Pathways to Responsible FATHERHOOD - Catholic Charities

Helping Neighborhood Fathers
Rev. 5/2012
Fathers Speak Out:
“
The program makes you think about what you
need to do and how to do it in life. It makes you
make better decisions for you and your
children.
”
“
Every Father who is in need should go to this
program. ... As a young father who was doing
everything I could, the Pathways to Responsible
Fatherhood helped me with that extra step and
that made all the difference. I’m working now ...
I am a Certified Nursing Assistant. ... The
program was real.
”
“
I thought being a father was (about) paying
the bills and being looked up to, now I realize
it’s so much more. Thanks to Pathways to
Responsible Fatherhood I realize where I need
to grow and how to be a better father.
”
“
Today it’s not about me being a big man, but
being a better father. It’s hard to admit that I was
headed in the wrong direction, but the program
helped me see things differently. I think my
home boys need to man up and realize if you
are going to be a father it’s more than being
tough with your child ... it’s about being a
father. Something I can say I never really had,
but it doesn’t mean I have to make the
mistakes he did.
”
Funding for this project was provided by the United States Department
of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families,
Grant: 90FK0044. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations
expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not
necessarily reflect the views of the United States Department of Health
and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
Courtesy of CCAOH
Pathways to Responsible
Fatherhood Services are offered
in five of our Family Centers.
Catholic Charities’ Family Centers offer a
culturally competent and comprehensive
approach to the development and
enhancement of the family,
focusing on activities that
reinforce parent-child bonding.
Asylum Hill Family Center
60 Gillett Street, Suite 101, Hartford
Phone: 860-244-9944
El Centro de Desarrollo y Reafirmación Familiar
45 Wadsworth Street, Hartford
Phone: 860-524-6853
Parker Memorial Family Center
2621 Main Street, Hartford
Phone: 860-757-0827
Southside Family Center
15 Newfield Avenue, Hartford
Phone: 860-953-0113
Waterbury Family Center
13 Wolcott Street, Waterbury
Phone: 203-596-9359
FOR MORE INFORMATION
CALL 860-244-9944
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of Hartford
Administrative offices:
839-841 Asylum Ave., Hartford, CT 06105-2801
1-888-405-1183
For more information and a directory of
local offices, visit: www.ccaoh.org
Providing Help & Creating Hope, Serving People
of all Faiths in 102 Communities since 1920
Courtesy of CCAOH
Pathways to Responsible
FATHERHOOD
Community Partner
A Program Free
of Charge for
Fathers and
Expectant
Fathers
Five Centers Serving
Greater Hartford and Waterbury
Catholic Charities
Archdiocese of Hartford
Administrative offices:
839-841 Asylum Ave., Hartford, CT 06105-2801
1-888-405-1183
For more information and a directory of
local offices, visit: www.ccaoh.org
Providing Help & Creating Hope, Serving People
of all Faiths in 102 Communities since 1920

Pathways to Responsible
FATHERHOOD
Support Services:
Responsible Parenting activities include a
discussion approach, experiential learning and
father-child relationship enhancement activities
designed to prevent abuse and neglect.
Comprehensive Employment services are
designed to help fathers improve their economic
stability by preparing for, finding, and retaining
employment.
Healthy Relationship educational activities are
designed to improve fathers’ skills and to enhance
their relationships with partners or spouse and
prevent domestic violence.
Case Management services incorporate an
employment plan and link participants to necessary
support services.
Catholic Charities USA/Laura Sikes
Helping fathers become aware of the important role they play in their children’s overall well being.
Services are offered in these areas:
Relationships, Parenting and
Economic Stability
Program services include:
■ 24/7 Dads — A 12 week program focusing on five
characteristics necessary to be “a great dad 24 hours
a day, 7 days a week.”
■ Job Readiness Skills, Resume Building,
Interviewing Techniques
■ Assistance Locating Employment
■ GED Classes, Higher Education Support
Services, FAFSA Scholarship Applications
■ Mentoring
■ Budgeting and Money Smarts
■ Coping as a Single Father
■ Understanding Child Development
■ Manhood and Family Values
■ Managing Child Support
■ Access and Visitation
■ Conflict Resolution
These services are available to all eligible persons,
regardless of race, gender, age or sexual orientation.
Courtesy of CCAOH
Children in homes
without fathers are...
■ 5 times more likely to commit suicide.
■ 32 times more likely to run away.
■ 20 times more likely to have behavioral disorders.
■ 14 times more likely to commit rape.
■ 9 times more likely to drop out of school.
■ 10 times more likely to abuse chemical substances.
■ 9 times more likely to end up in a state operated
institution.
■ 20 times more likely to end up in prison.
Responsible Fatherhood
makes a difference
for children:
■ By providing emotional security, curiosity, and
enhanced math and verbal skills.
■ Children show fewer behavioral problems,
higher level of sociability, improved school
performance and reduced involvement with the
criminal justice system.
■ Children have higher school grades,
greater school enjoyment, and lower chances
of suspension, expulsion, and dropping out
of school.
■ Girls with a positive father/daughter
relationship do better academically and are less
likely to engage in early sexual involvement and
in the use of alcohol and drugs.
Courtesy of CCAOH