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 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 54 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 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative written by Gavin J. Buttone and published by Nova Science Pub Incorporated. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative whose goals are to strengthen marriages and relationships in low-income families which has emerged as a national strategy for enhancing the well-being of children. With the passage of the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 (DRA), Congress appropriated $150 million in discretionary grants each year from 2006 through 2010 to implement the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative. The Initiative represents an unprecedented financial commitment by the federal government to support marriage and fatherhood programs. The focus of the Healthy Marriage program is to encourage the formation and maintenance of two-parent households through healthy marriage promotion activities, while the focus of the Responsible Fatherhood program is to strengthen the role of the father in a child's life. This is an edited, excerpted and augmented edition.

Download or read book Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative written by Kay E. Brown and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Strengthening marriages and relationships in low-income families has emerged as a national strategy for enhancing the well-being of children. The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 appropriated $150 million in grants each year from 2006 through 2010 to implement the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Initiative. This report provides insight into how these programs are being implemented and monitored, and reports on: (1) how the Dept. of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded grants and the types of org. that received funding; (2) what activities and services grantees are providing, incl. those for domestic violence victims; (3) how HHS monitors and assesses program implementation and use of funds; and (4) how program impact is measured. Illus.

Download or read book Promoting Responsible Fatherhood written by Ronald B. Mincy and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 36 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 Responsible Fatherhood written by Eileen M. Garry and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 2 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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 Promoting Responsible Fatherhood written by United States. President (2009- : Obama) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Promoting responsible fatherhood written by United States. President (2009- : Obama) and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 30 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 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 Seven Things States Can Do to Promote Responsible Fatherhood written by Wade F. Horn and published by Council of State Planning Agencies. This book was released on 1996 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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