FINDING A CAUSE BIGGER THAN SELF

Why Fa the rs & Fami l i e s Coa l i t i on o f Amer i ca?

Started as a local grassroots entity in Arizona in 1996, state-wide by 2000 and global by 2010.

Over 30million website visitors and over 10000 social media connections in 2015 .

Our virtual education participation has made a global impact with over 180000 viewer minutes.

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Conference attendees from over ninety (90) nations and 500 U.S. communities received technical assistance and training at our national-regional-state-tribal-local–virtual conferences.

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“ Fathers & Families Coalition of America is a leader for stakeholders seeking resources, support and services specializing on strengthening families globally.

In 2010, instituted a local affiliate member agency platform that has resulted in local FFCA Affiliates from Australia, Africa, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Bermuda and over 60 U.S. cities… that range from government, large non-profits, universities, grassroots and faith-based organizations.

A leader social policy advocacy on families and fathers with over 300,000 viewers during our National Town Halls and over 150,000 individuals engaged in over 100 policy & research posts by FFCA.

A leader in continuous quality improvement training with over 15000 individuals trained in evidence based practices to support fathers and families internationally.

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07Created a professional development certificate for fatherhood practitioners

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Virtual & Social Over the past several years, FFCA has reached over 90 nations by training through a virtual plat form . We plan on going into nations by developing new affiliates (chapters), technical assistance, research, conferences and virtual education.

National ConferenceFor 16 years, we have provided An annual conference hosted in Mesa, Phoenix, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Las Vegas . FFCA has trained thousands of professionals and parents from 500 U.S. cities and several international attendees

InstitutesFFCA has provided customized institutes with Native American tribes, Puerto Rico, and over ten states …

GLOBAL AFFILIATES

“ Join us to be a part of something bigger than self that will effect a generation, changing the world so children see and step into their destiny filled with aspirations

Fa t h e r s & Fa m i l i e s C o a l i t i o n o f A m e r i c a i s n o t j u s t a p l a c e f o r a c o n f e re n c e o r s o c i a l g a t h e r i n g s … t h i s i s a p l a c e f o r a c a u s e .

More than 2 million teens are arrested every year

Over 200,000 will be incarcerated

85% come from fatherless homes

60% come from poverty

53% have a family member incarcerated

45% have been reported being victims of abuse

70% will be arrested again

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80% of children in the child-welfare system will be arrested/incarcerated

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64% 53% 46%

Physical and emotional threat2

Educational Crime & Violence/Bad

Influences

46%

Bad parenting/no moral values,

The Top Pe rce i ved Th rea t s to Ch i l d ren i n Amer i ca

33%

Drugs/alcohol

Children in America have more than one adult who is unconditionally crazy about them/positively

involved in their lives (39%)

Children in America are emotionally healthy/cope well/help others/accept help from others

(37%)

Children in America are treated

with respect (44%)

victims of assault burglary,

are male;

victims of the reported robberies,

are victims of murder of family members, 10% of those are male;

victims of rape are 4% males.

are male;

Young Men Future Fathers

Exposure to High Violence

Young Men Fu tu re Fa the rs Exposu re to H igh V io lence

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23%

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25% 21%

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Only 5% of children born in the United States were

to unmarried mothers

72% African American mothers were unmarried

to the father of their child

44% of children born in the United States were to unmarried mothers

50% Hispanic mothers were unmarried to the father

of their child

50% of all of children born in the United States

were to unmarried mothers under 30

United States has the highest unmarried rate with children

under 18 than any “western industrial” nation

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Two Genera t i on Changes i n Fami l y Fo rmat ion

There are 9.5 million nonresident fathers in United States, but they are more likely to have contact with their children than nonresident fathers in the 1970s and 1980s.

By the time the children were nine years

old, 20% of nonresident fathers spent time with their children several days a week.

By the time the children are five years old,

50% of father still have contact with their children.

