The following is a list of suggestions that you can use to maintain the attachment to your children from inside a prison. (Author abstract)
Federal policies are promoting father involvement in families to improve developmental, academic, and economic outcomes for children. This information packet provides an overview of issues related to fatherhood initiatives for providers and consumers of social services. It includes a fact sheet of statistics about effects of fatherlessness, a summary of policies and legislation, and lists of references and web resources. The innovative Georgia Fatherhood Program also is profiled.
The Massachusetts Children's Trust Fund supports a variety of programs that promote father-child relationships, including the Fatherhood Initiative and the Fathers and Family Network for professionals. This guide describes services sponsored by the Fatherhood Initiative and provides information about additional resources for fathers and professionals. The directory lists programs offered throughout Massachusetts, as well as national organizations, web sites, and books about fathering. Activity and idea pages recommend strategies for becoming a better father, meeting the developmental needs of…
This fact sheet is the ninth in the series of Fact on Kids in South Dakota. Each issue takes a look at the specific indicator of child well-being. The focus on this issue is on families and fathers. To grow up safe and healthily children today needs support from the school, the community and most importantly their family. (Author abstract)
A brief summary of the differences in parenting styles between fathers and mothers.
Low-income fathers share many of the same characteristics as women on welfare--low literacy, poor employment history and low-wage employment. This fact sheet proposes ways in which policymakers can build services to help fathers. Suggestions include (but are not limited to): Develop networks of local providers to provide men with employment assistance; use state institutions to refer low-income fathers to local service providers; identify "nontraditional partners" like voluntarypaternity establishment programs, HealthyStart and Head Start--to connect fathers withneeded services; connect with…
Welfare reform endorsed the notion that both parents should support their children financially, regardless of which parent a child lives with. Accordingly, the reforms emphasized work for custodial parents and strengthened states' ability to enforce child support laws. This approach has increased the number of working single mothers and raised child support payments. It has done less, however, for the children of the 2.5 million nonresident fathers who are poor and do not pay child support. To ensure support for these children--many of whom receive welfare--reformers must view nonresident…
