Alameda County Fathers Corps
What is the Fathers Corps?
In 2013, the Alameda County Fathers Corps (ACFC) , a collaborative effort between First 5 Alameda County and Alameda County’s Health Care Services Agency and Social Services Agency, was formed to support fathers to be meaningfully engaged with their children and to advocate for father-friendly services. Our fatherhood work has steadily expanded over the past six years to include a broad approach focused on empowering and supporting:
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Fathers – by promoting father-friendly and father-specific programming for families in under-resourced, economically vulnerable neighborhoods and partnering with others to fund and enhance programming; by raising up the voices of fathers through listening sessions, interviews, speaker panels, etc.; and by convening fathers at our county-wide Fatherhood Summit to celebrate and honor the critical role fathers play in their families and communities
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Service providers – by offering learning communities and trainings to enhance provider capacity to engage fathers; by providing safe spaces for learning, peer support, and networking for male providers; and by surveying providers to identify gaps in supports for fathers
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Agencies - by offering trainings and tools to assist agencies and programs with implementing Father Friendly Principles (FFP)
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Systems – by convening system leaders through an interagency workgroup that seeks to change policies that create barriers to fathers fully engaging with their children
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The wider community - by creating a positive narrative around fatherhood so fathers are seen as nurturers and an essential part of the fabric of family and community
The Fathers Corps’ Fatherhood Summit is designed to empower fathers and father-figures by celebrating the role they play in the lives of their children, debunking myths and stereotypes around fatherhood, providing critical information and support through a variety of targeted workshops.
The Summit will offer a career fair, nationally-known mainstage speakers, more than 30 workshops providing relevant information specific to the needs of fathers and father-figures, and resources that support fathers with being the dads they want to be.
Father Friendly Provider Network
Dad-scussions
Fatherhood Photo Bank
Resources
2021-2022 Fathers Corps Trainings
2020-2021 Fathers Corps Trainings
2019-2020 Fathers Corps Trainings
Alameda County Fathers Corps Father Friendly Principles
Father-Friendliness Organization Self-Assessment
Father-Friendly Principles Implementation Tool
Voices of Fathers and the Providers who Serve Them
Fathers Corps Videos
The Fatherhood Summit 2019
2019 Fatherhood Summit Highlight
2019 Fatherhood Summit Welcome Video
2018-19 Fatherhood Partnership
Celebrating 5 Years of the Alameda County Fathers Corps Report
Alameda County Fathers Corps 5-Year (Full Video)
Fatherhood Partnership Program Overview and Requirements
For more information contact:
Father-Friendliness Organization Self-Assessment
Father-Friendliness Organization Self-Assessment