overview: What is Community-based Programming?

Our community programming gives children what they need to be happy and healthy - involved, responsible, and committed dads!  National Fatherhood Initiative's innovative fatherhood resources - curricula, brochures, posters, and more -  equip community organizations to support and build strong fathers and families in their neighborhood.

Community-based Programming Includes:

• Quality Resources - developed by fathering and parenthood experts
• Professional Technical Assistance - that helps you successfully recruit, retain, and engage fathers
• Trainings and Workshops- that equip you with tested tools and tactics for implementing programs
• A Trusted Partner - for your programs and initiatives
  

Get the Facts

Communities without involved, responsible, and committed fathers have higher rates of crime and poverty, and lower academic achievement.  Here are the facts:

• Living in a single-parent home doubles the risk that a child will suffer physical, emotional, or educational neglect.
  
  
• Children living in two-parent household with a poor relationship with their father are 68% more likely to smoke, drink, or use drugs.
  
  
• Youths in father-absent households still had significantly higher odds of incarceration than those in mother-father families.  Youths who never had a father in the household experienced the highest odds.
  
  
• Children raised in single-parent families and surrounded by children of single-parent families at school are at the greatest risk of delinquency.
  

Strengthen the fathers and families in your community.  Get started with Community-based Programming today!

All statistics taken from Father Facts™ 5.