Fathers advancing community together: findings from a participant survey
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Peterson, Bryce, author Cramer, Lindsey, author Thompson, Paige, author
- Contributor(s):
- Urban Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, January 2021
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Father-Child Relations Parenting Community Participation Social Welfare United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Research has shown that greater involvement from fathers in their children’s lives can yield better academic, social, health, and emotional outcomes for children (Finocharo and Vann 2019). However, fathers living in poverty face numerous barriers that limit their ability to actively engage with their children and families, barriers such as a lack of employment and income, stress related to finding employment, limited access to resources, child support and custody issues, and histories of justice-system involvement (Coley 2001; Swisher and Waller 2008). To help fathers overcome these barriers and remain engaged with their children and families, the Office of Family Assistance (an office of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families) provided funding to several Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood programs. With funding from the Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood initiative, Rubicon Programs implemented the Fathers Advancing Community Together (FACT) program for low to moderate-income custodial and noncustodial parents of minor children (including mothers and fathers) residing in Contra Costa County, California. FACT participants were interested in achieving long-term financial mobility.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (13 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918266198706676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918266198706676