FRPN Webinar: A Conversation About State–Level Initiatives for Father Inclusion
Nov 2019Moderator: Jessica Pearson, Center for Policy Research, Denver
Directors of FRPN State Planning Mini Grants:
Kentucky: David Cozart, Director, Lexington Leadership Foundation
Michigan: Richard Tolman, University of Michigan, School of Social Work
South Carolina: Richard Barr, South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families
Washington: Anne Stone, Director, Washington Frontiers of Innovation, Department of Social and Health Services
This webinar features four directors of FRPN state planning teams that received $10,000 awards in January 2019 to develop state-level initiatives for father inclusion. The featured directors discuss their initiatives focusing on goals, activities, challenges, accomplishments and next steps.
The 11 states that received funding from the FRPN include: Colorado, Connecticut, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Washington and Wyoming. Patterns across all 11 sites are highlighted in this webinar.
FRPN-funded planning efforts involved fatherhood practitioners, researchers and policymakers and were led by CBOs, universities, state agencies and fatherhood programs.
Watch the webinar below or download the presenter slides here.
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