Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Conference: Innovative Service Delivery Models for Child Welfare: Promoting Positive Father Engagement

In this year's Fedele F. and Iris M. Fauri Memorial Conference, we highlight emerging best practices and practitioner expertise related to father engagement and inclusion in social services. Our keynote address by Dr. Jay Fagan, from the Fatherhood Practice Research Network, will present new evidence regarding best practices for reaching and engaging fathers in a variety of social service settings, including child welfare. Panelists and presenters from several promising social service programs designed to engage men will discuss practitioner expertise regarding effective strategies for working with fathers and will emphasize culturally responsive strategies for engaging fathers of over-represented African American children in substitute care. These promising new programs fit well within existing service delivery models and are specifically designed to address the unique parenting needs of both residential and nonresidential fathers.

Event Resources

• Presentations
  • Jay Fagan, Co-Director, Fatherhood Research and Practice Network; Professor of Social Work, Temple University
    • The Quest for Innovative and Effective Programs for Low-Income Fathers
  • Cleopatra Howard Caldwell, PhD Cassandra L. Brooks, MA, MS School of Public Health University of Michigan and E. Hill De Loney, MS Flint Odyssey House Flint, Michigan
    • Promoting Positive Father Engagement through an Innovative Parenting Program for Nonresident African American Fathers & Sons
  • Bright Sarfo (Developing All Dads for Manhood and Parenting, Baltimore), Research Associate, MEF Associates
    • Baltimore Responsible Fatherhood Project: A Snapshot of common fatherhood practice
  • • Murray Davis, Manager of Information Resources, Matrix Human Services
    • Responsible Fatherhood Programs: An Initiative of Matrix Human Services
  • • Mike Kildee, Family Engagement Coordinator, Genesee Intermediate School District Head Start
    • "Children in the Parachute?" Building a Culture to Engage Fathers
• Additional Resources
  • Network Exposure and Homicide Victimization in an African American Community
  • Tragic, but not random: The social contagion of nonfatal gunshot injuries
  • Internet banging: New trends in social media, gang violence, masculinity and hip hop
  • Social media as a vector for youth violence: A review of the literature
  • Report of the Attorney General’s National Task Force on Children Exposed to Violence
  • Preventing Unintentional Child Gun Deaths
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Violence: Prevention Strategies
  • Firearm Possession Among Adolescents Presenting to an Urban Emergency Department for Assault
  • U.S. Department of Justice: Law Enforcement Response to Child Abuse