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Healthy Marriage (HM) and Responsible Fatherhood (RF) workshops funded by the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) within the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) typically last from a few days to a few months, which can make sustained client attendance challenging. This white paper examined how workshop characteristics were associated with client attendance. Generally, across populations examined here, making sessions longer and more frequent was associated with greater attendance. In several cases, the longest and most frequent sessions measured—that is, more than four hours or…

This National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) spotlight provides an overview of key points from the April 22, 2020 webinar Using Virtual Technology in Fatherhood Programs.

During this webinar, hosted on July 22, 2020, we spoke with representatives of five fatherhood programs around the implementation of new virtual services to ensure continued program support for fathers and families. It featured a brief overview of each program, followed by an extended Q&A session with the presenters in video mode.

PRESENTERS:

Home visits provide a unique opportunity to assess parents’ child-rearing skills and to provide targeted services to assist responsible adults in growing healthy families. If you are a home visitor, you are probably already aware of some of the barriers that you must confront when attempting to achieve these goals. Often one of those barriers is the reluctance of fathers and men in families to recognize the importance of their participation in home visits. This tends to be true across a wide range of cultures, income levels, and educational backgrounds. In order to engage fathers and men…

On April 22, 2020, the Office of Family Assistance, through the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC), provided this technical assistance webinar for fatherhood practitioners and professionals. Presenters provided ideas and strategies on ways to remain engaged with program participants using technology.

Presenters:

Kenneth Braswell, Fathers Incorporated

Jeff Street, National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse

Justin Batt, Daddy Saturday Blog

Patrick Patterson, ICF 

Facilitator: 

Nigel Vann, National…

The one-day Social Worker Training Curriculum: Engaging the Non-Resident Father was designed to provide participants with knowledge to support a practice shift toward engaging non-resident fathers in child welfare cases involving their children. The need to engage fathers initially resulted from the federal Child and Family Service Reviews (CFSRs) and the “What About the Dads?” report, which identified a lack of meaningful engagement of fathers by child welfare systems. This curriculum was funded by the QIC-NRF, which was designed to develop knowledge and research that determine how…

This tip card offers guidance to fatherhood practitioners who are facilitating groups. Participation in peer learning and support groups is a key ingredient of many fatherhoodprograms. When done effectively, group sessions can be the “glue” that keeps men involved in a wider program and leadsto powerful life changes for them and their families.

This Webinar discusses strategies and lessons learned regarding working with fathers in groups, as well as the distinctions between facilitating and teaching in a group setting. Presenters include a group facilitation expert, and two grantees: a female working with a Spanish speaking fathers' group and a male working with a low-income group of fathers and mothers. (Author abstract)

This website provides resources for facilitators teaching marriage and relationship education classes. Links are given for information that addresses adult learning styles and dealing with difficult class participants, as well as for quizzes for assessing learning styles and teaching styles. Descriptions of three different types of class activities is provided, including activities designed to break the ice and set the tone for a class, games and activities to enhance group cohesion, and experiential learning activities to help groups develop insight and awareness. Each category breaks…