National Fatherhood Initiative's Vincent DiCaro on how you can choose the winner of the 2013 Military Fatherhood Award.

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Glasgow and about a dozen other men incarcerated in the Richmond City Jail “graduated” Tuesday from InsideOut Dad, a three-month program teaching them be better fathers in preparation for when they are released.

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Air Force Major Kevin Billups is one of four finalists for the National Military Fatherhood Award. It's an annual honor awarded by the National Fatherhood Initiative. 

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Roman is now one of four finalists for the 2013 Military Fatherhood Award sponsored by the National Fatherhood Initiative, in which each nominee is the representative for their particular branch of military service.

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Navy Chief Patrick Mondragon is one of four finalists for the National Military Fatherhood Award. It's an annual honor awarded by the National Fatherhood Initiative.

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According to Roland Warren of the National Fatherhood Initiative, Dwayne's perspective is one shared by many absent fathers. "I see that quite a bit," Roland says. However, he also notes that men not feeling like the "perfect" dad stems from a gross misunderstanding about the real role of fathers.

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Army Staff Sgt. Jorge Ramon is one of four finalists for the National Military Fatherhood Award. It's an annual honor awarded by the National Fatherhood Initiative.

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Marine Staff Sgt. Charlie Linville is one of four finalists for the National Military Fatherhood Award. It's an annual honor awarded by the National Fatherhood Initiative. 

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Children need the security that comes from knowing they are wanted, accepted and loved by their family. Parents, especially fathers, need to feel both comfortable and willing to hug their children. Showing affection every day is the best way to let your children know that you love them. (Taken from NFI's 10 Ways to Be a Better Dad).

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I am often asked what sons need from their fathers. My answer really boils down to a few simple but critical things that every good dad must do, built on a framework of providing, nurturing and guiding.

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In addition to the daily challenges that come with being an only-parent, single moms have the added responsibility of working through a complicated issue: child support. Getting any type of financial assistance from an ex -- especially in the aftermath of a nasty break-up or divorce -- can be difficult, but Roland Warren of the National Fatherhood Initiative says there is a way to make it easier. Here, he explains the crucial mistake that many single moms when dealing with their child's father.

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Kim, the single mother of a 6-year-old son, admits that she makes up excuses for her son's father whenever he doesn't call or disappoints their son. Why does Kim protect her son from the truth of his life? Watch as Iyanla Vanzant and Roland Warren, board member of the National Fatherhood Initiative, explain why you can't love someone without being truthful with him. Plus, Roland lays out the three things that all good fathers do.

National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) has selected the four finalists for the 2013 Military Fatherhood Award™, and now it is up to the public to choose the awardee on NFI’s Facebook page.

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National Fatherhood Initiative and Dove® Men+Care™ have partnered to launch the Dads Club™, a membership club where dads can come together to support each other and bolster efforts to strengthen fatherhood.

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"According to the National Fatherhood Initiative, virtually every major social ill from violent crime to drug and alcohol abuse, truancy to teen pregnancy, and even suicide has been linked to father absence. The majority of prisoners, juvenile detention inmates, and high school dropouts come from fatherless homes."

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NFI's Vince DiCaro was interviewed yesterday on Fox News Live's "On the Hunt" with Jonathan Hunt to discuss mothers and "leaning in" to fatherhood.

DiCaro points out that culture seems to tell mothers that they have to pick between career and motherhood. However, it's a good idea to consider a third option, and "lean in" to fatherhood.

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National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), the nation’s largest provider of educational resources for fathers, has launched a new line of products and services designed to help mothers support the involvement of fathers in their children’s lives.

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"Fathers are extremely conflicted today," says Christopher Brown of the non-profit National Fatherhood Initiative. "Many years ago, the father was looked at primarily as a financial provider. Now he's looked at in a much more holistic sense of what providing means. It's not just financial -- it means spiritual and emotional provision as well."

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"In a weird way, this is good news," Vinent DiCaro of the National Fatherhood Initiative tells Parenting.com. "Today's involved dads are setting such high standards for themselves that even though, by all measures, they are more involved than the last generation's dads, they still want to do more."

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One of the most common questions we get is “So, what do you guys do?” Thanks to a new book, "Choosing Fatherhood: America’s Second Chance," our job just got a lot easier! The result is a visual masterpiece of NFI's work with Dads through organizations across the country.

