Leading Minnesota's campaign for healthy fatherhood.

News

• Make your community more father-friendly: MFFN offers in-depth technical assistance to 3 communities in Greater Minnesota. Details (apply by Sept. 10, 2009).
• May 2009 newsletter: Including Obama's fatherhood agenda and research about how marriage impacts reentry, here.
• MFFN applauds President Obama for supporting women and girls; asks President to see men as allies for women's progress. March 2009.
• Federal funds support Minnesota fatherhood programs: View our latest newsletter here (Feb. 2009).
• Young Minnesotans depict healthy fatherhood: View the images selected as our 2009 Youth Art Contest Winners. Online here (January 2009).
• Unmarried Father Involvement: MFFN's latest info sheet highlights research about never-married families. Online here.
• Fathers as a Resource for Children in the Child Protection System: Online here (Fall 2008).
• November News: MFFN's newsletter highlights Supreme Court decisions and family-work relationships. Online here (November, 2008).
• Couple Scruples: This game provides opportunities to discuss co-parent decision making. Online here.

Fathers to the Forefront: Public Policy Year-in-Review

News and Views of Fatherhood: Our Blog

• The social norm of good fathering, here
• Local fatherhood advocates honored by Governor's Council on Faith and Community Service, here
• The male role in teen pregnancy prevention, here
• Gender roles in parenting, here
• Honoring a trailblazer for healthy fatherhood, here
  
• Read all of our blog posts, online here.
  

Nonmarital Childbearing Grows in U.S.

• Childbearing by unmarried women has resumed a steep climb since 2002.
• Nearly 4 in 10 U.S. births were to unmarried women in 2007.
• Birth rates have risen considerably for unmarried women in their twenties and over, while declining or changing little for unmarried teenagers.