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Mexican-origin families are disproportionately exposed to sociocultural contextual stressors. However, how these stressors impact family processes, including parenting and marital relationship quality, remain unclear. In this workshop, we will examine culturally specific risks and strengths for family process pathways to be able to pinpoint key information to inform future intervention work aimed at strengthening healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood among Mexican-origin families.

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PRESENTERS: Henry Gonzalez, M.Sc., * Cary Chatham-Hahn, M.Ed. * Melissa Barnett, Ph.D. Tucson, AZ

Fathers & Families Coalition of America is proud to share the efforts that Sesame Street is engaged for educators and providers supporting children and families with an autistic child

These are  FREEwebinars on the Sesame Street andAutism: See Amazing in All Childreninitiative! In the weeksleading up to Autism Awareness Month in April, we encourage you to join oneof these two interactive discussions with thecreators of this project!

Every child in his or her lifetime will meet someone who has autism—and See Amazing in All Children was developed to spread a message of respect, empathy, and kindness to all children, and to remind us all that everyone has unique qualities and talents that make the world an interesting place.

Sesame Street and Autism: Webinar for Providers Date: Wednesday, 3/16/2016 Time: 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM (Eastern) Registration and Audience Link: https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1090931 In this interactive discussion, you’ll learn more from the creators of this project about the variety of free resources that were developed, and ways these materials can be integrated into providers’ work with families and children. Whether you serve individuals who are directly or indirectly touched by autism, we know you will find something amazing to take away from this presentation.

Sesame Street and Autism: Webinar for Educators DATE: Wednesday, 3/23/2016 TIME: 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM (Eastern) Registration and Audience Link:  https://goto.webcasts.com/starthere.jsp?ei=1091022

The ultimate goal of Fathers & Families Coalition of America to improve outcomes for children. Which raises a question, "What are is needed to improve child wellbeing for children with parents who are living one crisis away from not reaching their best?" We have so many children under-reported not living with a father in their lives around the world. The conversation Fathers & Families Coalition of America brought leaders together to at our National Families and Fathers 17th Annual Conference, February 16, 2016. These leaders include:

Dr. Blanca Enríquez, Director, Office of Head Start - Washington, DC.

Dr. Aida Díaz de Rodríguez, President, Asociación de Maestros de Puerto Rico - San Juan, PR

Brigadier General Richard Noriega, President and CEO, AVANCE, Inc. - San Antonio, TX

Dr. Allan McCray, President, Life Impact – San Juan, PR & Phoenix, AZ

 

Fathers & Families Coalition of America is honored to share our gallery from the Dr. Ramon & Dr, Yolanda Nieves Family Affair Red Tie Red Dress Annual Gala at our National Families and Fathers 17th Annual Conference, February 18, 2016 in Los Angeles. The Honorable Danny K. Davis, U.S. Congressman of the State of Illinois 7th District bestowed Congressional Certificates of Special Recognition to outstanding fathers with Major General John R. Hawkins III (far left) and James Rodriguez, CEO & President of Fathers & Families Coalition of America (2nd far left) presenting awards recognition from Congressman Davis. Moreover, the U.S. Office of Head Start provided special certificates as well to these outstanding fathers, veterans of the Army, Marines and Navy with even a special guest as a single father, Mr. James Cannon raised his son Nick Cannon alone going through struggles as all of these fathers experienced, however, greater rewards as dads! We honored Couples of Excellence with marriages from 28 to 59 years as the Mistress of Ceremonies, Commissioner Josefa Salinas ushered in of inspiration…..

Join us next year!  Capture a glance of this year’s photo gallery here

We Have Failed Our Children

 Now What Is Needed For Their Futures - Prevention, Intervention and Emerging Models

Presented By Fathers & Families Coalition of America 

The distinctive of Fathers & Families Coalition of America is the introduction of very important grounded principles. However, do we hold to principles, evidence based interventions, best practices or so dogmatic to serve people without a greater understanding that the models that were very impactful in 1980 may not transform the lives of others in 2016. We brought some of the finest experts to test each of us to improve services to children and families. The test to pass is how to take this information and expand your model that you are using today. Is the model holistic for today's family? Listen to these leaders and the revelations to increase your capacity. Holding to principles, models or restrictions from grants do they impact the people you serve? 

 National Families & Fathers 17th Annual Conference Featured Speakers                                                                                                                                                               Honorable Carlis V. Williams, Regional Administrator for the Administration for Children and Families, Region IV Atlanta, GA                                                                                     Dr. Ginny Ehrlich, CEO, National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, Washington, DC                                                                                                               Honorable Alisha Griffin, Director for the State of California Department of Child Support Services Sacramento, CA                                                                                                     Ms. Diann Dawson, JD., MSW, Senior Consultant Global Peace Foundation USA, Lanham, MD

Fathers & Families Coalition of America is committed as one of our priorities to address the elimination of poverty in America and globally. We facilitated a release of two 2015 winter briefs on the Elimination of Poverty. In 2016, we will go to Jamaica to support the overwhelming homes in poverty. Throughout the United States, the growing cascade of the disproportionality of poverty rates has continued. During our National Families & Fathers 17th Annual Conference, February 18, 2016 Fathers & Families Coalition of America brought international experts to address Building Healthy Families and Communities.

