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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses five strategies for forming an effective Board of Directors. The strategies include: conduct a board check-up, orient new board members, keep searching for new members, shape a board that possesses a mix of education, skills, information, and access to important networks such as donors, and implement strategies to boost board performance.
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses six strategies for creating a useful logic model that presents a visual display of the connections among the resources available to operate the program, current and planned activities, and changes or results the program hopes to achieve. The strategies include: understand the role of the logic model, evaluate the situation, identify inputs, determine outputs, envision outcomes, outline the model, and implement techniques for guiding program progress. A sample logic model is provided.
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses six strategies for enhancing staff and volunteer capabilities in programs promoting responsible fatherhood. The strategies include: develop workshops or training programs or take advantage of those offered by other organizations, agencies, or associations; have staff and volunteers attend regional and national conferences; use professional coaches to provide the customized guidance that program management, staff, or volunteers need; organize a peer mentoring group with other professionals who serve…
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses six strategies for expanding fund development in programs promoting responsible fatherhood. The strategies include: translate your program's mission and strategic goals into financial requirements and develop an action-oriented fund development plan; outline a set of fundraising objectives that reflect the resources necessary to reach the program goals you identified during strategic planning; devise fund development strategies that focus on building long-term relationships with donors and funders…
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses eight strategies for engaging a community in a program. The strategies include: involve the board in community engagement planning, prepare a plan, identity community strengths, recruit community members to serve on an advisory board or committee, schedule an open house event where staff, board members, funders, and other stakeholders can interact with community members, sponsor a forum, conduct interviews and focus groups, use the media to spread the word about programs promoting responsible…
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This brochure from the National Responsible Fatherhood Capacity Building Initiative discusses nine strategies for securing foundation funding for programs promoting responsible fatherhood. The strategies include: learn as much as possible about foundations that might fund the program, prepare a comprehensive plan for approaching foundations, get organized, recognize a foundation's culture, identify insiders, cultivate relationships with key foundation representatives, locate other nonprofit and community organizations that have been awarded grants from the target foundations in the past…
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An increasing portion of lower class men have children in more than one relationship. These men, which I term dual fathers, are poorly understood by researchers. Based on 62 interviews with low-income fathers, this project elucidates the beliefs, behaviors, and fathering identities of dual fathers. I find that all low-income fathers tend to adapt a "father figure" rather than a "father" definition offathering responsibility. I also find that fathers tend to self-identify as responsible fathers, despitevarying definitions of responsibility. (Author abstract)
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Money Habitudes II is a simple but powerful tool to help young adults talk about money. This version is geared towards people age 18-25 and is typically used with the military, college students and young adults starting work and living more independently. The award-winning decks of cards are easy to use and provide new insights in a fun, game-like format. They can be used by professionals and non-professionals when working with individuals, couples or groups. Often used as an introductory exercise or icebreaker, they also work well as a standalone activity or as a module within a larger…
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The authors have developed a framework for thinking about what kinds of services and programs would be appropriate for separating fathers (which can apply to mothers as well). These fall into three key domains: facilitating fathers' parenting and their adaptation to structural changes affecting the entire family, the process of emotional and legal separation from a partner/significant other or spouse, and their individual emotional and psycho-social needs. This framework was presented as a research poster in October 2008 at the Father Involvement 2008 Diversity, Visibility, Community…
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This poster, presented at Father Involvement 2008, Diversity Visibility Community is a visual representation of a conceptual framework for orienting services for separated and divorced fathers. (Author abstract)