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Vincent DiCaro, National Fatherhood Initiative’s VP of Development and Communication, recently appeared on FoxNews Live to discuss the father-absence crisis and just how critical a fathers' role is in education. 

Gregg Jarrett interviewed DiCaro on the FoxNews Live show "On the Hunt" about the state of education reform and fathers' roles.

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The classes are in the style of group sessions, in which a coordinator focuses discussion among the dads in attendance, with topics ranging from working with the child's mother to children's growth.

"We want the guys to talk about things they don't normally talk about," Responsible Fatherhood Director Richard Beaty said. "We try to create an environment where it's really easy to talk about what's important to them — how to be a good parent, how to communicate with the mother of their children, and how to be a better dad for their children."

Fathering Connection classes take curriculum from the 24/7 Dad program developed by the National Fatherhood Initiative.

"It's research-based, well-received, has good credentials and a lot of people are using that," Beaty said.

Because the classes target young, low-income fathers, they also offer assistance in obtaining employment, or better employment, through things like resume assistance and help with job-searching.

"We really want it to be more than just, here's a list of jobs in your area and good luck," Beaty said. "We want it to be more active."

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"There is no shortage of answers about how to improve our nation’s schools, including more charter schools, school vouchers, standardized testing, lower teacher-student ratios and performance-based hiring, pay and promotion of teachers.

However, what we find lacking in almost every debate about education reform is the role of families - especially fathers - and the support they can and should provide to ensure children’s educational success."

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It's widely known that nearly 70 percent of black children are born out of wedlock, and a similar share are raised in single-parent households (which can also result from divorce or the death of a spouse). Many of these kids are doing fine, but as the National Fatherhood Initiative has noted, children living in single-parent homes are more likely to be poor, have emotional and behavioral problems, drop out of school, become teen parents and be incarcerated. They live in households with a median income that is one-quarter that of traditional two-parent households. Women head the majority of single-parent households.

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Divorce is supposed to be a last ditch decision for a troubled marriage, so it's interesting to know what it takes for couples to call it quits. Researchers from the National Fatherhood Initiative conducted a survey asking people why they decided to untie the knot. Based on their findings, here are the eight most common reasons for divorce.

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FOSTORIA - Sometimes, a father needs a little help to know what's best and First Step Healthy Family Resource Center will help fathers get the skills they need to be involved in their children's lives through National Fatherhood Initiative's 24/7 Dad program.

The agency plans to launch a 12-session workshop Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning next week for area fathers. Sessions are to offer parenting, relationship and communication skills they need to be involved, responsible and committed fathers.

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National Fatherhood Initiative—approaching 20 years of addressing the problems of absent fathers and to “To improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers.” We’re particularly fond of its blog, The Father Factor.

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America is awash in poverty, crime, drugs and other problems, but more than perhaps anything else, it all comes down to this, said Vincent DiCaro, vice president of the National Fatherhood Initiative: Deal with absent fathers, and the rest follows.

National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) has been awarded a contract from the New Jersey Department of Children and Families (NJDCF) to strengthen the state's services to fathers.

Through the provision of training and technical assistance on its flagship 24/7 Dad program, NFI will help the state's 175 NJDCF-funded agencies deliver standardized, high-quality services to fathers across the state. This 18-month process will give NJDCF the ability to more effectively measure the impact of fatherhood programming on pro-fathering skills, attitudes, and knowledge in New Jersey.

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NFI’s team of fatherhood experts incorporated practitioner feedback and evaluation data from around the country to refresh the program, which is already standardized programming in 24 states and New York City.

InsideOut Dad® Second Edition is designed to reduce recidivism rates by reconnecting incarcerated fathers to their families, providing the motivation inmate fathers need to get out and stay out. For example, a three-year study by the Indiana Department of Correction found that fatherhood programs such as InsideOut Dad® were linked to prisoner return rates of less than 20%, compared to a national rate of nearly 38%.

These reductions in recidivism can lead to enormous cost savings for taxpayers and the criminal justice system. Nationally, the annual cost of incarceration per inmate is between $25,000 and $40,000. The cost to take an incarcerated father through the InsideOut Dad® program could be as little as $40.