 

 

We are honored to share the following speakers for you to listen and take a ways from  Dr. Maria Cancian, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Policy Administration for Children and Families Washington, DC; Ms. Vicki Turetsky, Commissioner for the U.S. Office of Child Support Washington, DC;. Dr. Ronald B. Mincy, Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice Columbia University, New York City, NY and Ms. Joyce A. Thomas, Regional Administrator, Administration for Children and Families, Region II New York City, NY

Fathers & Families Coalition of America is committed to the elimination of poverty world-wide. We share a fantastic new partnership led by The Urban Instite to make a difference in the lives of all Americans, not just those in poverty

A partnership  made up of a group of 24 leading experts, advocates and academics from across the country. Harvard Professor David Ellwood, former Dean of the Kennedy School of Government and noted poverty expert, is Chair. Over the next two years, these remarkable minds will work to determine what it would take to increase dramatically upward mobility for those in poverty. They will situate the challenge in the broader global economy and US context; they will explore structural barriers to opportunity. And they will uncover the country’s most successful programs; collaborate with outside innovative organizations to test promising new models; and identify new approaches.

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Fathers and Families Coalition of America has advocated for increased program models to address the role of practitioners serving fathers to mitigate child abuse and neglect. During our National Families & Fathers 17th Annual Confernce we will host a series of workshops, plenary discussions and meetings with industry experts on trauma informed care practices and strategies to support professionals working with children and adults overcome adverse childhood experiences. Children’s Bureau/ACYF/ACF/HHS provided a 2014 Factsheet for Families that is relevant to raise awareness on why must develop strong practices and reduce the intergenerational impacts of trauma, "when parents do not have an understanding of the effects of trauma, they may misinterpret their child’s behavior and end up feeling frustrated or resentful. Their attempts to address troubling behavior may be ineffective or, in some cases, even harmful." Read More

A few of the sessions available to increase your understandings, skills and practices working with in-risk children, fathers and families through emerging models and evidence based practices. Join us at our National Families and Fathers 17th Annual Conference to help make a difference in the lives of children. Read More

Grow the Brain: A Trauma Care Program for Paraprofessionals by Dr. Carolyn Curtis

Picking Up the Broken Pieces by Carter Patterson and Marc Warren

Guided Principles for an Informed Trauma Practice by Dr. Dezette Johnson

Annual Red Tie/Red Dress Family Affair Gala

2-18-2016

Los Angeles, California 

Join us for the our National Gala & Awards at the Sheraton Gateway LAX Hotel February 18th starting at 6:30p.m. for this Red Tie/Red Dress National Awards Gala as we honor others and a night of inspiration!

U.S. Congressman, Danny K. Davis, Seventh District for the State of Illinois and a national a champion for healthy families will support the honoring of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, Wounded Warriors, fathers honorees from 15 states with remarks for all. Moreover, from the U.S. House of Representatives , Office of U.S. Congressman Danny K. Davis of the 7th Dsitrict for the State of Ilinois Corporation for National and Community Service administered by Points of Light and The U.S. Office of Head Start as well as from the and Fathers & Families Coalition of America we will have additional recognitions for our Ambassador Agencies; Fathers of the Year; Couples of Excellence; and a very special National Leader of the Year honoree!

When a Dad Makes a Difference

Father & Son Finding A Cause Bigger Than Self

Fathers & Families Coalition of America would like to introduce a story of a young man who has found his purpose...

Pauly Avila has found his core as an effective young man affecting the lives of homeless in Los Angeles' infamous, Skid Row. He is healing others and challenging them to transfor their lives. Because who he is and by his father's guidance unveiling his purpose to help others through music.

We no longer should use the term "at-risk" when we have a growing generation of children, youth and young adults living "in-risk." The Achievement Gap and the Discipline Gap Two Sides of the Same Coin? by Anne Gregory,  Russell J. Skiba and Pedro A. Noguera Outline how the the gap of Black, Latino, and American Indian student success requires more attention. This article synthesizes research on racial and ethnic patterns in school sanctions and considers how disproportionate discipline might contribute to lagging achievement among students of color. It further examines the evidence for student, school, and community contributors to the racial and ethnic patterns in school sanctions, and it offers promising directions for gap-reducing discipline policies and practices. 

 WE CAN DO BETTER

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As the American family changes, fatherhood is changing in important and sometimes surprising ways.  Today, fathers who live with their children are taking a more active role in caring for them and helping out around the house. And the ranks of stay-at-home fathersand single fathers have grown significantly in recent decades. At the same time, more and more children are growing up without a father in the home.

The changing role of fathers has introduced new challenges, as dads juggle the competing demands of family and work. Here are some key findings about fathers from Pew Research Center reports.

