.24 million children in America. One out of every three live in biological father absent homes. Nine in ten American parents agree this is a crises. National Father Initiative (2019). Focus is in the well being of children. Located in Long Beach California, minimum needed in California 80,000 a year is required to live and have a mortgage. 100% of their dad’s have been victims of IPV. They don’t report and say they never experienced it but through education with the project they understood they are victims. Children are used to control them. Increased rates of mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, suicide ideation. Entire staff is social workers. They have support groups, group therapy, groups for different age groups of children groups for mothers.
Fathers and Families - Coalition of America (Speaker is a social worker)
States higher education is limited. America is # 1 at divorce and never married. Money is in Family Systems and not fathers (I would like to say that fathers are incorporated in family systems). The first program he designed was for fathers in Arizona. More single fathers coming out of poverty. He is looking for funding. Had a grant for 175,000 for three years. He wants fatherhood funding.
This ends this conference.
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