Download or read book Encouraging Responsible Fatherhood written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children and Families and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Encouraging Responsible Fatherhood written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children and Families and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Promoting Responsible Fatherhood written by White House Office of Faith Based and Ne and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-05-23 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a dad is one of the most important jobs a man can have. The greatest advantage a child can have is the love and support of a strong and stable family and the research clearly indicates the benefits to children who have two actively engaged parents.Families of all shapes and sizes love and provide for the needs of their children, including families headed by grandparents, same sex couples, and single parents. And in families of all types responsible parenting remains a crucial part of ensuring a child's well-being. The President has often described the “hole a man leaves when he abandons his responsibility to his children [as] one that no government can fill.” And while millions of single-mother households across the country are doing whatever it takes to provide for their families, we know that without a father doing his part it can be a struggle to meet the many obligations parents face.Responsible fathering means taking responsibility for a child's intellectual, emotional, and financial well-being. This requires being present in a child's life, actively contributing to a child's healthy development, sharing economic responsibilities, and cooperating with a child's mother in addressing the full range of a child's and family's needs.Today, however, one out of every three children in America – over 24 million in total – lives in a home without their biological father present. And data show that low-income men from communities of color are significantly more likely to be nonresident fathers than resident fathers. Roughly one out of every three Hispanic children and more than half of African-American children grow up in homes without their fathers present.The presence and involvement of a child's parents protects children from a number of vulnerabilities. More engaged fathers—whether living with or apart from their children—can help foster a child's healthy physical, emotional, and social development. While evidence shows that children benefit most from the involvement of resident fathers, research has also highlighted the positive effect that nonresident fathers can have on their children's lives.The choice to be an active, engaged parent is influenced by factors in the family and the community. For example, it can be especially hard for fathers who are trying to do the right thing to maintain their dignity and motivation in the face of unemployment or underemployment. In addition, fathering is influenced by culture, which must support and reinforce messages and behaviors that lead to fathers taking active roles in the healthy development of their children. This requires deliberate actions and messages by the public and private sector, as well individuals in communities and homes across the country. These, and other complex factors, contribute to the way fathers choose to engage with their children.As the father of two girls, President Obama knows firsthand the power of fathers being present in the lives of their children and families. As a man who grew up without a father present in his life, he also knows the pain created when a father chooses to leave his children behind and the powerful role mentors and other adults play in filling that void.Soon after taking office, the Obama Administration began leading forums across the country to discuss how we, as a country, can work together to promote responsible fatherhood through personal and community responsibility. In 2010, the President asked that an interagency working group begin finding ways to encourage activities and policy developments that promote responsible fatherhood. Since then, the Responsible Fatherhood Working Group has coordinated policy, programmatic activities, and engagement efforts on fatherhood across federal agencies.

