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25 Years of NFI: A Mirror, A Window, and a Telescope: David Cozart, Lexington Leadership Foundation

Posted by Ave Mulhern | Jun 5, 2019

As we continue to celebrate fatherhood champions doing excellent work in honor of NFI’s 25th Anniversary, we turn our focus to... Read More

Topics: Featured, Success Stories, NFI News & Updates

Expect Fireworks When You Marry These Two Parenting Programs

Posted by Ave Mulhern | May 22, 2019

One young man, court-ordered to attend the Fatherhood Initiative and Employment Prep Services with the Jasper Area Family... Read More

Topics: Featured, NFI-Specific Programs & Resources, Success Stories

Establishing a Community Presence using Fathering in 15™

Posted by Ave Mulhern | Feb 28, 2019

Mitch Freeman has been a Fatherhood Specialist with CareNet Pregnancy Resource Center (PRC) of Dane County, Madison, WI since... Read More

Topics: Featured, NFI-Specific Programs & Resources, Success Stories

When Preparation Meets Opportunity

Posted by Ave Mulhern | Feb 21, 2019

I love the saying by Zig Ziglar, “Success occurs when preparation meets opportunity”. It was a mantra for my kids when they... Read More

Topics: Featured, NFI-Specific Programs & Resources, Success Stories

Where’s Your Dad? Spokane’s Response to A Community Crisis

Posted by Ave Mulhern | Jan 10, 2019

While listening to the police scanner, Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich heard the chilling report “a man with a gun” and... Read More

Topics: Featured, NFI-Specific Programs & Resources, Success Stories

A Recipe for Success: One Lemon, A Local Family Restaurant, & NFI’s Fathering in 15™

Posted by Ave Mulhern | Nov 29, 2018

Several years ago, in a federally funded 5-year Capacity Building grant from the Department of Health & Human Services, NFI... Read More

Topics: Featured, NFI-Specific Programs & Resources, Success Stories

[Partner Spotlight] Christian Heritage Sheds Light on Successful Work in Corrections & Reentry

Posted by Ave Mulhern | Aug 30, 2018

Several years ago, in a site visit to a Milwaukee Jail, I sat in on a fathers’ group and heard a father complain fervently that... Read More

Topics: Featured, NFI-Specific Programs & Resources, Success Stories

Fatherhood Begins at Conception

Posted by Ave Mulhern | Dec 23, 2014

“Motherhood Begins at Conception”. This was a bumper sticker I saw for sale at an exhibit booth at the CareNet conference in... Read More

Topics: NFI-Specific Programs & Resources, Tips & Tricks

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25 Years of NFI: A Mirror, A Window, and a Telescope: David Cozart, Lexington Leadership Foundation

Expect Fireworks When You Marry These Two Parenting Programs

Establishing a Community Presence using Fathering in 15™

When Preparation Meets Opportunity

Where’s Your Dad? Spokane’s Response to A Community Crisis

A Recipe for Success: One Lemon, A Local Family Restaurant, & NFI’s Fathering in 15™

[Partner Spotlight] Christian Heritage Sheds Light on Successful Work in Corrections & Reentry

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