Coalition for Community Foundations for Youth
Summary of Fathers Matter Grants
Focusing on School, Family and Community Partnerships
(Supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation, the Ford Foundation and the Danforth Foundation)
October 1996
Community Foundation of Greater Flint (Flint, MI)
David Swenson, Executive Director
810-767-8270
The community foundation will work to educate the community through a seminar; develop a data collection system; and based on these activities develop a long-term plan to promote the engagement of young fathers with their children.
Rochester Area Foundation (Rochester, NY)
Jennifer Leonard, President
716-325-4353
A community collaborative of providers, families, funders and policymakers will develop a plan for action on father issues.
Community Foundation of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)
Diane Sandquist, President
407-872-3050
The community foundation will develop a parenting program for low-income, non-custodial fathers between the ages of 15 and 25. To identify barriers to father involvement and design an effective program, the project will begin with an extensive survey of 150 adolescent young men and their partners and ten focus groups.
Greater Kansas City Community Foundation (Kansas City, MO)
Janice Kreamer, President
Steve Schutte, Program Officer
816-842-0944
The community foundation will test a father training program in two schools with a significant population of low-income, non-custodial fathers.
Community Foundation of Monterey County (Monterey, CA)
Marli Melton, Associate Director
408-375-9712
The community foundation will support Parents as Teachers as it develops in-home parent education specifically for fathers. Data will be collected and shared with schools, county and state agencies to help them understand the challenges that young fathers face, barriers to their involvement with their children and best strategies to support father involvement.
August 1997
Community Foundation for Muskegon County
Patricia B. Johnson, President
Arn Boezaart, Program Officer
616-722-4538
This community foundation will partner with the Muskegon Public Schools (MPS) and together with a team of school staff, social worker and family will work to set goals for disadvantaged students and families and will help them meet their goals through: counseling, behavioral and attendance contracts; monitoring of attendance, behavioral referrals, and suspensions; anger management classes; periodic home visits; and help with needs such as vouchers for laundry and alarm clocks. Support groups for fathers will be established at the two middle schools and at least two of the elementary schools with the highest needs.
Rhode Island Foundation
Ronald V. Gallo, President
Melvin Bell, Program Officer
401-274-4564
The community foundation will work in Providence through Parents Making a Difference, a network of seventeen family centers in schools, to invite and involve parents in their children's education. The 50 community workers employed by Parents are neighborhood parents who represent the variety of ethnic and language groups in Providence.
Saginaw Community Foundation
Lucy R. Allen, President & CEO
Nancy Warner, Vice President
517-755-0545
The Saginaw Community Foundation, the First Ward Community Center and the Parent Resource Center of the School District of Saginaw plan to reach out to non-custodial young fathers through a program modeled after Big Brothers.
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