Download or read book Fatherhood Initiatives written by Carmen Solomon-Fears and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2013-01-05 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2012, 25% of families with children (under age 18) were maintained by mothers. According to some estimates, about 60% of children born during the 1990s spent a significant portion of their childhood in a home without their father. Research indicates that children raised in single-parent families are more likely than children raised in two-parent families (with both biological parents) to do poorly in school, have emotional and behavioral problems, become teenage parents, and have poverty-level incomes. In hopes of improving the long-term outlook for children in single parent families, federal, state, and local governments, along with public and private organizations, are supporting programs and activities that promote the financial and personal responsibility of noncustodial fathers to their children and increase the participation of fathers in the lives of their children. These programs have come to be known as “responsible fatherhood” programs. Sources of federal funding for fatherhood programs include the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, TANF state Maintenance-of-Effort (MOE) funding, Child Support Enforcement (CSE) funds, and Social Services Block Grant (Title XX) funds. In the 106th, 107th, and 108th Congresses, bills containing specific funding for responsible fatherhood initiatives were debated. President George W. Bush, a supporter of responsible fatherhood programs, included funding for such programs in each of his budgets. In the 109th Congress, P.L. 109-171 (the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005) was enacted. It included a provision that provided up to $50 million per year (FY2006-FY2010) in competitive grants to states, territories, Indian tribes and tribal organizations, and public and nonprofit community groups (including religious organizations) for responsible fatherhood initiatives. The Obama Administration's FY2011 budget included a proposal to substantially increase funding for responsible fatherhood programs under a proposed new Fatherhood, Marriage, and Families Innovation Fund. Under the proposal, the new fund would have received $500 million for FY2011 (this proposal was not passed by either the House or the Senate). Instead, P.L. 111-291 (enacted December 8, 2010) extended funding for the Title IV-A Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grants for an additional year (i.e., through FY2011). For FY2011, it appropriated $75 million for awarding funds for healthy marriage promotion activities and $75 million for awarding funds for activities promoting responsible fatherhood. Pursuant to P.L. 112- 78 (enacted December 23, 2011), the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant programs were extended at their FY2011 funding level (on a pro rata basis) through February 29, 2012. Pursuant to P.L. 112-96 (enacted February 22, 2012), the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant programs were extended (at their FY2011 funding level) through the end of FY2012 (on a pro rata basis). P.L. 112-175 (the government-wide continuing resolution enacted on September 28, 2012) extended funding (on a pro rata basis) for the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant programs through March 2013 (the first six months of FY2013). Most fatherhood programs include media campaigns that emphasize the importance of emotional, physical, psychological, and financial connections of fathers to their children. Most fatherhood programs include parenting education; responsible decision-making; mediation services for both parents; providing an understanding of the CSE program; conflict resolution, coping with stress, and problem-solving skills; peer support; and job-training opportunities (skills development, interviewing skills, job search, job-retention skills, job-advancement skills, etc.). This publication briefly examines the role of the CSE agency in fatherhood programs and discusses initiatives to promote and support father-child interaction outside the parents' relationship.

Download or read book Encouraging Responsible Fatherhood written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Labor and Human Resources. Subcommittee on Children and Families and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 49 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book New Expectations written by James A. Levine and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Encouraging Responsible Parenting Among Fathers with Histories of Incarceration written by Jocelyn Fontaine and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Importance of Fathers in the Healthy Development of Children written by Jeffrey Rosenberg and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Nurturing Dads written by William Marsiglio and published by Russell Sage Foundation. This book was released on 2012-01-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: American fathers are a highly diverse group, but the breadwinning, live-in, biological dad prevails as the fatherhood ideal. Consequently, policymakers continue to emphasize marriage and residency over initiatives that might help foster healthy father-child relationships and creative co-parenting regardless of marital or residential status. In Nurturing Dads, William Marsiglio and Kevin Roy explore the ways new initiatives can address the social, cultural, and economic challenges men face in contemporary families and foster more meaningful engagement between many different kinds of fathers and their children. What makes a good father? The firsthand accounts in Nurturing Dads show that the answer to this question varies widely and in ways that counter the mainstream "provide and reside" model of fatherhood. Marsiglio and Roy document the personal experiences of more than 300 men from a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds and diverse settings, including fathers-to-be, young adult fathers, middle-class dads, stepfathers, men with multiple children in separate families, and fathers in correctional facilities. They find that most dads express the desire to have strong, close relationships with their children and to develop the nurturing skills to maintain these bonds. But they also find that disadvantaged fathers, including young dads and those in constrained financial and personal circumstances, confront myriad structural obstacles, such as poverty, inadequate education, and poor job opportunities. Nurturing Dads asserts that society should help fathers become more committed and attentive caregivers and that federal and state agencies, work sites, grassroots advocacy groups, and the media all have roles to play. Recent efforts to introduce state-initiated paternity leave should be coupled with social programs that encourage fathers to develop unconditional commitments to children, to co-parent with mothers, to establish partnerships with their children's other caregivers, and to develop parenting skills and resources before becoming fathers via activities like volunteering and mentoring kids. Ultimately, Marsiglio and Roy argue, such combined strategies would not only change the policy landscape to promote engaged fathering but also change the cultural landscape to view nurturance as a fundamental aspect of good fathering. Care is a human experience—not just a woman's responsibility—and this core idea behind Nurturing Dads holds important implications for how society supports its families and defines manhood. The book promotes the progressive notion that fathers should provide more than financial support and, in the process, bring about a better start in life for their children. A Volume in the American Sociological Association's Rose Series in Sociology

