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Join Fathers & Families Coalition of America,Administration for Children and Families Region II & IV

www.fathersandfamiliescoalition.org

East RegionalFatherhood & Healthy

Families Summer Institute

Columbia UniversitySchool of Social WorkAddress: 1255 Amsterdam Rooms 311 & 312 New York City, NY, 10027Registration URL: https://www.123signup.com/register?id=sxzjy

Phone: 424-225-1323

Conference Location:

Limited Rooms at Host Hotel: Harlem Aloft

To Reserve a room : https://www.starwoodmeeting.com/Book/FFCA

Aloft Harlem 2296 Frederick Douglass Blvd. New York, NY 10027

Phone: 646.439.2518

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July 2012Dear Friends:

Please accept my sincerest and warmest greetings as I welcome you all to the Inaugural East RegionalFatherhood and Healthy Families Summer Institute, hosted by Fathers and Families Coalition of America. I amtruly delighted and honored to take part in this Conference.

This Conference will bring together a diverse group of individuals who will take part in educational workshops,plenary sessions, and a national certification. The insights and experiences gained here over the course of theInstitute will be truly valuable.

Fathers and Families Coalition of America (FFCA) should be extremely proud of what they have accomplishedsince their founding in 1996; they have provided so many organizations who work with fathers and families

with the services they need. FFCA is devoted to the professional development of fatherhood and familyservices. They offer unique networking forums, national conferences, professional development venues,advocacy, and collaboration development.

As a father, a grandfather, and as a founding Board of Director for the Fathers and Families Coalition of

America, I know the importance of the services that they provide and I encourage everyone to take fulladvantage of the activities and educational workshops that have been planned for the East RegionalFatherhood and Healthy Families Summer Institute.

I offer my best wishes for an enjoyable and productive training.

Sincerely,

Felix W. OrtizMember of Assembly

Room 826, Legislative Office Building, Albany, NY 12248, (518) 455-3821

District Office: 404 55th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11220, (718) 492-6334

FELIX W. ORTIZAssemblyman 51st District

Kings County

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Welcome

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Dear Friend & Colleague:

Thank you for attending the East Regional Fatherhood & Healthy Families Summer Institute hosted by Fathers &Families Coalition of America with ACF Region II, State of New York Assembly, ACF Region IV and East Regional FFCAAliate. I want to acknowledge the support from D r. Ronald B. Mincy, Sr. Professor, School of Social Work, ColumbiaUniversity and the University for the commitment to host this Regional Institute on this prestigious campus. I amexcited about working with leaders such as Joyce Thomas, Administrator for ACF Region II, Honorable Felix Ortiz,State of New York, Ms. Carlis V. Williams, Administrator for ACF Region IV, and others as to provide a mid-yearprofessional development and capacity building assistance opportunity within the East Region.

Highlights of this conference include a national certication, multi-cultural healthy marriage plenary sessions,innovative approaches to working with diverse families, addressing childhood obesity and the role fathers impacthealthy and t children, program evaluation and best practices, and how policy impacts practice.

The rst day will provide continuing education units from National Association of Social Work through ourFatherhood Practitioner & Healthy Relationship E ducator-Facilitator Certicate targeted for nonprots, foundations,faith-based entities and workers who are seeking new approaches to acquire skills they need to help theirorganizations meet growing needs. We understand that at nonprot organizations, employees and leaders learnfundamentally by undertaking. This is a practitioner and faculty led program that teaches the techniques ofeective direct practice to program sta, adminis trators and other professionals. As a division o f the Fathers &Families Coalition of America, The Instructional Council assisted with the development of the conten t that isacademically rigorous but also highly p ractical. We specialize in providing professional development that isthoroughly grounded in bes t practice. Our content is delivered by highly qualied social workers, faculty,researchers, administrators and practitioners who are nationally recognized for their expertise and credentials andexcel at providing our clients with a practical and in-depth learning experience.

Our curriculum is designed to provide clients with training that establishes a fundamental baseline of knowledgethat calibrates individuals and organizations to recognize high performance opportunities and identify the issuesand challenges that face every paraprofessional, professional and organ ization.

The core dynamics of the program will have a focus on the following: The Role of Fathers on Child Development; Developing Culturally Appropriate Programs; Skills to ProvideServices for African American-Latino-Native American-Asian American Fathers and Families; Working withCorrectional Systems-Incarcerated and Re-Entry Fathers; Working with Child Welfare Systems; Working with ChildSupport and Other Systems; Developing Effective Healthy Relationship-Marriage Ser vices; Facilitation Skills forPractitioners; Evaluating Practice and Program Outcomes; Creating a Quality Assurance Plan.

The Regional Summ er Institutes are an examp le of local and regional leadership to introduce some of the nationsforemost experts in both Fatherhood & Healthy Relationship/Marriage Program Designs. The FFCA NationalFatherhood Practitioner & Healthy Relationship Educator Certicate Program Instructional Council has committedto provide this national certicate at various regional venues. The FFCA Certicate Program will provide NationalAssociation of Social Workers Continuing Education Units provided by National Association o f Social Workers with

the certicate issued by Fathers & Families Coalition of America, Oce of American Indian Projects School of SocialWork Arizona State University and NASW.

If I can be of any assistance, please feel free calling me at 424-225-1323 or by e mailjames. rodriguez@fathersandfamiliescoalit ion.org

Be Blessed,

James C. Rodrguez, M.S.W., Ph.D., CandidateCEO/President


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICESAdministration for

Children and Families

Region II26 Federal Plaza, Rm 4114New York, NY 10278

July 16, 2012

Dear Colleagues:

Bienvenidos and welcome to New York City for the inaugural East Regional Fatherhood and Healthy FamiliesSummer Institute.

I am pleased to greet you on behalf of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administrationfor Children and Families Acting Assistant Secretary, George Sheldon and the Region II office, representing NewYork, New Jersey, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands.

Collaborations and partnerships are essential to our efforts to support and strengthen Families. I am very pleasedthat several components of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Region IV and the African AmericanHealthy Marriage Initiative (AAHMI), are partnering with the Fathers and Families Coalition of America and theColumbia University School of Social Work to sponsor this groundbreaking event. This institute offers us anopportunity to recommit ourselves to the vital work that is being done in support of strengthening families, healthymarriages and responsible fatherhood.