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"I support these dances because father-daughter relationships are important. According to the National Fatherhood Initiative, “24 million children in America—one out of three—live in biological father-absent homes.” Children with absent fathers are linked to higher rates of poverty and behavioral problems."

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National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) will award New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg with a Fatherhood Award™ during a ceremony at LaGuardia Community College tonight.

Mayor Bloomberg is being honored with the Fatherhood Award™ for his leadership in launching two initiatives to strengthen fatherhood and families in the city: the Young Men’s Initiative and NYC Dads, New York’s first city-wide effort to engage fathers and help them to connect with their children.

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Vincent DiCaro, Vice President of Development and Communication of the National Fatherhood Initiative, reports a myriad of benefits for children and families for whom the father is present and involved.

First, studies show better cognitive outcomes, even for infants and toddlers. In one study published in the Journal of Family Issues, researchers found a strong connection between fathers’ involvement and infant cognitive development as seen in baby babbling and exploring objects with a purpose.

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Accolades for Covey and his work are too numerous to mention. Covey was named one of Time magazine’s 25 most influential Americans in 1996. He received eight honorary doctorate degrees, an International Man of Peace award, and an International Entrepreneur of the Year award. A dedicated family man with nine children, 52 grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren, he was also awarded with a Fatherhood Award from the National Fatherhood Initiative. He considered this to be the most meaningful award that he ever received.

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The new film by Disney, The Odd Life of Timothy Green, is an inspirational but cautionary tale for parents that breathes new life into the old adage, "Be careful what you wish for."

Cindy and Jim Green (played by Jennifer Garner and Joel Edgerton) are a super-sweet couple living in the small town of Stanleyville, home to a pencil manufacturing plant. But the Green's happy life takes a hit when they find out they are infertile.

After a time of denying and struggling with this tough news, they decide to literally bury it. One night -- after a little too much wine -- they take turns rattling off their wishes for the perfect child. From athletic ability to music skills, they write their wishes on pieces of paper, place them in a box, and bury the wishes in their garden.

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The Milwaukee Brewers and Brewers Community Foundation will host Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative Day at Miller Park tonight. This unique program is a tie-in with Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett’s Fatherhood Initiative and is aimed at bringing together the past, present and future by raising awareness about the importance of involved, responsible and committed fathers.

The purpose is to reinforce the importance of parenting, and reward individuals who have committed to strengthening their own family ties. Tonight, a group of 15 fathers and 15 children will participate in Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative Day, recognizing those who have made strides through this initiative to become more involved in the lives of their children.

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It goes without saying that mothers are widely recognized as being overworked and underpaid; their salary comes in hugs, hand-drawn refrigerator art and the hope that, one day, it will all be worth it. As June and Father’s Day rolls around, it’s important to remember the vital part that a father plays in a child’s life. As family roles have changed and evolved over recent years, so too has the role of the father.

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With Father’s Day having come and gone, one group of men will continue to show up in a classroom at the West Philadelphia YMCA to learn, laugh and bond over one prevailing topic: fatherhood.

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We don’t need to ban bullets. We need to find fathers, champion them, and encourage — demand — they step up and be fathers.

Rather than promote populist anti-gun policies, which is the easy thing to do but the least likely to produce a positive result, let’s get back to promoting family. Fathers matter.

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When Army 1st Lt. William Edwards found out he had received the 2012 Military Fatherhood Award, his youngest child, 6-year-old Luke, summed it up: “So you’re the best dad in the country? That’s awesome!”

The award was presented by the National Fatherhood Initiative, which winnowed 450 candidates down to three, then asked the public to make the final decision by voting on its Facebook page. In addition to the award, which was presented to Edwards at the White House on June 13, Edwards received a free five-night vacation for his family at a retreat in northeast Maryland.

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At 14, Damion Jones is old enough to know who has always been there for him and who has not.

Today, when he hands a Father’s Day card to the railroad worker with the hard-gravel voice who raised him, put him to bed, taught him to grill steaks, played kickball with him in the backyard and, most recently, snapped pictures of him in a dark suit at his middle school graduation, he’ll begin it as he has since he was small.

For every new father who has cradled a newborn in his arms and fervently wished someone out there taught a course on becoming a good dad -- well, someone does.  

For each man aspiring to be a better role model for his children, a helping hand is extended. For any father willing to step up to heal fractured family relationships, support is waiting.