Download or read book Promoting Responsible Fatherhood written by The White House and published by . This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a dad is one of the most important jobs a man can have. The greatest advantage a child can have is the love and support of a strong and stable family and the research clearly indicates the benefits to children who have two actively engaged parents. Families of all shapes and sizes love and provide for the needs of their children, including families headed by grandparents, same sex couples, and single parents. And in families of all types responsible parenting remains a crucial part of ensuring a child's well-being. The President has often described the "hole a man leaves when he abandons his responsibility to his children [as] one that no government can fill." And while millions of single-mother households across the country are doing whatever it takes to provide for their families, we know that without a father doing his part it can be a struggle to meet the many obligations parents face.

Download or read book Father Involvement written by Wisconsin. Governor's Commission on Families and Children and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The New Dad s Playbook written by Benjamin Watson and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2017-05-02 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When it comes to the unknown territory of having a baby, moms-to-be have nearly unending resources to plan and execute a healthy pregnancy and navigate those first months and years as a parent with confidence. New dads? Not so much. They want to get in the game too, but, says Super Bowl champion Benjamin Watson, "I could find clearer direction for putting together a baby swing than for taking care of a newborn child." The New Dad's Playbook is every man's game plan to being the best partner and the best father, from pre-season (preparing for fatherhood) to Super Bowl (birth) to post-season (after baby is home). It helps men understand what their wives are going through physically and emotionally during and after pregnancy, allowing them to support their most important teammate. It tells men what to expect when their baby is home--and what to do when the unexpected happens. This tell-it-like-it-is book will take men from just winging it to winning it.

Download or read book Map and Track written by Jane Knitzer and published by National Center for Children. This book was released on 1997-01-01 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report details current state efforts to promote responsible fatherhood, identifies and profiles specific strategies to encourage fathers to be responsible, and summarizes state father-related data. Chapter 1, "Setting the Context," provides a rationale for the policy interest in fathers and presents the methodology for the study. Chapter 2, "Fatherhood: A National Profile," presents national demographic data and state variations on children in father-absent families; profiles noncustodial and single-parent fathers; and provides father employment, education, and income statistics; and information on child support. Chapter 3, "What the States Say: Toward a Policy Framework for Responsible Fatherhood," summarizes the findings based on state reports, provides in-depth information on the range of state strategies and activities, and discusses issues for the future. Findings revealed a high level of interest in promoting responsible fatherhood, with most states implementing or planning public awareness campaigns and programs to prevent unwanted or too-early fatherhood, strengthen fathers' roles as contributors to economic security of children, enhance their role as nurturers of children, and build leadership capacity to implement a fatherhood agenda. Chapter 4, "State-by-State Summaries of Specific Fatherhood-Related Strategies, Policies, and Indicators," provides a synopsis of each state's strategies to encourage responsible fatherhood and a summary of indicators from 1990-1995 related to families, work, schooling, poverty, and child support. Chapter 5,"State-by-State Descriptions of Fatherhood-Related Strategies and Policies," describes specific state program and policy approaches, based on information collected in early 1997. Appendices include the state policy checklist, indicator summary tables, trend data, and state contacts. (KDFB)

Download or read book America s Fathers and Public Policy written by Nancy A. Crowell and published by National Academies. This book was released on 1994 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the full text of "America's Fathers and Public Policy: Report of a Workshop," edited by Nancy A. Crowell and Ethel M. Leeper. Lists committee members and workshop participants and notes acknowledgments. Remarks that the Board on Children and Families convened the workshop, "America's Fathers: Abiding and Emerging Roles in Family and Economic Support Policies," held in Washington, D.C., on September 26-28, 1993. Notes that the main topics of discussion centered around child support, teenage fathers, fathers of disabled children, and inner-city poor fathers. The Report from the workshop examines such topics as economic support, barriers and incentives to involvement, and public policy regarding fathers' rights. Contains a bibliography, a list of references and suggested directions for research, and the workshop's agenda. Links to the home pages of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) and the National Academy Press (NAP), as well as to other reports.