Father absence and family breakdown is a growing concern in America; it is an issue that is at the root of manychallenges that children and their families face. When dads aren't around, young people are more likely to drop out

of school, use drugs, be involved in the criminal justice system, and become young parents themselves.Research tells us that fathers have a powerful influence on their childs well-being, including cognitive ability andeducational achievement. For these and so many other reasons, clearly, we want to work to encourage fathers tobe a positive force in their childs life.

One very easy and successful way we can champion father involvement is through Dads Take Your Child toSchool, an effort to encourage fathers to actively participate in their childs education and school. ACF has beenan integral partner with DTYCTS in New York State and New Jersey and I encourage all in attendance to getinvolved with an existing effort or begin one in your State. Last year in NYS, 9000 dads participated. You can find

out more about Dads Take Your Child to School-New York athttp://sites.google.com/site/dtyctsny.

Through the AAHMI, Family Strengthening Coalitions have been formed all across the country. In Region II, wehave established two coalitions; one in New York State and one New Jersey. We meet quarterly and invite your

participation.

ACF looks forward to supporting your great work. Best wishes for a productive and exciting few days in our greatCity.

Sincerely,

Joyce A. ThomasRegional Administrator
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61 Forsyth Street, Suite 4M60 Telephone (404) 562-2800/2900

Atlanta, Georgia 30303-8909 Fax (404) 562-2981

July 16, 2012

Fathers & Families Coalition of AmericaEast Regional Fatherhood & Healthy Families Summer Conference

Dear Colleagues:

I would like to welcome each of you to this East Regional Fatherhood & Healthy Families Summer Conference

I appreciate the participation here this week of each stakeholder in Americas fatherhood and healthy marriage

and family work. With your help, we will produce a culture change in America a rededication to the values

and commitments supporting Responsible Fatherhood, Healthy Marriages and Strong Families.

This Conference is provides an opportunity to establish the coalitions and partnerships needed in every local

community to design fatherhood service delivery networks that will truly empower fathers, build strong

families and promote healthy marriages and relationships. We count our victories one father at a time, and one

healthy marriage at a time, as we work to engage fathers, mothers and couples in employment, education and

health opportunities that will make a difference in their lives as well as the lives of their children and families.

I commend the Fathers and Families Coalition of America and their partners for sponsoring this event. Let us

create the future together - a future worthy of the fathers, mothers, precious children and families entrusted to

our stewardship.

May each of you have a wonderful and productive conference.

Sincerely,

Carlis V. Williams Southeast Regional Administrator

DHHS/Administration for Children and Families Atlanta, Georgia

South Carolina Alabama Florida Georgia KentuckyMississippi North Carolina Tennessee


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Monday, July 16, 2012

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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM Registration

8:30 AM 9:30 AM Plenary Session

Master of Ceremony: Honorable Felix Ortiz, Assemblyman (51) State of New York

Greetings: James C. Rodrguez, CEO & President , Fathers & Families Coalition of America

Opening Remarks: Joyce Thomas, Regional Administrator Administration for Children and Families Region II,New York City, NY

Carlis V. Williams, Regional Administrator Administration for Children and FamiliesRegion IV, Atlanta, GA

Featured Speaker: Ronald B. Mincy, Sr., Ph.D., Professor School of Social Work Columbia University, NY

Fatherhood Practitioner & Healthy Marriage Relationship Educator Certication

9:30 AM to 9:45AM Assessing Your Practice & Program

9:45 AM to 10:15 AM The Role of Fathers in Child Development

10:15 AM to 10:30 AM Break

10:30 to Noon Developing Culturally Appropriate Programs & Skills to Provide Services forDiverse Fathers and Families

12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Plenary Panel: African American Healthy Marriage Initiative Research to Practice

Dr. Dezette Johnson, Professor, School of Social Work, Johnson C. Smith University,Charlotte, NC

Dr. Jacqueline Del Rosario, CEO & President, ReCapturing the Vision, Miami, FL

Ms. Nisa Muhammad, Founder, Wedded Bliss, Inc., Washington, DC

Dr. Obie Clayton, Professor, School of Social Work ,University of Georgia, Atlanta, GA

Fatherhood Practitioner & Healthy Marriage Relationship Educator Certication (Continued)

1:45 PM to 2:15 PM Developing Eective Healthy Relationship-Marriage Services

2:15 PM to 3:00 PM Evaluating Practice and Program Outcomes

3:00 PM to 3:15 PM Break

3:15 PM to 4:45 PM Facilitation Skills for Practitioners

4:45 PM to 5:30 PM Creating a Quality Assurance Plan

Certicates to be issued with Action Plan & Evaluation


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Tuesday, July 17, 2012

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8:30 to 10:00 AM Educational Session I

10:15 to 11:45 AM Educational Session II11:45 to 1:00 PM Lunch

1:00 to 2:30 PM Educational Session III

2:45 to 4:15 PM Educational Session IV

Wednesday, July 18, 2012

8:30 to 10:00 AM Educational Session V

10:15 to 11:45 AM Educational Session VI

11:45 to 1:15 PM Luncheon

1:30 to 3:00 PM Educational Session VII3:15 PM Closing Remarks Certicates Provided


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Monday, July 16, 2012

Workshop Title: Fatherhood Practitioner & Healthy Relationship Educator Facilitator Certicate Program

Presenters: Obie Clayton, Ph.D., University of Georgia, Atlanta, GADezette Johnson, Ph.D., Johnson C. Smith University, Charlotte, NCCarl Chadband, M.Ed., KISRA, Inc., Dunbar, WVNisa Muhammad, Wedded Bliss Inc., Washington, DCRichard A. Claytor, Consultant, Boston, MABlannie Bostic, New Have Family Alliance, New Haven, CTJames C. Rodriguez, Fathers & Families Coalition of America

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

8:30 - 10:00 AM Session I:

Workshop Title: The Fit Dad

Presenters: Michelle Drayton, RN, MPH -Maternal Child Health Specialist President,Todays Child Media New York City, NY

Phil Andrews President, 100 Black Men of Long Island, Inc., Hempstead, NY

Description: This workshop will focus on how parents can foster healthy relationships with their children andpromote healthy habits within the family. The discussion will focus on the high incidence of obesity in children andits relationship to other chronic health problems including, diabetes and hypertension. Healthy families begins witht parenting.