1. Fewer dads are their family’s sole breadwinner.

2. Dads’ and moms’ roles are converging.

3. Work-family balance is a challenge for many working fathers.

Serving Young Fathers in Home Visiting Programs

What are the experiences of early childhood home visiting programs attempting to engage young fathers? Learn about young fathers' motivations for participating, the unique challenges that young fathers present, and the strategies that staff use to serve this population. 

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Increased attention is being given to the practice of engaging fathers in early childhood home visiting programs. What strategies do home visiting programs use to engage fathers, what challenges do they face, and what are the potential benefits of participating? What strategies do home visiting programs use to engage fathers, what challenges do they face, and what are the potential benefits of participating?

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By Anna Solmeyer, Social Science Research Analyst, Office of Planning Research and Evaluation, and Amanda Clincy, Social Science Research Analyst, Business Strategies Consultants

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Maeve E. GearingDecember 21, 2015

“I have a couple where the father is 15 years old and comes on a skateboard to the home visit.”

About 9 percent (900,000) of American men become fathers before their twentieth birthday. Many of these young fathers grew up in disadvantaged homes, often without fathers in their own lives. And the challenges to becoming a dad at such a young age are many.

Teen fathers have less education and lower earnings than men who delay childbearing. Some young dads, particularly low-income dads, respond to these challenges by withdrawing from their new families. But fathers are crucial to the wellbeing of their children. Research has shown that children with engaged fathers have better cognitive development, exhibit fewer behavioral problems, and do better in school. In other words, having an involved dad helps put children on the right track. How can we get and keep teen dads engaged?

 

Read this report on the changes in family formation around the world… here

 

The World Family Map report monitors the global health of families by tracking 16 indicators in 49 countries, representing all regions of the world. This year’s report includes an essay examining how parents divide labor-force participation, housework, and child care.

The Fatherhood Research & Practice Network (FRPN) is seeking proposals from teams of researchers and fatherhood programs to evaluate fatherhood services. The FRPN is a five-year national project that funds the evaluation of fatherhood programs working with low-income populations and offers a wealth of training and technical assistance to improve fatherhood practice and evaluation research. Evaluation studies help strengthen fatherhood programs and boost their potential for future funding.

 

This grant funding opportunity is designed for:

 

Evaluations of fatherhood services designed to promote economic stability, effective parenting or coparenting with fathers and/or improve effective practice.Studies of innovative approaches to recruit, engage and retain fathers for services or fathers and mothers for coparenting services.Studies that focus on low-income, never-married and nonresident fathers.Studies that use rigorous evaluation designs (randomized controlled trials or strong quasi-experimental), replication studies or exploratory studies that systematically examine innovative approaches.

Eligible applicants include:

Marriage and family structure influence the economic and social well-being of children. As Sara McLanahan and Isabel Sawhill note in the most recent issue of Princeton and Brookings’ Future of Children, “most scholars now agree that children raised by two biological parents in a stable marriage do better than children in other family forms across a wide range of outcomes.” Recent research also suggests marriage and family structure matter not just for individual children, but also for the economic and social well-being of entire communities. When it comes to economic mobility, for instance, we know from the work of Raj Chetty and Nathaniel Hendren that “[low]-income children are most likely to succeed in counties” that have “a larger share of two-parent families.”

 

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DECEMBER 17, 2015Pew Research Center

Parenting in America

Outlook, worries, aspirations are strongly linked to financial situation

The link between family structure and financial circumstancesThe dramatic changes that have taken place in family living arrangements have no doubt contributed to the growing share of children living at the economic margins. In 2014, 62% of children younger than 18 lived in a household with two married parents – a historic low, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau. The share of U.S. kids living with only one parent stood at 26% in 2014. And the share in households with two parents who are living together but not married (7%) has risen steadily in recent years.1These patterns differ sharply across racial and ethnic groups. Large majorities of white (72%) and Asian-American (82%) children are living with two married parents, as are 55% of Hispanic children. By contrast only 31% of black children are living with two married parents, while more than half (54%) are living in a single-parent household.The economic outcomes for these different types of families vary dramatically. In 2014, 31% of children living in single-parent households were living below the poverty line, as were 21% of children living with two cohabiting parents.2 By contrast, only one-in-ten children living with two married parents were in this circumstance. In fact, more than half (57%) of those living with married parents were in households with incomes at least 200% above the poverty line, compared with just 21% of those living in single-parent households. Read More Here

Evaluation of the Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and their Partners, 2015 As part of the Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and their Partners (MFS-IP), twelve grantees received funding from the Office of Family Assistance to implement activities to support and sustain marriages and families of fathers during and after incarceration. Grantees also provided reentry, parenting, education, and employment services. The evaluation includes publications such as research briefs, reviews of promising practices, and implementation data.

  Website Link: https://peerta.acf.hhs.gov/content/evaluation-marriage-and-family-strengthening-grants-incarcerated-and-reentering-fathers-and