About Us

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In December 2005, the Annie E. Casey Foundation convened a meeting of men and women working in responsible fatherhood to assess the influence women were having in the field. After extensive consultations with experts in the field, the group found a high level of need for a collective effort of women to provide a unique and necessary voice for:

• Effective advocacy and support of Responsible Fatherhood in program and policy;
• Fatherhood awareness, education, legislation, & policy initiatives, which benefit from the input of mothers and other women;
• Effective programs designed to involve fathers–the perspective of mothers and their advocates is essential to their success.

This led to the formation of Women In Fatherhood—A diverse group of women dedicated to advancing the responsible fatherhood field through public awareness and education, policy advocacy, research, and collaboration.

The vision of Women in Fatherhood is that fathers are positively engaged in raising their children in healthy, safe and nurturing families and communities.

Mission Statement

The mission of Women in Fatherhood is to contribute to and advocate for family and community well-being through the support of positive father involvement and healthy family relationships.

Our Guiding Principles:

1. Advancing the responsible fatherhood field will provide fathers with the same opportunities in their parental roles that have been afforded to mothers.
2. Community well being is dependent on healthy family relationships.
3. Exposing fathers and mothers to healthy relationship and marriage education and providing couples who choose to marry with relationship education and support can benefit their families and communities.
4. Parents should work cooperatively in raising their children regardless of their romantic relationship.
5. Each parent provides a unique and complementary contribution to the development of their children.
6. The safety and well-being of children and their parents should not be compromised by efforts to promote father involvement and/or healthy family relationships.
7. Healthy family relationships are absent of violence, financial neglect and child abuse.
8. ALL family members benefit when fathers contribute to their families.