8:30 - 10:00 AM Session IWorkshop Title: Serving Multi-Cultural Groups and Families

Presenters: Carlos Salgado, CEO enFAMILIA, Homestead, FloridaHellen Kim, Korean American Family Support Center, Flushing, New York

Description: During this presentation, participants will explore the internal and external factors that aect rstgeneration immigrant parents, refugees and cultural groups. Learn about the role of social cognitive theory inunderstanding culturally competent interventions. Promising practices in areas such as retention, recruitment,administration and community collaboration will also be shared.

10:00 - 10:15 AM Break

10:15 - 11:45 AM Session II:

Workshop Title: WORLD CAF

Presenter: Richard Claytor, Boston, MA

Description: WORLD CAF seminar is designed to allow participants to hear and share multiple perspectives,brainstorm ideas to realize visions, and generate collective ideas that help move from vision to action. During thisseminar we will also focus on challenges and solutions related to fathers involved in the child welfare systems.


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10:15 - 11:45 AM Session II

Workshop Title: Marriage Education Strategies That Work Across Diverse Groups

Presenters: Dr. Obie Clayton, Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor of Social Justiceand Civil Rights Studies University of Georgia, Atlanta, GADr. Jacqueline Del Rosario, CEO ReCapturing the Vision, Americas Marriage Doctor, Miami, FL

Description: This workshop focuses on working with marginalized populations across the life span. You will learnstrategies to work with at-risk adolescents, young adults, homeless couples, and couples that are experiencingsubstance and alcohol recovery. Participants will learn practices and techniques that have been shown to be successamong these target populations.

11:45 AM - 1:00 PM Lunch on Your Own

1:00 - 2:30 Session III

Workshop Title: The Gift and the Curse: Understanding the Relationship between Hip Hop and Fatherhood.

Presenter: Dion "Showtime" Chavis, Raleigh, NC

Description: This workshop is dedicated to creating a better comprehension of the inuence that Hip Hop culturehas on young men. The workshop will explore some of the lyrical content and images in Hip Hop that can have anegative impact on fathers and potential fathers who are a part of the culture. We will discuss lyrics and how to usepositive Hip Hop elements to explain the benets of fatherhood.1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Session III

Workshop Title: The Basics of Community Development Evaluation

Presenter: Dr. Michelle Foster, CEO Kanawha Institute for Social research and Action, Inc. Dunbar, WV

Description: Organizations that serve low-income communities have the best intentions to improve and positivelychange the lives of its partners (individuals, households, groups, communities) by implementing a variety ofprograms. These programs have been eective in undertaking activities that yield positive results. However, there isalways room for improvement. Program evaluation can be used to improve programs as well as to inform socialaction aimed at ameliorating social problems. Attendees will learn about dierent types of evaluation and how todevelop an evaluation plan.

2:30 - 2:45 PM Break

2:45 - 4:15 PM Session IV:Title: The Blended Family

Presenter: Bilal Abdul Qayyum, President and Executive Director, The Fathers Day Rally Committee, Inc. (FDRC)Philadelphia, PA

Description: This seminar will help fathers learn eective skills which will enable them to develop strategies on howto strengthen their relationship with all members of their family. Participants will learn about eectivecommunication including conict resolution and negotiating relationships.


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2:45 - 4:15 PM Session IV

Title: From Fatherless to Fatherhood

Presenter: Kobie Brown & Alita Carter/ PERFECTING PURPOSE, New York City, NY

Description: From Fatherless to Fatherhood is a documentary lm that explores the cause, eects and possiblesolutions to father absence. Rooted in the real lives of men, women and children; this abridged version of the lm isbuttressed by Kirk Franklin, Dr. Steve Perry and Reverend DeForest B. Soaries.

4:15 PM Adjourn

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8:30 - 10:00 AM Session V

Title: The Essential Voices of Women in the Fatherhood Movement

Presenters: Charlene Lewis-Meeks, FFCA Los Angeles Aliate Director, Los Angeles, CA Stacey Bouchet, PhD,Co-Director of Women in Fatherhood ,Silver Springs, MD

Description: This workshop examines the challenges and opportunities for women and men to implement andcollaborate in supporting fatherhood initiatives. It Includes information from interviews with national experts andfocus groups led by WIFI. Attendees will participate in exercises to engage women in advocating for children with afathers involvement and perspective. Practical experience will be shared for designing and implementingcommunity awareness campaigns, summits, fatherhood conferences and making healthy relationship programs userfriendly for our nations families.

8:30 - 10:00 AM Session V

Workshop Title: Federal Perspectives on Child Support

Presenters: Judith Albury, ACF, OCSE, Region II ,New York City, NY

Kesha Rodriguez, ACF, OCSE, Region II, New York City, NY

Richard A. Claytor, Director Commonwealth of Massachusetts Fatherhood Child Support ServicesBoston, MA

Description: The nations Child Support Enforcement Program (CSE) is a Federal, State, Tribal, and local partnership tohelp families by promoting family self-suciency and child well-being. Learn about how the child support system

works and eorts to work with fathers and mothers to provide reliable nancial and medical support for children.Current strategies and special initiatives will be highlighted.

10:00 - 10:15 AM Break


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10:15 - 11:45 AM Session VI:Part I & Part II

Part IWorkshop Title: Findings from the Oce of Family Assistance Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood GrantPrograms: A Review of Cross Program Impacts and Lessons Learned.

Presenter: Matthew Shepherd, Ph.D., Senior Technical Specialist at ICF InternationalKeyon Smith, Project Ocer, Administration for Children and Families, Oce of Family Assistance

Description: This presentation reviews a synthesis of more than 180 nal evaluation reports from Healthy Marriageand Responsible Fatherhood demonstration programs that received funding between September 2006 and October2011 from the Oce of Family Assistance (OFA).

