I’ve seen many statewide fatherhood initiatives come and go in my two decades at National Fatherhood Initiative® (NFI). Most have lacked staying power. The statewide initiative in ...

One young man, court-ordered to attend the Fatherhood Initiative and Employment Prep Services with the Jasper Area Family Services Center, had his doubts. But during the 12-week ...

Fatherhood events are a great way to celebrate dads and broadcast the message that dads matter to your community. They can help create a positive relationship between your ...

National Fatherhood Initiative® (NFI) has reached its 25th year of educating, equipping, and engaging communities to increase father involvement in children’s lives. But we’re not ...

As a single father and kinship care provider, I often encountered a lack of father engagement during my search for quality and affordable child care. There was a lack of dignity ...

Domestic violence. Such a dirty, criminal act. Encountering cases of domestic violence is an unfortunate aspect of serving dads. And it’s one of the most challenging as staff are ...

For most of her childhood, Linda Donaldson (pictured above) said she watched her alcoholic father spend time in and out of jail. She visited him once at a halfway house, but she ...

Let's begin with two important questions: Does your organization struggle to recruit dads? Does your organization struggle to retain dads—to keep them coming back? If you answered ...

Big data. It’s all the rage these days. And not just for tech behemoths like Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. It’s also being used by nonprofits for a myriad of purposes, such as to ...