Recent Practice Documents: January 2005

Fathering Program News and Research

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• Help NFI select its 2005 Fatherhood Award winners.

  On April 19, 2005 at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C., National Fatherhood Initiative (NFI) will host its 8th Annual Fatherhood Awards Gala.

  Each year, NFI awards individuals, corporations, and organizations that do exemplary work in promoting involved, responsible, and committed fatherhood.

  Past awardees include Tim McGraw, Tom Selleck, Tim Russert, James Earl Jones, Stephen Collins, Johnson & Johnson, AT&T, and Chevrolet.

  This year, NFI would love to hear from you!

  Click here to read the full article. http://www.fatherhood.org/de12804.asp

   

Resources for Practitioners

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• FIVE QUESTIONS ON WASHINGTON AREA CHILDREN'S CHARITIES

  In this new web feature, Eric Twombly talks about the 1,100 local nonprofit organizations serving children and youth in the District of Columbia and 10 surrounding Maryland and Virginia jurisdictions. Twombly, a senior research associate in UI's Center on Nonprofits and Philanthropy, is an expert on the role of nonprofit institutions in providing social services and building community capacity.

  http://www.urban.org/content/Experts/fivequestionsfor/fivequestions.htm

• National Women's Law Center Tax Credits

  The National Women's Law Center, working with child care advocates across the country, is launching our 2005 national tax credits outreach campaign this week. The campaign is designed to help child care providers and parents who use child care learn about important tax credits and to help eligible families claim these tax credits. The Center is collaborating with advocacy organizations in eight states on intensive outreach campaigns. In addition, state-specific outreach materials are available for many other states. No matter which state you live in, tax credits outreach can help to inform low- and moderate-income families about valuable federal, and in some cases state, tax credits that can help put thousands of dollars in their pockets! We need your help to make this year’s campaign a success.
  
  http://www.nwlc.org/details.cfm?id=1742&section=tax

Child Support

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Children and Families

• Helping Foster Care Grads Move On to College
  
  Scholarship RecipientJoan McAllister is the independent living coordinator for North Carolina. Her job is to oversee state efforts to help between 400 and 450 young people each year as they “age out” of foster care at the age of 18. “Only a small percentage of these go on to higher education,” McAllister said. “but we’re starting to see an increase in the high school graduation rate, which is encouraging.”
  
  Read more: http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?doc_id=252692

• Video Game Prescriptions

  How did a Nintendo Gameboy become a diabetic child's ally in the daily struggle to keep blood sugar levels under control? Robert Capriccioso reports on this and other developments in the emerging field of using video game technology to fight childhood disease and promote healthy behavior.
  
  http://www.connectforkids.org/resources3139/resources_show.htm?doc_id=255417