Part IIWorkshop Title: The Funding Equation: Strengthening Families + Self Suciency = OFA's Mission

Presenter: Keyon Smith, Project Ocer, Administration for Children and Families, Oce of Family Assistance

Description: This workshop will help you to determine if a Healthy Marriage or Responsible Fatherhood grant is rightfor your organization.

11:45 - 1:15 PM Luncheon Keynote: Dr. Carmen Hendricks, Yeshiva University

Plenary Title: Voices from the Hispanic Community: Focus on the Latino Family

Plenary Description: One in six Americans is Latino. In fact, 2010 census showed that the nations Hispanicpopulation grew four times faster than the total U.S. population. Hispanics are the nations largest minority, as wellas the fastest growing minority group. During the last decade, the Hispanic population has transformed from aregional population to a national population. This session will focus on challenges, trends and opportunitiesconcerning how to best address the ongoing health, education, social and economic needs and issues of the Latinopopulation.

1:30 - 3:00 PM Session VII

Workshop Title: Returning to the Community

Description: Every day, thousands of individuals are returning to the community following their release from stateand federal prisons. Release following incarceration has many implications for the person returning, his family andthe community. This session will explore challenges and strategies to help the formerly incarcerated succeed. Eortsthat focus on fathers and the family will be highlighted including working with previously incarcerated clients tohelp them nd employment and specialized services for dads who want to reconnect and re-engage with their

partners and their children.1:30 - 3:00 PM Session VII

Workshop Title: Fathers and Economic Development

Description: A job is only one component in developing economic security. This workshop will explore strategiesand resources for helping fathers with job training, employment, career development and nancial asset-building.Programs that focus on preparing fathers for employment will be featured. There will also be a presentation aboutasset-building strategies for fathers.

3:15 PM Closing Remarks & Issuance of Certicates


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Featured Speakers

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Felix W. Ortiz was born and raised in La Playa de Salinas, Puerto Rico. In 1980, Felix became the rs t member ofhis family to move from Puer to Rico to the United States, arriving in New York City. Although not yet uent inEnglish, he graduated from Boricua College with a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration in 1983. In1986, he received a Masters Degree in Public Administration from New York University. Upon completing hisschooling, Felix Ortiz joined the United States Army and served our country from 1986 until he was honorablydischarged in 1988.

In 1994, Felix Ortiz defeated an incumbent to win his rst term in the New York State Assembly. Since his election,Assemblyman Ortiz has served as chair on several committees including the Veterans Aairs Committee, and theAlcohol and Substance Abuse Com mittee. He has also ser ved as Chair of the Task Force on Food, Farm and NutritionPolicy, and the Sub-Committee on Sweatshops. During his tenure in oce, Felix Ortiz has been a pioneer legislator.He was the rst legislator in the United States to introduce a ban on using cell phones while driving and hasintroduced a number of bills which have been innovative and original.

Felix Ortiz became the Chair of the New York State Assembly Mental Health Committee and the Chair of the PuertoRican/Hispanic Task Force in 2010. Ortiz has wasted no time in making his mark on his new portfolios. He hasalready drafted several inuential bills as Chair of the Men tal Health Committee, while also leading the New YorkState Assembly Puerto R ican/Hispanic Task Force on a variety of iss ues.

Assemblyman Ortiz has also served in leadership positions in several other organizations. He is a past President ofthe National Hispanic Caucus of State Legislators and currently serves as an Executive Committee Member. He alsois Vice-President of COPA, USA, and an Executive Board M ember of the Council of St ate Governments. Ortiz alsoserves as an Executive Committee Member of the National Conference of State Legislators.

Ortiz is a recognized ghter for children, families and immigrants. He is nationally and internationally recognized asan elected ocial who is not afraid to take on unpopular issues and forge solutions on behalf of the people herepresents. His cutting edge legislation aims to not only improve the health and well-being of the people of New

York, but the health and well-being of the p eople of the United States o f America too.


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Featured Speakers

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Dr. Ronald Mincy is the Maurice V. Russell Professor of Social Policy and Social Work Practice at the ColumbiaUniversity School of Social Work and Director of th e Center for Research on Fathers, Children and Family Well-Being(CRFCFW). He is also a co-principal investigator of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study.

Dr. Ronald Mincy joined the School of Social Work faculty in 2001; he teaches Introduction to Social Welfare Policy,Program Evaluation, and Advanced Methods in Policy Analysis, M icroeconomics and Macroeconomics for PolicyAnalysis, and Economics for International Aairs. He came to the University from the Ford Foundation where heserved as a senior program ocer and he developed the Strengthening Fragile Families Initiative (SFFI).

He has published widely on the eects of income security policy on child and family poverty, family formation, childwell-being, responsible fatherhood, the urban u nderclass, and urban poverty. His 2006 edited volume Black MalesLeft Behind (Urban Ins titute Press) was featured in column A1 of The New York Times and brought national attentionto the plight of young, less-edu cated Black males.

He is a member of several advisory boards including the MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy; theNational Poverty Center; the African American Healthy Marriage Initiative; the Transition to Fatherhood Project; theNational Fatherhood Leadership Group; and The Economic Mobility Project, Pew Charitable Trusts.

His current research focuses on U tilization and Allocation of the New York State Noncustodial Parent Earned IncomeTax Credit, Excellence in Evaluation of a Navigation Service S erving Low-Income Noncustodial Parents in Baltimore,The Eects of Economic Downturns on Child Support Compliance, =The Eects of Arrears on Labor ForceParticipation and Lags in the Eects of Economic Downturns on the Earnings of Less-Educated Men.

Dr. Mincys undergraduate and graduate training in econom ics were at Harvard University and M.I.T. He and his wife,Dr. Flona Mincy, have been married for more than thir ty years and live in Harlem, New York.


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Joyce A. Thomas is the Regional Admin istrator (RA) for the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) inRegion II, comprising New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and eight federally recognized NativeAmerican Tribes. Ms. Thomas partners with others to promote economic independen ce, healthy development ofchildren and families and foster local coalitions to promote family strengthening.

