What is Father Inclusion?
Father-inclusion is the practice of creating supportive environments, programs, and policies that intentionally and proactively involve fathers in their children's lives and in the services designed to support families.
Father Inclusion involves fostering a welcoming atmosphere within organizations, such as community programs and workplaces, and offering father-specific resources, training, and inclusive messaging to acknowledge and enhance the vital role fathers play in family well-being and child development.
National Fatherhood Initiative® provides the tools and training your organization needs to create a father-friendly culture and environment.
- The Father Friendly Check-Up™. This free tool will help you, fellow staff, and other stakeholders (e.g. board members) comprehensively assess the level of father friendliness of your organization in four areas: Leadership Development, Organizational Development, Program Development, and Community Engagement. It shows you how to "score" your organization in each area, thus identifying areas that need improvement. It also shows you how to turn the assessment into no- and low-cost tactics to become more father-friendly. Click here to download the check-up.
- The Father Engagement Certificate™. This popular and affordable online, on-demand, self-paced training will help you to help your organization develop the five core competencies necessary to successfully engage and serve dads. (Spoiler: It includes help with recruitment and retention!) Click here to learn more about this fantastic training and here to learn how other organizations have benefitted from it.
The good news is it's never too late to create a father inclusive culture and environment. Even if your organization already serves dads through a fatherhood program or in the smallest way, it will reap the rewards of an initiative to become more father-friendly.