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"It takes a man to be a dad" is the slogan of the ad campaign by the National Fatherhood Initiative. It shows a newborn swaddled in a soft blanket with an instruction tag for dads to read carefully before raising.

It goes on to say, "This is a baby. It needs you. It needs your love, your touch and your time. Build a birdhouse. Read a book. Go for a walk. Do homework. Play. The more time you spend. The better chance it has of growing up happy and healthy. It grows very quickly. Pay attention, never underestimate the difference you make."

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Thousands of absentee fathers are expected to join Father's Day celebrations this month at public housing projects, where single-mother households are the majority, in a nationwide push to help dads bond with their children.

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Timed for Father's Day weekend, on Friday the White House Domestic Policy Council issued a new report detailing the Obama administration's various initiatives to encourage fatherhood and healthy families.

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Where's the outrage about dads? Over the last year -- climaxing this Mother's Day -- pundits and talking heads have been arguing about Tiger Moms, breastfeeding moms, working moms, stay at home moms, and the so-called war on women. The importance of mothers cannot be understated. But make no mistake about it: fathers are an essential contributor to healthy children and families -- and in the U.S. and around the world fatherhood is in crisis.

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National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) president Roland C. Warren will be honored at the White House today during its Champions of Change event.

The White House will recognize Warren for his leadership in the ongoing, national efforts to engage fathers in the lives of their children. According to the White House, Roland is one of the “key partners” in “helping fathers connect to their families, shaping culture, providing top-notch programming, and strengthening American families.”

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Today, among a series of special recognitions and events at The White House, Lt. William Edwards, U.S. Army, was presented with National Fatherhood Initiative’s 2012 Military Fatherhood Award™.

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Lt. Edwards, who was selected by National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) and the public to receive the award from among 450 nominees, was invited to a private lunch with President Barack Obama at Kenny's BBQ Smokehouse in northeast Washington, D.C. to recognize and honor the critical role he plays as a military dad.

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An Army dad, Navy dad and Air Force dad are vying for the 2012 Military Fatherhood Award, with voting open through noon on May 25.

The National Fatherhood Initiative, which winnowed 450 candidates down to three, is asking the public to make the final decision by voting on its Facebook page. Videos made by the three families using brand-new HD cameras donated to each of the finalists are featured on the site.

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National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) has honored Volkswagen of America, Inc. with a Fatherhood Award™ for its “The Force” television commercial.

“The Force” highlights the playful nature of father-son relationships. In the ad, a little boy dressed up as Darth Vader is trying to “use the Force” to move various objects in his house, with no success. Then his dad pulls into the driveway in the family’s Volkswagen. The boy runs past his dad and tries his “powers” on the car. Back in the house, dad uses the remote keyless ignition system to start the car, to his son’s shock. Dad gives a playful grin, and the boy looks very excited at what he has accomplished.

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David Stoop, Ph.D, clinical psychologist and director of the Center for Family Therapy will be speaking at The City Mission, a Cleveland charity, for a special Father Absence Symposium.

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Huggies “Dad Test” campaign set off a heated debate. Jim Higley finds it interesting to have his hand in this whole diaper thing.

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While Hollywood gears up for the Oscars, National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) has asked the public to select the "Fatherhood Movie of the Year" by voting on Facebook for the 2011 film that best communicates the importance of involved, responsible, and committed fatherhood.

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Miami native Robert Amaya, known as Javier Martinez or the “Snake King,” in the movie “Courageous”—thrilled listeners at First Baptist Church of Brooksville Jan. 14 with real life anecdotes and snip­pets of his unforgettable experience—but reminded them that when production was finished he couldn’t wait to return home to live out his most cherished role, being a dad...

The majority of Amaya’s message came from Ephesians 6:4 and research conducted by the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), an organization formed to improve the lives of children by increasing the numbers of dedicated fathers.

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National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) and Nissan have partnered on the "Innovation for Fatherhood" campaign to provide fathers with practical tips and resources to help them get the most out of the family car.

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The National Fatherhood Initiative is devising strategies to restore the importance of fathers in society's thinking about family and community life. The National Center for Fathering helps provide dads with practical childrearing skills. The Promise Keepers movement challenges men to make and keep a set of pledges to their wives and families. This year, more than 600,000 men are expected to attend Promise Keepers conferences and seminars.