Ms. Thomas serves as National Lead Region al Administrator for ACFs Oce of Community Ser vices and the FaithBased and Neighborhood Partnersh ip Initiative. She is one of the founders and co-chairs of ACFs African AmericanHealthy Marriage Initiative. Previously, Ms. Thomas served as RA for ACFs Region V and Commissioner of theConnecticut Department of Social Services.

Carlis V. Williams serves as the Southeast (Region IV) Regional Administrator for the Department of Health andHuman Services/Adminis tration for Children and Families (ACF) in Atlanta, Georgia. ACF provides comprehensiveand supportive program s for vulnerable children and families which include Temporary Assistan ce for NeedyFamilies, Child Welfare, Child Care, Child Support Enforcement and Head Start. The region consists of eight

southeastern states: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina andTennessee. As the Regional Administrator, she also provides executive leadership for emergency preparedness andresponse, and serves as the National Lead Regional Administrator for ACF Healthy Marriage/Relationships Initiativeand Co-lead for the Oce of Family Assistan ce Temporary Assist ance to Needy Families program ( TANF).

Ms. Williams is the recipient of numerous awards including the U.S. Department of Health and Human ServicesSecretary Award for Distinguished Service; and Clark Atlanta University Deans Public Sector Award in recognition ofher extraordinary achievements for the well-being of children and families in the southeast community.


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Faculty Biographies

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Mr. James Rodrguez, M.S.W, Ph. D. Candidate, CEO/President of Fathers & Families Coalition of America,Inc.(formerly Arizona Fathers & Families Coalition), spearheads the day-to-day operations of FFCA. The Coalition iscomprised of over fty aliate organizations and a membership base of over 300 colleagues nationally and twointernational FFCA Aliates (Jamaica and Australia). Under Mr. Rodrguezs direction, FFCA has collaboratednationally to serve at-risk young fathers, welfare to wo rk participants, at-risk youth, incarcerated parents, re-ent ryprograms, best practice program development and implementation. Programs developed by Mr. Rodrguez hasaccounted for more than 40 million dollars of new grant funds to implement direct services, support communitydevelopment and capacity building, and research projects.

Mr. Rodrguez was selected by the White House Oce of Faith-Based & Neighborhood Partnerships to serve as anexpert resource to the White House Community Roundtable and Town Hall Meeting on Responsible Fatherhood,and to Health Families in New Mexico. He also developed the following: the Statewide Coalition for Arizona TANFYoung Fathers Program, serving over 600 fathers annually; Basic Education/Life Skills TANF Statewide Program;Statewide Career Preparation TANF grant; Statewide Character Education TANF Young Parents sub grantee.

Mr. Rodrguez was a Federal Evaluator for U.S. D.H.H.S as a Head Start and Early H ead Start Federal Reviewer andMentor for new Mental H ealth and Family evaluators. Mr. Rodrguez served as a Principal Investigator forUSDHHS/Oce of Refugee Resettlement for Somalia and Sudanese refugee communities. He served as the PrincipalInvestigator for two Centers for Disease Control funded grants: South Region HIV/AIDS Capacity Building programand National HIV/AIDS Capacity Building. Currently, Rodrguez is a consultant for the Parents PreventingDepression Project and the Internet Grief Supp ort Program for Oregon Center for Applied S cience, (ORCAS)National Institute of Mental Health grants funded studies.

Mr. Rodrguez has lectured and served as a keynote speaker at many diverse venues such as the White House, U.S.Department of Justice, U.S. Department of Education, Navajo Nation, Qutekcak Native Tribe, Soboba Tribal Nation,U.S. Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of D efense-United States Air Force, National HeadStart Association, Healthy Families of New York, Jackson State University, and many other audiences in throughout

the nation, Puerto Rico, and United Kingdom. As faculty at Mesa Community College Mr. Rodrguez developedtwenty human development courses and served as the Arizona Director for Cornell University's Family WorkerDevelopment Credential. As a senior research specialist for Arizon a State University's Hispan ic Family ResearchProject, Mr. Rodrguez worked with several hundred teen gang members to promote positive lifestyle changesthrough group therapy services and scope of services for this longitudinal study.

Mr. Rodrguez served as a m ember for the following: National Alliance for Hispanic Families (a founding Member),Washington, DC; Executive Board Member of 100 Black Men of Phoenix; Executive Council Member of the NationalParent Educator Network; Executive Member of the Family & Corrections Network Board of Directors, Virginia; andseveral local non-prot and faith-based organization b oards of directors.Mr. Rodrguez retired with honors from the United States Air Force in 2003 after serving over twenty years in thearmed forces (US Army, US Air Force and US Air Force Reserves) comb ined. He received his Masters in S ocial Workfrom Arizona State University. He is the proud father of his son, Antonio and daughters Amber and Jazmn.


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Mr. Richard Claytor is the Director of Fatherhood Initiatives for the Massachusetts Department of Revenue,Child Support Enforcement Division (CSE), a program development consultant and advisor to a number ofcommunity and faith based organizations serving fathers and families in New England. Since attending ColumbiaUniversity, Richard has been working in the criminal justice and human service elds providing leadership in theareas of youth development and employment services.

Mr. Claytor has over 20 years of nonprot, public, and inter-governmental com munity action and social planningexperience. In his role as the Community Relations Liaison and Director of Fatherhood Initiatives for theMassachusetts Child Support Agency, Richard coordinates the agencys services to non-custodial parents, several ofthe community based partnerships and participates in the outreach activities to CSE customers and professionalsworking with families impacted by the child support and public assistance systems. He is primarily responsible foroverseeing activities that raise awareness of the child support enforcement agenda, governments role insupporting families and educating parents about their roles in nurturing their children. Richard has been the Lead

Project Manager in the implementation of the demonstration projects related to Responsible Fatherhood andHealthy Marriage, funded by the U.S. Dep t. of Health and Human Services, designed to im prove the states ability tosupportresponsible parenting.

