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The following Internet sites of organizations host a variety of resources for assisting fathers and mothers in their lives as parents. Many other sites exist and they are often accessible from sites such as the following.
At-Home Dad. This is a quarterly newsletter that promotes the home-based father.
http://www.parentsplace.com/family/archive/0,10693,239502,00.html
Baby Center. This site is for new and expectant fathers, with information on preconception, pregnancy, babies and toddlers.
http://www.babycenter.com
Bay Area Male Involvement Network. The network is a partnership of Bay Area child services agency workers to increase the involvement of fathers in the lives of their children. It has a male involvement curriculum for training teachers in early childhood education.
http://www.bamin.org
Center for Successful Fathering. This site works to increase awareness of the essential role of fatherhood. Timely and relevant skills are discussed.
http://www.fathering.org
Child Trends. Their publication list on fatherhood includes reports, papers and other resources in several critical social areas.
http://www.childtrends.org
Daddy's Home. This is an online resource for primary caregiving fathers.
http://www.daddyshome.com
FamilyEducation Network. This site brings local, state, and national educational resources together in one place. Their goals include helping parents to be more involved with schools and education.
http://www.familyeducation.com
Fathers' Forum Online. This site is dedicated primarily to expectant and new fathers with children up to the age of two.
http://www.fathersforum.com
Fathers’ Network. This site serves fathers of children with special needs, namely, chronic illness and developmental disability.
http://www.fathersnetwork.org
FatherWork. This site contains personal stories from fathers and children, as well as ideas to promote good fathering under various challenging circumstances.
http://fatherwork.byu.edu
Fedstats. More than 70 agencies of the federal government produce statistics of interest (including fathering) to the public and this site provides access to the full range of them.
http://www.fedstats.gov
Kidsource OnLine. This is an online community that shares values and goals in raising, educating and providing for children. Their goal is to find and deliver the best of health-care and education information.
http://www.kidsource.com
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. This site seeks to prevent teen pregnancy by supporting values and stimulating actions that are consistent with a pregnancy-free adolescence.
http://www.teenpregnancy.org
National Center for Fathering. This site conducts research and distributes data on fathers and fathering. Practical resources are available for dads in nearly every fathering situation.
http://www.fathers.com
National Center for Strategic Non-profit Planning and Community Leadership. This site provides details about NPCL’s public and customized workshop series to help community-based organizations and public agencies better serve young, low-income single fathers and fragile families.
http://www.npcl.org
National Center on Fathers and Families. NCOFF’s goal is to improve the life chances of children and the efficacy of families. NCOFF supports the conduct and dissemination of research that advances father involvement.
http://www.ncoff.gse.upenn.edu
National Fatherhood Initiative. This site highlights the importance of dads to the well-being of their children and the entire community. They organize coalitions and promote a pro-fathering message to dads.
http://www.fatherhood.org
National Head Start Association. The "Father Friendly Assessment and Planning Tool" provides checklists for programs to assess their readiness to serve fathers and to develop a father-friendly action plan. A joint effort of the National Center for Strategic Nonprofit Planning and Community Leadership; the United States Department of Health and Human Services’ Administration for Children and Families, Region V; and the Illinois Department of Public Aid, Division of Child Support Enforcement, this tool is available at
http:/www.nhsa.org/partner/fatherhood/ffanp.htm
National Latino Fatherhood and Family Institute. This site highlights programs for serving Latino fathers and families.
http://www.nlffi.org
University of Minnesota’s Children, Youth and Family Consortium--FatherNet. This is the Consortium’s answer to the "Father to Father" initiative. Minnesota was the first state to launch this initiative, and this site has an abundance of state links and resource information.
http://www.cyfc.umn.edu/Fathernet
Zero to Three. This organization promotes the healthy development of babies and young children by promoting good child development practices for mothers, fathers and providers of child care.
http://www.zerotothree.org
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