On ly 64% o f ch i l d ren i n the US l i ve w i th bo th o f the i r pa ren t s

Forty-one percent of births are to unmarried

mothers and 51 percent of children born to women

under 30 years old are born to unmarried mothers.

At birth more than 90% of unmarried parents

agreed that they want fathers to be involved in the

lives of their children.

Fa the r Invo lvement

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Living in a single-parent home doubles the risk that a child will suffer physical, emotional, or educational neglect.

Teens without fathers were twice as likely to be involved in early sexual activity and seven times more likely to get pregnant as an adolescent.

Fatherless children are twice as likely to drop out of school.

Fatherless children are at dramatically greater risk for suicide.

Youths in homes without a father had significantly higher odds of incarceration than those in two-parent families. Youths who never had a father in the household experienced the highest odds..

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Impac t o f Fa the r l es s to Ch i l d ren

Poor financial- employment stability

Disparities in their education,

Stable relationships

Lack of knowledge of child development and

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Poor relations with the child’s mother

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TOP BARR IERS FOR FATHER INVOLVEMENT

17% of single parents were fathers;

Up to 26% Single-father only homes in high-risk communities (extreme poverty 300% ~ 150% below poverty);

Over 2 million single fathers in 2013;

IN 2015 A R ISE OF S INGLE FATHERS WITH CH ILDREN AGES 0 -6

Source: America's Families and Living Arrangements http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html

A study by the US Department of Education shows that when resident or nonresident fathers remain active in their children's education, children are:

more likely to get higher grades,

to go further in school,

less likely to repeat a grade or

to have been expended or expelled.

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Fa the r I nvo l vement and Educa t i on

1. Intellectual development

2. Emotional development

3. Social development

4. Ethical/moral development

5. Spiritual development

6. Physical development

7. Career development

8. Developing responsibility

9. Developing independence

10. Developing competence

11. Leisure, fun, play

12. Providing income

13. Sharing activities/interests

14. Mentoring/teaching

15. Caregiving

16. Being protective

17. Advising

18. Discipline

19. School/homework

20. Companionship

The Impac t o f a Fa the r to a Ch i l d

Our goal in this discussion is to bring to light why we have this issue of rampant absenteeism in our fathers.

TYPES OF EVALUATION APPROACHES THAT INVOLVE

ORGANIZATION CONSTITUENTS INCLUDE:o Participatory action researcho Empowerment evaluationo Self-evaluation

o Interpersonal skills such as engagemento Cultural competencyo Group facilitation and consensus buildingo Research skillso Knowledge of service delivery systems,

community processes, power, and economic and political systems

Ev idence Based Prac t i ce Sk i l l s Needed by Pro fess iona l s t o I nc rease Fa the r I nvo l vement

Pathways to paternal involvement are poorly understood; therefore, more intervention research is needed to identify effective strategies for enhancing Paternal Involvement.

Support to development, coordination, cooperation, consistency and implementation of a National Fatherhood Program in all branches of government agencies.

Increase Agency evaluations from funded programs for high impact evaluations and improve program outcomes.

Promote public policy, “What policies and implementation will make changes in family formation, father involvement in the next three to five years?”

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Require all federally funded programs aimed at child-wellbeing strategies for father-involvement

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Prac t i ca l Exper i ences and Recommendat i ons

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Rancho Cucamonga, California 91730

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JAMES C. RODRIGUEZCHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRESIDENT

Continuous contributions for content, research, literature reviews and recommendations provided by the following: Dr. Ronald Mincy, Sr. Columbia UniversityProfessor Edwin Gonzalez-Santin, Arizona State UniversityDr. Narviar Barker, Morehouse CollegeDr. Obie Clayton, Clark Atlanta UniversityDr. Bakahia Madison, Chicago State UniversityDr. Carolyn Curtis, Senior Faculty-FFCAMs. Debra Pontisso, Senior Advisor- FFCA

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