Download or read book Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers written by Jay Fagan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-24 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Call on men's hidden strengths to help them become responsible fathers in even the most challenging circumstances! Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers gives you fresh approaches for effective interventions with fathers. Whether by calling on their faith to help them deal with the complexities of fatherhood or offering high-tech interventions on the Internet, these techniques help men find their strengths, maintain their masculinity, and learn to guide, nurture, and discipline with love and responsibility. Instead of thinking of fathers as deficient, the book emphasizes finding fathers’strengths and potentials for growth. It also respects the diversity of parenting styles among fathers from various ethnic, racial, and class backgrounds. No man wants to be a bad father. Nevertheless, many men in our culture do not know how to care for the children they beget. Trapped by stereotypes of masculine behavior and deprived of positive role models, they find themselves trying to do the challenging work of fatherhood without the necessary resources, information, or support. Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers offers positive approaches to helping men become responsible fathers, including: designing special techniques and programs to help fathers in prison and other challenging circumstances helping fathers manage anger developing therapeutic support groups for African-American men offering Web-based support for fathers training staff to recognize and respond to fathers’unique needs finding legal tools to support fathers’rights Reaching fathers has become an ever more urgent priority for practitioners as family structure and family life change. Traditional social-service programs for mothers tend not to work well with men's very different needs and attitudes. Yet very little has been published on successful interventions with fathers. Clinical and Educational Interventions with Fathers fills that gap and suggests promising new directions for further research in this field. By offering positive, tested ways to help men become responsible fathers, this volume will help you improve their lives and the lives of their sons and daughters.

Download or read book Map and Track written by Stanley Bernard and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report focuses on fatherhood in its profile of state efforts to develop comprehensive programs and policies for young children and families, presents indicators of child and family well-being, and describes state investments in young children and families. The report provides national and state indicators of fathers and fatherhood, and aggregate and state information on policies and practices regarding responsible fatherhood, including promoting public awareness, preventing unwanted or too-early fatherhood, enhancing fathers as economic providers, strengthening fathers as nurturers, and promoting leadership capacity. Analysis was based on responses from 45 states to 2 questionnaires requesting information on new programs and the use of federal funds to train nonresident fathers of children receiving welfare sent to 50 states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Chapter 1 of the report provides an overview of the framework and data collection methods. Chapter 2 provides demographic findings and offers a qualitative look at the changing face of fatherhood nationally, highlighting particular subgroups of fathers. Chapter 3 summarizes the program and policy information gathered from the states and explores emerging issues not so clearly reflected in the findings. Chapter 4 focuses on profiles of three states, one county, and one city providing leadership with fatherhood initiatives that reflect attention to a range of fathers and both the economic and nurturing aspects of fatherhood. Chapter 5 provides profiles of the individual states and gives a state-by-state overview of policies and initiatives reported by them. Nine appendices include indicator summary tables, state contacts, and a glossary. Contains approximately 100 references. (KB)

Download or read book Dads Make a Difference Action for Responsible Fatherhood written by Massachusetts Governor's Advisory Commission on Responsible Fatherhood and Family and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ...Defines responsbile fatherhood and sets forth guiding principles; recommends strategies for helping fathers develop a nurturing relationship with their children and on steps that individuals, extended families, public and private agencies, businesses and organizations can take to assist parents in working cooperatively for the well-being of their children; appendices include Executive Order 389, which established the Commission and findings of the US Congress in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996...