PBS SoCal 2019
Community Spotlight Award Recipient
Mission
Building next generation leaders by encouraging father/ male engagement in education and community settings!
Vision
Our vision is to ensure that education systems acknowledge the importance of father/ male engagement by providing programs designed for fathers to play an active role in their child's education!
Systemic, integrated, and comprehensive PFCE begins with positive, goal-oriented relationships. PFCE focuses first on the family and child outcomes that it is designed to achieve.
In line with the Head Start Early Learning Outcomes Framework (ELOF), the overarching outcomes that virtually all programs strive for are that children are:
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Safe
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Healthy and well
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Learning and developing
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Engaged in positive relationships with family members, caregivers, and other children.
Parent, Family, and
Community Engagement Framework
School
Readiness
Our School Readiness Programs provide fathers with unique opportunities to engage with their children by participating in programs designed to encourage fathers to play an active role in their child's education. We know the first 5 years of a child's life is critical to their development. Participating in our School Readiness Programs fathers begin to strengthen that bond with their child during these critical moments of development. Early education is often overlooked when it comes to father/ male engagement. It is our mission to provide a safe space for fathers to participate in literacy, STEAM, Nutrition, and Parent Ed. programs so fathers can experience first hand the vital role they play in their child's academic development!
Man Cave
Man Cave support groups are safe spaces for fathers to develop strength based parenting skills that empower them to lead in education and community programs. The Man Cave workshops are a critical component to father engagement. Taking a "Iron Sharpens Iron" approach empowers fathers to share their childhood and parenting experiences.
Community Engagement
We strongly believe the key to building successful programs is to have successful partners. Our collaborative partners supply us with donations and incentives so we can provide resources to our fathers and families. Whether we are collaborating with a food distribution, providing activity kits, adopting families for holidays. It is our mission to support fathers and families who are in the greatest need of life's essential resources.
Toys for Tots St. Tammany Parish
ABC 7 SoCal Strong 2021
DAD Project Slidell City Council
"It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men"
-Frederick Douglas
