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Minnesota Links for Fatherhood Practitioners

Adolescent Health Resources for Parents; Minnesota Department of Health
This site lists pamphlets, books, videos and websites that practitioners can use to help parents learn how to talk about health issues with their adolescent children. Online here.

Bridge to Benefits: Web tool to determine Eligibility for Services
The Bridge to Benefits web tool (formerly the Covering All Families web tool) was designed to help community volunteers and service providers assist low-income families in Minnesota determine their eligibility for a broad range of services.  It also strives to make the application processes for these services as clear and simple as possible for families. Online here.

Child Support Enforcement Division, Minn. Department of Human Services
The Child Support Enforcement Division supervises the child support program. County child support offices administer it by working with parents to establish and enforce support orders. Online here.

Children, Youth and Family Consortium; University of Minnesota
Family Relationships and Parenting Information: This section includes research, programs, publications, general information and links on parenting (including fathering, single parenting step-parenting, and more), marriage and couple relationships, work/life integration, divorce, family stress and other related topics. Online here.

Children’s Defense Fund – Minnesota: Kids Count Publication
Minnesota KIDS COUNT provides county-by-county data on the well-being of Minnesota 's children and families. Minnesota KIDS COUNT releases periodic reports and an annual data book to provide a statistical profile of Minnesota 's children and suggestions for action on their behalf. Online here.

Dads Make a Difference
Dads Make a Difference is a paternity education project for middle school-age youth, older teens, young adults, and the teachers and other professionals who work with them. Online here.

Early Childhood Family Education; Minnesota Dept. of Education
Early Childhood Family Education (ECFE) is a program for all Minnesota families with children between the ages of birth to kindergarten enrollment. ECFE is based on the idea that the family provides a child's first and most important learning environment, and parents are a child's first and most significant teachers. ECFE works to strengthen families and enhance the ability of all parents to provide the best possible environment for the healthy growth and development of their children. Online here.

Families All Matter Book Project
AMAZE sponsors the Families All Matter Book Project, a reading project to explore diversity issues with children, primarily in kindergarten through 4 th grade. Stories about families are read to students by parents, volunteers or teachers. Afterwards, students discuss the story and write in journals. Simple puppet shows, role plays, and songs can be used to enhance the themes. Online here.

Literacy Initiatives; Minnesota Humanities Center
Through working with teachers, parent educators, early childhood educators, librarians, social service providers, and other family literacy professionals, the Minnesota Humanities Center provides leadership, programs and resources that advance reading and literacy efforts in homes, schools, and libraries. Specifically, check out Father's Reading Every Day (FRED), Reading with Dad Booklist, and Dads & Kids Book Clubs. Online here.

Minnesota Association for Family and Early Education
The professional organization for administrators, providers and supporters of high quality family and early childhood education for all families with young children throughout the State of Minnesota. Online here.

Minnesota Children's Platform Coalition
The Minnesota Children's Platform Coalition is a collaboration of nonprofit organizations, faith communities, businesses, educational institutions, and parents, aimed to educate the public and guide decision makers in ensuring that the health and well being of all Minnesota children and youth are our state's highest priorities. Online here.

Minnesota Council on Family Relations
The Minnesota Council on Family Relations is dedicated to strengthening families through the education and support of family professionals and decision makers. MCFR is the Minnesota state affiliate of the National Council on Family Relations. Online here.

Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
MOAPPP is a non-profit organization whose mission is to strengthen policies and programs related to adolescent pregnancy prevention, adolescent pregnancy care and adolescent parenting in Minnesota. MOAPPP provides resources for parents, teens, educators, health care providers, youth workers, media professionals and policy makers. Online here.

Minnesota State Courts; Forms from the Clerks Office
The Minnesota State Courts Clerks Office provides many of its forms online. These forms include child support, custody, and others. Online here.

Minnesota Youth Work Institute Programs
The Minnesota Youth Work Institute brings together the latest research in youth development and links it with community needs and professional practice. Programs offered by the Institute help youth professionals to understand the challenges and benefits of connecting youth with caring adults; maintaining a community-development perspective; developing culturally competent curricula; and more. Online here.

Parenting Education Resources; University of Minnesota Extension
The University of Minnesota Extension develops programs that foster the effective parenting of children and youth, with an emphasis on positive parenting for children birth to young adulthood, divorce issues, violence prevention, and other information to help understand the complex social issues facing families today. Online here.

Working Family Resource Center
WFRC supports and educates working families by sending work-life experts into businesses to present seminars on a variety of work-life topics. WFRC’s work-life specialists belong to national organizations, keep up with the latest research and best practices, and use current thinking to provide high quality educational services to large and small companies. Online here.
 

National Links for Fatherhood Practitioners

African American Healthy Marriage Initiative
The U.S. Administration for Children and Families has partnered with national, civic and community organizations to develop a strategy directed toward increasing child well-being and strengthening families by promoting healthy marriages. Online here.

Annie E. Casey Foundation: Healthy Fatherhood and Marriage Resources
This page offers resources that are either published or funded by the Casey Foundation. The resources address policies and programs that support the healthy development of children in two-parent families whenever possible. Online here.

Arizona Fathers and Families Coalition, Inc.
AZFFC is a national agency committed through effective services, education, training, and advocacy to make a difference in the lives of fathers, mothers, children and communities. Online here.

Center on Law and Social Policy (CLASP): Publications Page
CLASP is a research organization that concentrates on family policy and access to civil legal assistance for low-income families. Family policy projects include welfare reform, workforce development, child care, child support enforcement, child welfare, couples and marriage policy, and reproductive health and teen parents. Online here.

Child Trends: Fathers Research Page
Child Trends has worked collaboratively to summarize the research literature about fathers and to develop better data resources about men. This work has focused both on becoming a father and on being a father. Online here.

Family and Corrections Network
FCN is an organization for and about families of prisoners. FCN offers information, training and technical assistance on parenting programs for prisoners, incarcerated fathers and mothers, the impact of the justice system on families, prison marriage and much more. Online here.

Fatherhood Institute: England 's National Information Center on Fatherhood  
Formerly known as FathersDirect, the Fatherhood Institute provides news, training information, policy updates, research summaries and guides for supporting fathers and their families. Online here.

Father Involvement Research Alliance
FIRA is a pan-Canadian alliance of individuals, organizations, and institutions dedicated to the development and sharing of knowledge about father involvement. Online here.

National Fatherhood Initiative
The mission of NFI is to improve the well-being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers. NFI conducts numerous training events for fatherhood organizations on a regular basis across the United States. Online here.

National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse
NRFC supports the U.S. Administration for Children and Families in its efforts to support responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage. Online here.

Native American Fatherhood and Families Association
NAFFA is strengthening Native American families by enhancing the responsible involvement of fathers in the lives of their children and by fostering communication, professional, education and collaborations among service providers. Online here.

RuralFathers.com
RuralFathers.com is a web site dedicated to help professionals work with fathers and young children living in rural America through staff training, father child development activities, father child group activities, male involvement meetings, a question and answer bulletin board and multi media links. Online here.

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: Fatherhood Website
The federal Promoting Responsible Fatherhood webpage includes resources on marriage, parenting, economic stability, access & support, incarceration, and other resources. Online here.

Washington State Fathers Network
The Washington State Fathers Network provides resources for fathers and families raising children with special health care needs and developmental disabilities. Online here.

Women in Fatherhood, Inc.
WIFI is comprised of women with direct or indirect professional involvement in the responsible fatherhood field. The mission of Women In Fatherhood is to contribute to and advocate for family and community well-being through the support of positive father involvement and healthy family relationships. Online here.


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