As a consultant, Claytor has provided training and technical assistance to the Admin istration for Children andFamilies, Head Start programs; the U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Youth Services and Job Corps; andparticipated in the Cer tication process for the State of Con necticut, fatherhood programs. To highlight a few ofClaytors multiple professional aliations, he has been an advisor y board member for the Arizona Fathers andFamilies Coalition, Action for Boston Community Development, the Brockton Area Private Industry Council, BostonPartners for Fathers and Families, the Boston Workforce Development Coalition, The Medical Foundation, and theMassachusetts Governors Advisory Commission on Responsible atherhood and Family Support. Richard currentlyserves on the Board of Directors for the Fathers and Families Coalition of America and has aliations with a numberof community and faith based agencies and organizations serving fathers and families. He is the proud father of two

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Nisa Muhammad is the founder of Wedded Bliss Foundation, a national initiative to promote marriage in theBlack community. Her work includes being the creator of Black Marriage Day, which started in 2002 as anopportunity for communities to celebrate marriage in very unique ways. Black Marriage Day is the fourth Sunday inMarch and the rst one was held in 2003 with 30 cities participating and has grown to over 200 cities conductingcelebrations in 2008.

She is the editor of Raising the Bottom: Promoting Marriage in the Black Community. This book is a collection ofessays from people around the country doing marriage work in the Black community. Mrs. Muhammad hascollaborated with Dr. Rozario Slack of First Things First to develop a Black marriage education curriculum calledBasic Training for Couples in response to the pleas from people around the country to create something to meet theneeds of the Black community. This work is the result of their research, dedication and commitment to help Blackcouples form and sustain healthy marriages. The demand for more marriage education products led to the creationof their new works Basic Training for Singles, Basic Training for Men and Basic Training for Women.

Mrs. Muhammad uses these curricula to provide marriage education services in Washington, DCs poorestcommunities. Her work has expanded to reach teen couples in search of skills to develop healthy relationships andlearn the benets of marriage. Mrs. Muhammad trains professionals around the country in how to use the BasicTraining series and is a sought after public speaker. Wedded Bliss Foundation is Ms. Muhamm ads vision to bringresources, support and direction to the Black community so healthy marriages become the norm rather than theexception. Her goal is to help those in most need of marriage education services be able to form and sustain healthymarriages. Ms. Muhammad knows both the joys of marriage and the sorrows of divorce. She wants to create betterfoundations for successful marriages so her ve children and many more adults can enjoy Wedded Bliss.

Dr. Obie Clayton, Jr., Ph. D., Emory University Donald L. Hollowell Distinguished Professor of Social Justice andCivil Rights Studies Editor of the acclaimed book An American Dilemma Revisited: Race Relations in a ChangingWorld, Obie Clayton, Jr., is best known for his service and research in exam ining race relations, urban inequality,demography and the family. He is the inaugural Hollowell Professor at the University of Georgia School of SocialWork.

Before joining the School of Social Work, Clayton served as the director of sponsored programs and director of theMorehouse Research Institute at Morehouse College. Prior to that, he was chair and professor of the Department ofSociology and executive director of the Morehouse Research Institute. He also served as the vice provost forresearch at Morehouse College and was editor of Challenge: A Journal of Research on African American Men.

Over his career, Clayton has garnered over $10 million in grants. All of his wor k is centered on individuals who havebeen disenfranchised. Some of his recent work has dealt with those in the prison systems and those who ndthemselves victims of substance abuse or homeless. When we think of social justice and civil rights studies, theseare populations at risk and th eir liberties must be supported, regardless of color of sk in or economic status, he said.For the last 6 years, Clayton has used a grant to teach relationship skills and nancial literacy to u nderserved andat-risk populations. He is currently seeking funding to research the eects of the recession on the economic positionof middle class African Americans.


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Dr. Dezette C. Johnson is an Assistant Professor/and Director of Field Education in the Department of SocialWork at Johnson C. Sm ith University. Dr. Johnson is the principal investigator of t he Violence Against Women onCampus grant funded by the Department of Justice Violence Against Women. Her research primarily is in the areasof teen dating violence, family violence, elder abuse, womens issues, and nancial literacy. Dr. Johnson is a programevaluator for several social work agencies within her com munity. Additionally, Dr. Johnson provides training,meeting facilitation and consulting service. Dr. Johnson has been awarded various grants in gerontology,technology, cultural competency, and domestic violence.

Dr. Johnson received her undergraduate degree in Social Work from East Carolina Un iversity and a Master of S ocialWork from Norfolk State Universit y. She received her doctorate degree in social work from Nor folk State Universityas well.

Dr. Jacqueline Del Rosario, Speaker and Author, Jacqueline Del Rosario holds a B achelor of Science inPsychology, a Masters in Education, and a Doctor of Education in O rganizational Leadership. A formidable voice infamily strengthening, teen empowerment, and community building, Dr. Del Rosario continues to work tirelessly topave the way for social reform, a new mindset and -- most importantly -- lighting the path towards an enriched life.

In addition to servin g as President and CEO at RTV, Dr. Del Rosario is a leading advocate for Healthy Marriageformation, and family strengthe ning, launching the Making Marriage Work radio talk show in 2008. As a certiedmarriage counselor, Dr. Del Rosario has developed cutting edge tools to help couples talk through th eir problemsand nd healthy solutions in support of her vision to break generational cycles of dependency that have crippled somany families. In addition, she spearheads the Marriage Minutes campaign, a series of video presentations thatprovide the tools to prepare for healthy relationships and marriage.


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Michelle Drayton, President and Managing Director, TCC Media was voted one of 25 mo st inuential women inbusiness in 2010 , Michelle Drayton, President of TCC Media and Todays Child magazine and childrens books, is aFamily/Maternal Child Health Specialist. A Registered Nurse with a Masters in Public Health, she has a passion forproviding information and resources to families. Ms. Drayton holds a Masters Degree in public health from HunterCollege and a Bachelors of Science in nursing (pediatric concentration) from the City University of New York. Shealso holds certicates in executive management and public policy from Columbia Universitys School of Businessand the Center for Women in Government, respectively, and has studied publishing at New York University. Awell-respected, high prole expert in the maternal/child health eld, Ms. Drayton knows how to attract publicity forher projects. She has been featured in numerous media out lets, including Good Day New York, Readers Digest,WLIB and The Medical Herald, and has been published in the book Helping the Hard-Core Smoker Quit. Ms.Drayton has directed the eor ts of TCC Media for 13 years, expanded the companys reach in the digital space andexpanded its services to in clude marketing, training and childrens books. Todays Child magazine is now available asan e-zine and e-book.

