Fatherhood

Description

The HHS Fatherhood Initiative has supported a variety of projects designed to reach out to fathers and support their positive involvement in the lives of their children. For current information about HHS Fatherhood Initiative activities please visit the HHS Fatherhood Initiative website. Click on the section entitled "Around the Regions" to view HHS Regional activities.

The President's FY 2002 budget includes a new $64 million program to strengthen the role of fathers in the lives of their children. State, faith-based, and community programs will be funded to provide services which will help increase the self-sufficiency of unemployed or low-income fathers and their families, promote successful parenting, and strengthen marriage. In addition, the President's budget includes a new $67 million program called Mentoring Children of Prisoners to help maintain the bond between parent's and children during a parent's imprisonment.