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From the Herald Bulletin (Indiana):

The program will provide the group and fathers who join the organization the teaching skills to teach other dads the four basic curriculums necessary to implement the success model developed by the National Fatherhood Initiative. The four curriculums are: 24/7 A.M. Dad Fathering concepts, 24/7 Dad P.M. Fathering concepts, A Dad’s Boot Camp and New Mentality concepts.

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Sherwood Pictures to Receive Award for Work on the Dad-Focused Film

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The Double Duty Dad program from the National Fatherhood Initiative and the Annie E. Casey Foundations' Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative are also making great impacts nationally.

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National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) has honored Google Chrome with a Fatherhood Award™ for its “Dear Sophie” film, which highlights the importance of involved fatherhood.

“Dear Sophie” features a father enhancing his engagement in his daughter’s life by using technology and online tools made possible by a modern web browser such as Google Chrome.

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The district had encouraged fathers to take their children to school on the first day as part of the Million Father March. The more involved fathers are in school, the higher the likelihood of a student earning mostly A’s, according to the National Fatherhood Initiative.

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National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) has honored Nissan with a Fatherhood Award™ for its “Baby” television commercial at its headquarters for the Americas.

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"He gives dads everywhere a great example," said NFI President Roland C. Warren.

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The captain of the Heat was recently honored by the National Fatherhood Initiative for his efforts in raising his two sons, 9-year-old Zaire and 4-year-old Zion, as a single father.

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A single Navy dad raising a son born with severe birth defects got an early Father’s Day gift this year, beating out about 600 nominees to receive the 2011 Military Fatherhood Award.

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A Naval Base Kitsap Sailor received the 2011 Military Fatherhood Award during a ceremony in Bremerton, Wash. June 16. The National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) selected Logistics Specialist 1st Class Christopher Cady, leading petty officer at priority.

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...and have partnered with other organizations the Boys & Girls Club of America, Legal Services Corporation and the National Fatherhood Initiative(NFI), an organization created in 1994 to raise the awareness of the importance of fathers.

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The National Fatherhood Initiative estimates that 24 million children, one in three, live without their biological dad in the household; it's a problem that costs Americans $100 billion annually in expenses ranging from welfare payments to increased.

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Only about 1 out of 2 men agree that they are prepared for fatherhood when they first become fathers, found a recent survey titled “Pop's Culture: A National Surveys of Dads' Attitudes on Fathering” by the National Fatherhood Initiative

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"It's too broad to say that these programs are destroying the black family," Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, said to The Root about public assistance's bad rap.

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“We don't have a fatherless child to spare,” said Roland C. Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI), which just released its sixth edition of “Father Facts.”

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Clark said society has been far more likely to allocate money and resources to helping mothers and children.

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"According to data from the National Fatherhood Initiative, infants with involved fathers are less likely to live in poverty, drop out of school, engage in risky behaviors or suffer from emotional and behavioral issues." Read the full story

"Using the 24/7 Dad curriculum developed by the National Fatherhood Initiative, and support from local organizations, including the Irvington Family Development Center, Y Program Coordinators Daryl Brown and Adalberto Velazquez led workshops, coordinated speakers and organized family outings for Dads and their families."

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An op-ed by NFI president, Roland C. Warren, on what can happen today to improve student performance. 

"...there should never be too few dads to help their kids do well in school; every child comes with one."

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Source: Parenting magazine, via CNN.com
To avoid having your past actions come off as an endorsement, Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, suggests telling your kids this: You have 100 percent control over your actions, and zero percent control over the consequences.
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Source: ESPN.com
"It's not gender discrimination to say that boys often fare better when their lives are influenced by positive male role models because it's true. The National Fatherhood Initiative has a host of statistics that support what English said -- which was just a realistic portrayal of the impact of broken homes". Read the full article

NFI President, Roland C. Warren, provocatively responds to a provocative article from TheRoot.com about the notion of "financial abortions."

"...in the case of the financial abortion, there is still a child who must be cared for by someone."

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Source: The Herald & Review
"Good fathers are not just necessary, they are essential and irreplaceable to the children who desperately love and need them," said Roland Warren, president of the organization."
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Source: The Washington Post

"Obama's special interest in fatherhood has been a boon for groups that support fathers and have been working for years without much attention. "His leadership and using the bully pulpit has been important," said Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, which was founded in 1994 and recently contracted with the federal government to produce public service announcements promoting fatherhood."

