2004 Workshop Series Offered Across Minnesota


Seminars Promote Issues of Paternity and Fathers’ Adoption Registry

“The Role of Fathers in Families: Parenting, Paternity and the Adoption Registry”

For the third year in a row, the Minnesota Fathers & Families Network will conduct a series of educational workshops for family services practitioners and fatherhood advocates across the state of Minnesota . This year, the professional seminars will be hosted in collaboration with the Minnesota Department of Health, Fathers’ Adoption Registry. Other collaborators include the Minnesota Initiative Foundations and a variety of local agencies and organizations.

The regional seminars, titled "The Role of Fathers in Families: Parenting, Paternity and the Adoption Registry," aim to provide an opportunity for networking and training for professionals working in areas of family services, child welfare, parenting education, fatherhood advocacy, public health and other social service workers.

The workshops are free and open to the public.

To RSVP, please contact Paul Masiarchin at (612) 787-4091 or pmasiarchin@mnfathers.org, no later than one week prior to the event.


Six cities across Minnesota will host the regional meetings:
  Owatonna: Thur. August 5, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon Owatonna College & University Center
Rooms 140-142
965 Alexander Drive SW
Owatonna, MN 55060

Directions to Owatonna.
  Duluth: Tues. August 10, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon The Building for Women
32 E. 1st Street
Duluth , MN 55802

Directions to Duluth.
  Bemidji: Wed. August 18, 1:00 – 4:00 pm Beltrami Electric Cooperative Headquarters Community Room
4111 Technology Drive NW
Bemidji , MN 56601

Directions to Bemidji.
  Brainerd: Thur. August 19, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon Crow Wing County Social Services, Meeting Room 1
Service Building, 322 Laurel St.
Brainerd, MN 56401

Directions to Brainerd.
  Hutchinson: Tues. August 24, 9:00 am – 12:00 noon The Peace Center at Peace Lutheran Church
400 Franklin St SW
Hutchinson, MN 55350

Directions to Hutchinson.
  St. Paul: Tues. October 19, 9:00 am - 12:00 noon Minnesota Department of Health, Red River Room
Snelling Office Park
1645 Energy Park Drive
St. Paul, MN

Directions to Snelling Office Park.
 
Presenters:
Helen Bassett, Program Administrator, Fathers’ Adoption Registry
Melissa Froehle, Attorney, FATHER Project / Central Minnesota Legal Services
Clarence Jones, Outreach Director, Southside Community Health Services
Paul Masiarchin, State Coordinator, Minnesota Fathers & Families Network
Additional presenters may join regional workshops; all presenters may not be present at each workshop.

Workshop objectives: Attendees will:
  • Share regional updates about father-friendly programs and practices;
  • Promote positive images and positive interactions of fathers in families;
  • Learn about changes taking place in the state’s child support offices;
  • Discuss the Fathers’ Adoption Registry and its value as a tool for strengthening families;
  • Learn about the "Unmarried fathers guide to paternity, custody and parenting time," and the "top five legal issues to know about working with unmarried fathers."

 
 

To RSVP, please contact Paul Masiarchin at (612) 787-4091 or pmasiarchin@mnfathers.org, no later than one week prior to the event.

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