The former founding director of Healthy Start/NYC, Ms. Drayton spearheaded a campaign that rose over $40 millionin support of the organizations mission to reduce infant mortality. Ms. Draytons strong management s kills, coupledwith her ability to develop multi-level, multi-functional teams that promoted Healthy Start/NYC in diverse arenas,helped the project reach its targeted goals. She is a member of the Coalition for 100 Black Women; and is a memberof the parent advisory b oard for the Eagle Academy Foundation. Ms. Drayton was named a Phenomenal Women,by Emmis Communications Kiss FM program.

Carl Chadband, M.Ed., Chief Operating Ocer for the Kanawha Institute for Social Research & Action Inc. (KISRA).Carls background is in education and community economic development. He has extensive experience developingpartnerships between non-prots and federal and state agencies. He has managed employment programs thattargeted ex-oenders and non-custodial fathers. He also has experience in media and marketing, as well astechnology management. Carl has a masters degree in education leadership from Wilmington University and anundergraduate degree in elementar y education from West Virginia State University. Carl is also a certied programreturn on investment (PROI) trainer th rough Saint Wall Street.


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Raised in East Orange, NJ, Kobie Brown was raised with a strong sense of community and purpose. Raised by amother who was an educator and artist, and a father who was a nancial analyst, who spent his younger years as amember of SNCC (The Student's Non-violent Coordinating Committee), Kobie learned early on that the talents andgifts that he was given should be used to impact and change the world.

Growing up in a h ome "full of books and records", his love for history, the arts and culture came from his family an dprovided the motivation to enter the music industry. Growing up in the hip-hop rich culture of the time, he formedbonds with local talent including: Queen Latifah, Naughty By Nature and The Fugees among others. While studyingEnglish at Morehouse College, he parlayed his relationships into a job work ing at Flavor Unit Records andManagement with Queen Latiah and her business partner, Shakim Compere. At Flavor Unit he was involved ineverything from marketing to producer management and A&R. After leaving Flavor Unit, Kobie went on to workwith the legendary production and songwriting duo, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis before returning to school tocomplete his studies and eventually continuing his career as a m usic executive at Jive Records.

Browns love for lm comes from the potential of marrying the elements of n arrative, music, and motion picture. Butmore importantly, it comes from his upbringing and understanding that "God has gifted each of us with uniquetalents and resources that should be used to breed ideas, opportu nity, success, comfort and life that advancecommunity and humanity."

The path to his rst documentary, Fatherless to Fatherhood, began in the summer of 2008 when Brown began totoy with the idea of compiling a book of testimonials from friends and associates. His rst interview was with aMorehouse college classmate. As the discussion turned to fatherhood and his friend gave his recollection of theoften inexplicable pain resulting from his absent father's shortcomings, Brown began to consider the pervasivenessof father absence and its social, political, emotional and economic implications. It was then that Kobie realized thata documentary lm might be an eective way to address the challenges that many face, but most have thetendency to ignore / sweep under the rug. He began to research and does interviews with various people, fromcelebrities to the common man; Fatherless To Fatherhood is the result. It is a poignant testament to the

importance of the male in the family structure and the results of his presence as well as his absence.Brown uses his childhood teachings, creative abilities, civic commitment and the voices of those in the lm as aplatform in which others can see themselves. "The path of our individual and collective success, and failure, isshaped by the families and communities from whom we evolve. Unfortunately, examples of quality manhood,fatherhood and healthy relationships are not observed, displayed or talked about often enough that they can bereadily identied in communities and households that need them the most. This lm serves to provoke thought,ignite discussion and hopefully engender transformative change around the ideas and practices that many haveassigned to th e value of fatherhood and family."


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Carlos Salgado, MFA was born in Belalcazar-Caldas, Colombia. He migrated to the United States in 1969 wherehe received his Master in Fine Art from the University of Miami. He taught middle school for 10 years. The prioritiesin his life are his wife, children and time to paint. He co-founded enFAMILIA with his wife Rocio.

Stacey Bouchet, PhD, Co-Director, Women In Fatherhood brings to this position he r experience as a researcherand strategic consultant who helps individuals, groups and organizations with strategic planning, thinking,execution, and management. With a degree in psychology and a doctorate in human ser vices policy, Stacey is anexpert at identifying and fostering individual and organizational strengths, potential, and opportunities for growth.Stacey has provided strategic program development, advising, management, writing, editing, formal presentations,training and facilitation to individuals, non-prots, government entities and philanthropic and mission-drivenorganizations. Her work includes signicant research, awareness building, training, practice and projectmanagement on issues faced by vulnerable populations, including, but not limited to: Healthy Relationships AndHealthy Marriage , Children with Incarcerated Parents, Adult Incarceration And Reentry, Disconnected Youth,Responsible Fatherhood, Faith and Families, Early Ch ildhood Development, Transitions From Youth toAdulthood/Emerging Adults, Family Economic Success, Successful Parenting, Strategic Grantmak ing, Single ParentEconomic Self Sufficiency, Child Welfare, Public Policy Analysis, System And Service Reform, Quantitative andQualitative Analysis.


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Charlene Lewis Meeks has extensive experience in wor king with local, State, National and International levelsof government, nonprot community-based and faith-based organizations and the private sector. She was DeputyDirector of Community Relations in the California Department of Social Services. In this capacity, she directed theadministrative operations of the $18 million California Empowerment Zone/Enterprise Communities (EZ/EC)economic development and community redevelopment projects funded by the Federal Departments of Housingand Urban Development, Health and Human Services, and Agriculture. Ms. Meeks was the statewide spokespersonfor the Department of Social Services on welfare reform, refugee services, and fatherhood programs. She directedand implemented the Fathers, Families and Communities Fatherhood Conference for three years. In addition, shedirected the operations of the departments division of Refugee Services and its annual statewide conference.