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Source: CNN.com

Opinion piece by NFI president, Roland C. Warren.

"So, the question is not, "Are fathers necessary?" It is "Are fathers going to be involved and what does that involvement look like?" The answer to the second question is what makes social scientists so concerned about the benefits of father involvement and the costs of father absence"

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Source: Washington Post

But Vincent DiCaro, senior director of public affairs for the National Fatherhood Initiative, said Paul's article didn't consider the realities most parents and kids face.

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Source: The Huffington Post

"I'll get to that in a minute, but first let's try an exercise: Look at the National Fatherhood Initiative's "Ten Ways to be a Great Dad," which we at NYC DADS translated into our award-winning subway ad campaign."

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Source: NASCAR.com

National Fatherhood Initiative will honor Jeff Burton, Juan Montoya and Michael Waltrip with Fatherhood Awards at the Toyota/Save Mart 350 at Infineon Raceway on Sunday.

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Source: USA Today

"This is a paradigm shift," Warren says. "People are saying we have to figure out a way to reduce recidivism. Connecting them to family and community is a key way to do that."

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Source: BET

Roland C. Warren, NFI president, on BET News. 

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Nicholas Kristof, in today's New York Times, asks people to give more thoughtful gifts than ties to their dad for Father's Day.  One of his suggestions is to make a donation to a father-friendly organization in honor of their dad, and at the top of the list is National Fatherhood Initiative.

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"It was Smith's story of how he had turned his life around and his desire to help other young men that persuaded the National Fatherhood Initiative to give The Dovetail Project a $25,000 startup grant."

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Source: Air Force Times

On June 8, Marston received the military fatherhood award from the National Fatherhood Initiative for his dedication to his own family and the young airmen he mentors.

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Source: The Washington Times.

"Maybe you have heard Roland Warren's football story before. But if you haven't, it's worth a listen."

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This Father's Day, NFI has partnered with Fibers.com to honor dads with a unique and innovative contest.  Participants can submit a t-shirt design that celebrates the importance of fathers. 

Participants can design and vote on designs until June 9th and the winning design will receive an 16GB iPad.  Proceeds from sales of the winning t-shirt will benefit NFI.

For more information, visit www.fibers.com/contests/fathers-day-2010.

Source: Parenting magazine
Several societal factors are forcing modern parents to redefine gender roles and change what it means to be "mom" and "dad." What it means to be a modern dad in 2010, and what moms really think of him.

NFI's New Dad's Pocket Guide highlighted as a resource for today's dads!

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Source: Time Magazine
Feiler, whose latest tests show him to be, for now, cancer-free, is working with the National Fatherhood Initiative, which has kiosks in military bases around the world. The plan is to distribute literature about The Council of Dads and invite soldiers to convene their own; these are men and women who live with mortality and separation. Read the entire story

Source: USA Today
"Roland Warren, president of the non-profit National Fatherhood Initiative, calls absent dads the nation's biggest social crisis. 'Fatherless kids have a hole in their soul in the shape of their father, and it leaves a wound that is not easily healed,' he says." Read the entire story

Source: Associated Press
"...Those include the marriage of President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, said Roland Warren, president of the National Fatherhood Initiative. He credits the couple with setting a positive example and creating more discussion about the issue. In a way, their marriage is evidence of the importance of marriage in the African-American community, he said." Read the entire story

Source: The American Prospect
"Roland Warren, the current president of the National Fatherhood Initiative, says Obama's focus on jobs might be the biggest change, but he hasn't lost sight of the importance of the relationships parents have. 'I think, from a practical standpoint, funding for marriage is part of the mix,' Warren says. 'I haven't heard any discussion about not funding the marriage stuff.'"
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Source: Washington Time "Pop's Culture" Column
"I recently had an opportunity to screen the new Miramax movie, 'The Boys Are Back,' which takes an honest look at the impact a father's presence and absence has on his children... The broader reality is the film does not only speak to people like me, it also speaks for millions." Read the whole article

Source: SOA World Magazine
"Through ongoing weekly classes based on the National Fatherhood Initiative's 24/7 Dad(TM) Curriculum, the program offers support in such areas as health and nutrition, effective communication, being a positive role model, co-parenting, financial education and community resources."
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