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FRPN Free Webinar > State Approaches to Including Fathers in Programs and Policies

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Melissa Byers Melissa is the Chief Marketing Officer at National Fatherhood Initiative® (NFI). Melissa oversees the organization's marketing, communications, graphic design, and product fulfillment functions.

NFI President Christopher A. Brown sits on the Fatherhood Research & Practice Network (FRPN) advisory committee. FRPN has announced their next free webinar for researchers and practitioners.

Another free webinar is coming that we thought you'd like to know about!

Title:
State Approaches to Including Fathers in Programs and Policies

Date: Tuesday, May 22, 2018 at 12:00 p.m. EST

Online registration is now open!

The 11th Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN) learning community webinar will feature presenters from Ohio, South Carolina and Kansas discussing how employment and fatherhood services are delivered in their states. The discussion will highlight the origin and role of fatherhood commissions; collaborations between child support agencies and fatherhood programs; funding and program sustainability; effective ways to engage fathers in the child support system; use of “enhanced child support services” (driver’s license suspension and state debt forgiveness); return on investment studies on fatherhood programs; and why and how other states might support fatherhood programs.

Presenters include:

Ohio

Kimberly Dent, Executive Director, Ohio Commission on Fatherhood

Aldonis Grimes, Director, Cuyahoga County Fatherhood Initiative

South Carolina

Patricia Littlejohn, Executive Director, South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families

Stephen Yarborough, Assistant Director, Office of Policy and Training, Child Support Services Division, SCDSS

Kansas

Deanne Dinkel, Public Service Executive, Department for Children and Families, Child Support Services Division

Ishaku Miaikori, Director, Mental Health Association of South Central Kansas

Register for the webinar here.

Date Published: 04/19/2018

Last Updated: 04/19/2018

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