Ms. Meeks has been Associate Secretary of the California Health & Human Services Agency for Community Aairscoordinating the community outreach and empowerment eorts for thirteen State Departments including IndianChild Welfare issues. She relocated to Washington, D.C. in 1998 to work in the nonprot sector as Director of

External Aairs and Conference Management Services for the National Center for Strategic Nonprot Planning andCommunity Leadership (NPCL). In this capacity, she coordinated the administration of contracts with the federalDepartments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development and the Department of Labor toprovide Fatherhood Services Programs through out the U.S. and Federal Youth Opportun ity Leadership Programgrantees with an institute of higher learning and training in the emerging eld of Youth Development Practitioners.She was promoted to Vice President of External Aairs and Conference Management Services and also coordinatedtwo International Fatherhood Conferences that were designated as ocial White House Millennium Council Events.Ms. Meeks coordinated the International Social Services Information E xchange Conference convened in CapeTown, South Africa with delegates from U.S. States in 1999. In addition, she coordinated three Annual NationalWomen of Excellence Conferences during her tenure with NPCL.

Upon returning to Southern California in 2004, Ms. Meeks coordinated the Annual California State UniversityNorthridges Center on Disabilities Technology for Persons with D isabilities Conference with over 3,500 participants.She joined the administrative team at the California Institute of Health and Social Services, Inc. (CIHSS), a nonprot

organization, in 2006, as a Program Manager for the Parent & Family Enrichment Services Division. In this capacity,she has coordinated CIHSSs Family Preservation Program, parenting education, anger management/domesticviolence education, Fatherhood outreach, Healthy Marriage services and HIV/AIDS education and training forchildren, youth, adults and families in Los Angeles and Lancaster communities. Ms. Meeks coordinates the CIHSSMentoring Program and Teen Summit for youth in Foster Care throughout Los Angeles and performs communityoutreach and partnership development eorts for the agency.

She is a grant writer and proposal coordinator with training from her years experience as a Government ContractAdministrator at TRW, Inc. Ms. Meeks enjoys reading, writing and traveling. Through her work she has visited,planned and coordinated conferences and meetings throughout the United States and Internationally.

She is a graduate of UCLA with a Bachelors Degree in English and has earned a Professional Designation inGovernment Contract Managem ent. She is a Certied Facilitator in the Franklin Covey 8 Habits of a SuccessfulMarriage program, 10 Great Dates To Energize Your Marriage, Exploring Relationsh ips and Marriage w ith Fragile

Families, Childrens Institute, Inc. Project Fatherhood, DOC TOR Dad, National Fatherhood Initiative, Parentingeducation and HIV/AIDS education.


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Bilal Abdul Qayyum, President and Executive Director, The Fathers Day Rally Committee, Inc. (FDRC ) serves asthe president and executive director of the Fathers Day Rally Committee, Inc. (FDRC). Since 1989, FDRCs mission isto implement grassroots, call-to-action, responsibility community campaigns in response to societal andcommunity challenges facing African American fathers, males, and the community at-large in Philadelphia and thesurrounding Delaware Valley.

Michelle Foster, Ph.D., CEO of KISRA. She has a history of successful community economic development projectmanagement. She has developed, implemented and evaluated an array of programs including early childhooddevelopment, after-school enrichment, subs tance abuse and violence prevention, teen achie vers, WIA workforcedevelopment, responsible fatherhood, oender re-entry, nancial tness, credit counseling, individual developmentaccounts, housing counseling, homebuyer education, housing development, and small business development. Dr.Foster has a Bachelors degree in chemical engineering, two Masters Degrees (Engineering Management andCommunity Economic Development) and a doctorate in community economic development from Southern NewHampshire University. She is certied economic development nance professional and certied housingdevelopment nance professional (National Development Council). Under her leadership, KISRA has received andmanaged numerous federal grants and the data collection and reporting requirements that relate to them. She has

been the Executive Director/CEO for thirteen years.

Dion "Showtime" Chavis, On Air Radio Personality/Blogger Raleigh, NC Media professional and radiopersonality Showtime has become the voice that listeners and readers have come to recognize as their own. Bornin Hampton Roads, Virginia, Showtime was the product of a single-parent home and raised by his mother. Afterlosing his father at an early age, Showtime began to lean on the culture of Hip Hop as a way to ll the void that wasleft by his fathers death. Showtime is an accomplished radio professional, author, and blogger who use his voice tohelp guide the lives of todays youth. He is a dedicated father who uses his experiences as a testimony to encourageother men in the area of fatherhood.


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Keyon Smithjoined the O ce of Family Assistance (OFA) in his current capacit y as Federal Project O cer inAugust of 2009, after nearly ve years serving as the Director of Outreach Services for the Summ it Area YMCA. Sincejoining OFA, he has m onitored and assessed the per formance of roughly 40 Healthy Marr iage & ResponsibleFatherhood grantees.

Mr. Smith holds a B.A. in Psychology from Rutgers University and a M.S. in Non-Prot Management from ColumbiaUniversity. In addition, Mr. Smith earned a certicate of General Management from Stanford Graduate School ofBusiness.

Matthew Shepherd, Ph.D., has 20 years of research, program evaluation, policy analysis and technicalassistance experience. As a Senior Technical Specialist at ICF International Dr. Shepherd is part of the TechnicalAssistant (TA) Team suppor ting the O ce of Family Assistance (OFA) and their work with Health Relationship an dResponsible Fatherhood programs. Specically, he has been the primary author responsible for the analysis of 200Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grantee closeout reports. Prior to joining ICF International, Dr.Shepherd served as Deputy Director James Bell Associates eorts around Healthy Marriage and ResponsibleFatherhood evaluation TA for OFA. Previous experiences include: Senior Program Manager for Share Our S trength incharge of the national roll out of a program to end childhood hunger; Congressional Fellow for U.S. Senator GordonH. Smith; Senior Researcher and Research Professor with Wichita State University and; Senior Research Scientist at

the Kansas Health Institute. Dr. Shepherd has had extensive experience in designing and conducting research,leading program evaluations, and providing evaluation based technical assistance. Dr. Shepherd earned his Ph.D. inCommunity and Clinical Psychology from Wichita State University.


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