomes for youth at all points in the juvenile justice system. The guidance also describes OJJDP’s commitment to strengthening partnerships to effectively engage youth and their families and offers focus areas for states, tribes, and communities. (Author abstract modified)
