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These powerful resources are intended to support anyone who wants to help fathers and develop a sustainable fatherhood program. No matter what type of fathers you're working with, there is something here for you!

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Subscribing to NFI's FREE FatherTopics™ Technical Assistance Blog full of relevant help and guidance for facilitators and those working with fathers! Read the Latest on the TA Blog Now >

Free Father Friendly Checkup™ Our free Father Friendly Check-Up™ is designed to help you determine just how father-friendly your organization is! Go there now.
Mentoring: Double Duty Dad™ 24 million children in the U.S. are growing up in a home without their father. Dads can make a difference by being a father figure for a fatherless child they already know. Take the pledge and download the free Double Duty Dad™ Guide today!
10 Steps to Getting Started with 24/7 Dad®™ Ready to engage and educate fathers, but not sure where to start? Get started with 24/7 Dad™, NFI's core fatherhood program. Independent, third-party research shows that 24/7 Dad® improves attitudes towards fathering, fathering knowledge, and fathering skills. Download the Getting Started Guide for ideas to jump-start your efforts!
InsideOut Dad® Guide for Jails™ Use this free guide along with the Session Guide that is part of the Facilitator’s Manual in the InsideOut Dad® complete program kit to run a shortened version of InsideOut Dad® in a jail or other short-term facility.
Alumni Program Guide for Graduates of a Fatherhood Program Keep fathers connected to a positive environment that facilitates continued growth after they complete a fatherhood program, and provide a credible, trusted group of fathers who can recruit fathers into a fatherhood program, encourage fathers currently enrolled in a program to maintain their participation, and act as guides or mentors for fatherhood program participants. Use this guide as encouragement to start an alumni program!
Finding Your Way: Guides for Fathers in Child Protection Cases National Fatherhood Initiative® (NFI) is pleased to provide Finding Your Way: Guides for Fathers in Child Protection Cases, a collection of six guides for fathers involved in child protection cases (child welfare cases) that you can download for FREE. Get it now.
Igniting Father-Child Relationships: Sharing Favorites Fosters Connections Designed for fathers with elementary school children or teenagers, this worksheet allows fathers and children to get to know one another better, feel a deeper sense of connection, helps fathers jump start a conversation, have fun with their children, all while learning more about them to provide the kind of guidance their children need! Access now.
Mapping Father-Involvement Programs and Resources to the Protective Factors - White Paper This paper addresses why PFA-based efforts should integrate father-involvement programs and resources. It “maps” (i.e. links) how efforts to increase father involvement in the lives of children build the protective factors (PF) through prevention and intervention, thus helping to break the intergenerational nature of CAN. Access it Now.
Capacity-Building Resources Capacity-building is the way in which organizations build up their staff and organizational capacity to successfully run programs. Browse the following resources to aid in the capacity-building for your fatherhood programming. Browse all Capacity Building Resources now. Tips for Organizations - Articles and resources designed for facilitators to help you expand and improve your programs and to help you connect fathers with their children Helpful Links - A list of links to resources and tools for such as board development, evaluation tools, federal grant resources, professional development, technology, and more Webinars - Recordings of past webinars that have been conducted by the Capacity Building Initiative Past Awardees - List and narratives of past Capacity-Building Initiative grants awardees representing community-based, faith-based and other grassroots organizations working with fathers in their communities
Other Topics for Programming Success In past years, NFI offered webinars covering a variety of father focused and programming focused topics. We have compiled the PowerPoint presentations from these webinars into a library of resources for you to access to help you start or improve your fatherhood programming. Learn everything form best practices for serving fathers in a variety of settings to, how to submit a winning proposal, to strategies for reaching teen fathers. Click here to browse topics now.