Vol. 11, No. 1
December 2005

Fatherhood Resources

North Carolina Resources

• NC Fatherhood Initiative. Baptist Children’s Home of NC, 201 W. Main St., Thomasville, NC 27361. 336/476-0888, smeloy@ncfatherhood.org
  
  
• Bridging the Gap of Eastern Carolina, Inc. 215 Lexington St., Rocky Mount, NC 27802. Contact: Lois Watkins, 252/446-2134, btgfatherlw@aol.com
  
  
• DADS (Dads And Daughters & Sons). Mountain Youth Resources, Inc., PO Box 99, Webster, NC 28788. 828/586-8958, URL: www.mountainyouthresources.org
  
  
• Sheila Bazemore. A Parent Education/Fatherhood Coordinator with the NC Division of Public Health, Ms. Bazemore has information about the NC Fatherhood Development Advisory Council and other resources. 919/715-3422
  
  
• Men’s Center of Raleigh and Wake Co., PO Box 6155, Raleigh NC 27628. 919/832-0509, theraleighmenscenter.org
  
  
• County DSS-based Programs. Durham, Edgecombe, and other counties offer fatherhood programs through their depts. of social services.

National Resources

For Fathers

• Fathers.com. Created by the National Center for Fathering, fathers.com provides research-based training, practical tips and resources to help men be the involved fathers, grandfathers, and father figures their children need. <www.fathers.com>
  
  
• National Fatherhood Initiative. NFI’s mission is to improve the well being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers. <www.fatherhood.org>
  
  
• The Fathers Network, whose mission is to celebrate and support fathers and families raising children with special health care needs and developmental disabilities. <www.fathersnetwork.org>

For Professionals

• The National Resource Center for Family-Centered Practice and Permanency Planning's page on fatherhood contains many excellent resources on this topic and is a great place to start. <www.hunter.cuny.edu/socwork/nrcfcpp/info_services/fatherhood.html>
  
  
• Fathers and their Families: The Untapped Resource for Children Involved in the Child Welfare System, the Sept. 2003 issue of American Humane's Child Protection Leader. Includes a discussion of involving fathers in family group decision making, a form of child and family team meeting. <www.americanhumane.org/site/DocServer/cpl_aug_03.pdf?docID=1401>
  
  
• Literature Review: Study of Fathers’ Involvement in Permanency Planning and Child Welfare Casework, by Freya Sonenstein, Karin Malm, and Amy Billing (August 2002, The Urban Institute). <aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/CW-dads02>
  
  
• Public Policy and Poor, Unwed Fathers: Case Studies Show Dads Aren't (1996), by Daniel Ash, is a good source for learning more about the perspectives and concerns of fathers in their own words, <www.familysupportamerica.org/lcenter/showarticle.php?action=view&aid=37&categoryid=10>
  
  
• National Center on Fathers and Families at the University of Pennsylvania. NCOFF is dedicated to research and practice that expands the knowledge base on father involvement and family development, and that informs policy designed to improve the well-being of children <www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu>
  
  
• Treating Fathers Who Maltreat, from the CB Express (May 2004)
  <cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov/articles.cfm?issue_id=2004-05&article_id=809>
  
  
• Fatherhood. This link will take you to a lesson plan for conducting a 2-hour course about fathers and fatherhood. The intended audience is fathers with school-age children and/or single mothers. Developed by Wayne Matthews, NC Cooperative Extension Service, NC State University (Nov. 1998). <www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/fcs/smp9/parent_education/fatherhoodlessons15.htm>
  
  
• National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families, Inc. is the national individual membership organization whose mission is to build the profession of practitioners working to increase the responsible involvement of fathers in the lives of their children. <www.npnff.org>
  
  
• Family Support America offers several articles for professionals interested in reaching out to fathers. Go to <www.familysupportamerica.org> and visit their Learning Center.
  
  
• Positive Father-Child Involvement Found Among Early Head Start Families, from the CB Express (Dec. 2003/Jan. 2004) <cbexpress.acf.hhs.gov/articles.cfm?article_id=748&ref=htmlEml>
  
  
• Fatherhood Programs and Public Policy (2003) by the Center for Family Policy and Practice's Jacquelyn Boggess <www.cffpp.org/publications/fatherhood_policy.html>
  
  
• Fatherhood Programs and Domestic Violence (2003) by the Center for Family Policy and Practice's Maguerite Roulet <www.cffpp.org/publications/fatherhood_programs.html>
  
  
• Improving Paternity Establishment Practices and Procedures for Low-Income Mothers, Fathers and Children (2000), a joint publication of the National Women's Law Center and the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy <www.cffpp.org/publications/pdfs/commonground.pdf>
  
  
• The Fatherhood Movement and Domestic Violence (1999) by the Center for Family Policy and Practice's Marguerite Roulet <www.cffpp.org/publications/fatherhood_movement.html>
  
  
• Face-to-Face with Fathers: A Report on Low-Income Fathers and Their Experience with Child Support Enforcement (1997) by the Center for Family Policy and Practice's Daniel O. Ash <www.cffpp.org/publications/face_to_face.html>
  
  
• Father Involvement in the Lives of their Children, by the National Child Care Information Center, is a 17-page document filled with links for early childhood educators and others interested in enhancing the father-friendliness of their programs <nccic.org/poptopics/fatherinvolvement.pdf>
  
  
• The Meaning of Father Involvement for Children, by ChildTrends <www.childtrends.org>
  
  
• HHS’ Fatherhood Initiative: What’s New. This federal site contains links to many resources related to serving and involving fathers, including information on working with incarcerated fathers and regional, state, and community fatherhood activities <fatherhood.hhs.gov/whatsnew.shtml>