This page provides fatherhood programs and interested individuals with tools and information related to fatherhood and fathering.
HHS has developed a new tool to help fatherhood programs manage and assess their programs. The Responsible Fatherhood Management Information System (RFMIS) will help programs maintain information on the services needed and delivered to fathers in their programs. The system allows programs to track the progress of individual fathers and to aggregate data on program participants for reporting purposes. The RFMIS is available for use as a paper and pencil tracking system or as an electronic database that can be downloaded into any computer system that uses Microsoft Access. A supplementary data tool for tracking client outcomes will be available later. The RFMIS is currently being used by 15 HHS fatherhood project sites and in eight fatherhood projects funded by the Sisters of Charity Foundation of South Carolina.
ACF is pleased to announce the availability of the latest report from the Welfare Peer Technical Assistance Network. This report describes the lessons learned from the ACF/OFA Welfare Peer TA Network workshop, "Uniting Incarcerate Parents and Their Families." The workshop was held in Orlando and in Tamoka prison in Daytona Beach, Florida, on May 21-22, 2002. Additional Information of interest may be found on the Welfare Peer TA Network web site.
The Welfare Peer TA Network thanks Linda Dilworth, Director of Economic Self-Sufficiency, Children and Families, Greg Campbell and Region IV staff and Ike and Mickey Griffin, the Kairos Director and Director of Programming for the Kairos Horizon Communities Program for all of their assistance and support. For further information contact John Horejsi, Federal Project Officer at (202) 401-5031.
The Departments of Health and Human Services, Agriculture, Education, Housing and Urban Development, Justice, and Labor, have issued a joint guidance, Meeting the Challenge: What the Federal Government Can Do To Support Responsible Fatherhood Efforts, January 2001. The guidance provides information to communities, States, and fathers about Federal resources to support the development and implementation of responsible fatherhood efforts. The guidance discusses the types of fatherhood programs being developed; potential funding streams, both direct Federal and State administered; partnership opportunities; and provides sources of information relevant to the development of fatherhood programs. Presidential Statement. Printed copies of the report are not yet available.
In 1999, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released A Guide to Funding Services for Children and Families Through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program, which provides examples of ways states could use their TANF funds to support responsible fatherhood efforts and employment of non-custodial parents. Thirteen states have appropriations to use TANF funds for fatherhood programs. Among these states are Florida, Georgia, Minnesota, and Ohio.
Connecting Low-Income Fathers and Families: A Guide to Practical Policies, by Dana Reichart with contributions from Daniel Ash, Jenna Davis, and Matt O'Connor, NCSL. Report is available from the NCSL.
Broke, But Not Deadbeat: Reconnecting Low-Income Fathers and their Children. This guide to developing programs that serve low-income non-custodial fathers is available from NCSL and on the Internet at the above link.
Restoring Fathers to Families and Communities: Six Steps for Policy Makers [in PDF format], by Kathleen Sylvester and Kathy Rich, Social Policy Action Network. The report is available from SPAN and the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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