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The NRFC Library is a collection of materials to build a knowledge base around fathers, fatherhood, and operating a Responsible Fatherhood program. It also houses all resources created by the NRFC, including fact sheets, PSAs, and past webinars.

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Nutrition for Kids: Guidelines for A Healthy Diet

This online resource explains that nutrition for kids is based on the same ideas as nutrition for adults. Everyone needs the same types of nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, carbohydrates, protein, and fat, but children need different amounts of specific nutrients at different ages. When…

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Working with Child Support: Continuing the Conversation (NRFC Webinar)

This NRFC webinar was a follow-up to a March 2013 webinar that began a conversation about ways in which fatherhood practitioners can partner with local child support offices to help non-custodial fathers and their families. This April 2015 webinar continued the conversation with two fatherhood programs that have successfully established effective partnerships with their local child support office.

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Webinar
Strengthening Literacy and Father-Child Relationships through Reading (NRFC Webinar)

Children who read well by third grade are more likely than their peers to experience academic success and economic stability as adults. They are also more likely to have parents who read to them. This webinar looked at ways in which fatherhood programs can help fathers improve their own literacy, encourage them to read to their children, and enhance outcomes for two generations (parents and their children). The Office of Family Assistance, through the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC), provided this technical assistance webinar for all responsible fatherhood…

Webinar
Working with Fathers to Identify and Resolve Substance Abuse Problems (NRFC Webinar)

The Office of Family Assistance, through the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC), provided this technical assistance webinar for all responsible fatherhood practitioners, including current OFA grantees, and other interested stakeholders.

Fathers participating in fatherhood programs are often faced by a number of personal issues that act as barriers to achieving parenting, relationship, and employment goals.  One of the most significant of these issues is substance abuse.  This webinar shared lessons learned from the field and tips to help fatherhood practitioners…

Webinar
Addressing Domestic Violence: The Role of Fatherhood Programs (NRFC Webinar)

The webinar provided ideas and resources to help responsible fatherhood practitioners address issues of domestic violence and promote safe environments for children and families. After this training webinar, participants will improve their knowledge and understanding of:

The prevalence and impact of domestic violence in U.S. families. Ways to work with domestic violence partners to help prevent domestic violence and ensure that referral procedures are in place for appropriate services for abusers and victims. Strategies to address domestic violence and engage fathers in the…
Webinar
Outreach and Recruitment: Best Practices for Fatherhood Practitioners (NRFC Webinar)

The ability to recruit fathers is one of the key measures of a fatherhood program’s success. Effective outreach and recruitment are key to effective programming, and can be a challenge for many programs. This webinar draws upon tips and ideas from the NRFC's Responsible Fatherhood Toolkit and features presentations from three well established responsible fatherhood practitioners. 

Goals of Webinar:  After this training webinar, participants will improve their knowledge and understanding of:

Ways to spread the word in the community about fatherhood program activities.…
Webinar
How Can Fathers Address Bullying Issues with Their Children? (NRFC Webinar)

Bullying is a problem faced by many children at school, in the community, and online. Children may bully others, they may be victims of bullying behavior, or they may find themselves in a bystander role. This NRFC webinar focuses on ways in which fatherhood programs can address these and related issues with fathers and their local communities.

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After this training webinar, participants will improve their knowledge and understanding of: The different roles that children may play in bullying behavior. Ways in which fathers can talk with their children about…
Unpublished Paper
Father Involvement and Informal Kinship Care: Impacts on Child Wellbeing.
The purpose of this study was to fill a gap in our knowledge regarding father involvement in informal kinship care and its impact on the emotional and behavioral wellbeing of children in care. Although this study was neither exclusively a fatherhood nor a child welfare study, it has the potential to contribute to the knowledge base of each area. The study was guided by the principles of family systems theory, which highlight the interconnectedness of family members and the ways in which family interactions impact individual wellbeing. This study specifically explored the relationship between…
Unpublished Paper
Military Fathers and Families: Experiences Across Contexts, Space, and Time.
There are approximately 1.8 million U.S. children with at least one parent in the military (Department of Defense, 2010). Maintaining an all-volunteer military force has led to an increase in older, career military members that are more likely to have children (RAND, 2010). Due to extended military commitments and recent deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, the need to understand the impact of deployment and military work commitments on children and family relationships has come to the forefront. While a number of studies have explored the influence of deployment and a military lifestyle on…
Unpublished Paper
The Well-Being of Chinese Immigrant Sons: Importance of Father-Son Attachment, Father Involvement, Father Acceptance and Adolescents' Phenomenological Perceptions of Father-Son Relationship.
The present study examined the influence that father's residency status and father-child relational qualities have on adolescent psychological adjustment, behavioral outcomes, scholastic achievement, self-identity acculturation, and the subjective well-being of Chinese male immigrants from intact, two-parent households. The relational qualities of interest under investigation consisted of father-son attachment, father involvement, and father acceptance-rejection, from the phenomenological perception of children. A total of 86 participants were included in the overall multivariate analyses -…
Unpublished Paper
Exploring the Relationship Between African American Father Involvement and the Academic Success of Their College-Age Children.

Father involvement appears to be a significant factor in the success of African American children, resulting in positive psychosocial, behavioral, cognitive, and academic achievement outcomes beginning in toddlerhood and continuing through late adolescence. The present study assessed how involvement of African American fathers influences their adult children's adjustment ability and academic achievement in college and graduate school. Over 100 participants, aged 18-34, who self-identified as African American, were raised with an African American biological father or non-biological father…

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