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OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
An Office of the Administration for Children & Families
Our program’s commitment is to serve and support the whole family. Since the program was established in 1975, it’s evolved from recovering state public assistance costs to focusing on family support. In addition to services funded directly by the child
OFFICE OF CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES
An Office of the Administration for Children & Families
Our program’s commitment is to serve and support the whole family. Since the program was established in 1975, it’s evolved from recovering state public assistance costs to focusing on family support. In addition to services funded directly by the child support program, we also support states and tribes by funding services like employment programs, fatherhood initiatives, demonstration grants, reentry partnerships, and other family-centered efforts.
The Commonwealth Center for Fathers and Families (CCFF) is an emerging non-profit organization that seeks to improve child outcomes and enhance families and communities through increasing positive fatherhood engagement across Kentucky. Services are available ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
Services and actions include:
Child and Family
The Commonwealth Center for Fathers and Families (CCFF) is an emerging non-profit organization that seeks to improve child outcomes and enhance families and communities through increasing positive fatherhood engagement across Kentucky. Services are available ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH.
Services and actions include:
Child and Family Well-Being
Responsible Fatherhood
Health and Equity
Economic Stability and Employment
Healthy Relationships
Evidence and Trauma-Informed Practice
Empowerment and Advocacy
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National Fatherhood Initiative® works to increase father involvement by equipping communities and human service organizations with the father-engagement training, programs, and resources they need to be father inclusive.
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Fathers are central to the emotional well-being of their children. Research confirms that if a child's father is affectionate, supportive, and involved he contributes greatly to the child's healthy development, academic achievement, sense of self-worth, and other critical elements associated with positive life outcomes. Healthy fathers an
Fathers are central to the emotional well-being of their children. Research confirms that if a child's father is affectionate, supportive, and involved he contributes greatly to the child's healthy development, academic achievement, sense of self-worth, and other critical elements associated with positive life outcomes. Healthy fathers and families are essential to the overall health of our cities and neighborhoods.
Child Welfare Information Gateway
Organizations that provide information and resources for and about fathers and their important role in the lives of children.
This tool helps you assess how your organization encourages (or doesn't encourage) father involvement in the activities and programs offered by your organization.
As the nation’s #1 provider of
fatherhood skill-building programs
and resources, National Fatherhood
Initiative (NFI) provides guidance for
practitioners and organizations on
how they can create and maintain a
successful fatherhood program. From
planning, to selecting a curriculum,
to successfully facilitating your first
session, we’re here to help you along
the way so that your program is
another success story.
At the second Texas Fatherhood Summit IN 2017, attendees participated in a Fatherhood Recruitment Challenge. For this activity, attendees brainstormed recruitment strategies with other attendees at their table and created a list. Child and Family Research Partnership (CFRP) compiled and organized the 200+ ideas into the list. You can use this list as a resource for your fatherhood programs!
Despite this growing recognition of the vital role fathers play in the lives of their children and families, most family services programming was designed with only mothers in mind. Diversity in fatherhood roles and circumstances suggest the need for careful design of interventions to remove barriers to father involvement and to engage fathers in
programming to strengthen their lives and their role in the lives of their children.
The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse is an Office of Family Assistance (OFA) funded national resource for fathers, practitioners, programs/Federal grantees, states, and the public at-large who are serving or interested in supporting strong fathers and families.
The Federal Government supports efforts to strengthen the role of fathers by encouraging them to take advantage of work/life programs, consult with work/life coordinators about options, and participate in parenting and child care seminars and support groups.
