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Responsible Fatherhood A community dedicated to participants and parenting through partnerships.

encourages, educates and equips men as fathers to develop positive relationships with their children, family and community. Programs to Educate • Boot Camp for New Dads • * Boot Camp for New Moms • InsideOut Dad • Mom as Gateway / • Understanding Dad On My Shoulders • Nurturing Fathers for Life • Relationship Smarts Plus • Survival Skills for Healthy Families • Activities to Equip • Everybody Loves F.R.E.D. • ALLPRODAD • ChampionFit Wellness Club •

ForeverDads 3 encourages, educates and equips men as fathers to develop positive relationships with their children, family and community. Events to Encourage • Who Let the Dads Out • All Star Dads Day • Resources to Sustain • Tribute to Fatherhood • Champions of Fatherhood Golf • Classic Partnerships for Growth • ForeverDads Grocery Clearance • Center Restored Citizens Network •

Programs, Activities, Events, Resources & Partnership Site Total Partnerships Boot Camp for New Dads MVHC, Southeast Med, MCJDC, PCJDC 24 4 Reentry/Citizens Circle ForeverDads Center for Fathers & Families 30 Everybody Loves F.R.E.D. Five Local Elementary Schools 105 InsideOut Dad 108 Noble Correctional Institution Nurturing Fathers for Life ForeverDads Center for Fathers & Families 8 Mom as Gateway / Understanding Dad Stop Nine Church – Guernsey 0 On My Shoulders Stop Nine Church – Guernsey 17 Relationship Smarts PLUS Muskingum County JDC & Perry Multi-County 500 Juvenile Facility Survival Skills for Healthy Families ForeverDads Center for Fathers & Families 266 All Pro Dad’s Day Five Local Elementary Schools 454 All Star Dad’s Day Muskingum Family Y 49 Champions of Fatherhood Golf Classic EagleSticks Golf Club 132 Clergy & Ambassador Brunch EagleSticks Golf Club 25 Fatherhood Coaching 18 ForeverDads Center for Fathers & Families Marketplace Employment Training ForeverDads Grocery Clearance Center 8 Tribute to Fatherhood North Terrace Church of Christ 416

Highlights of ForeverDads - Muskingum 5  Website and Social Media utilizing key ways of marketing to constituents, provides ease of program registration, and serves as information center for agencies, courts and community partners.  MVHC (Muskingum Valley Health Center) referral and delivery site for Boot Camp for New Dads.  Funding dollars through Dollar General Literacy Foundation made possible the father engagement project, Everybody Loves F.R.E.D. (fathers reading every day) with added support from Scholastic Books.  The Restored Citizens Network strengthened our service work with those we presently serve at Noble Correctional, aiding the additional support in funding to expand our service availability as well as community partnership addressing recidivism.

Highlights of ForeverDads – Perry County 6  Creation of a Fatherhood Advisory Team – an outgrowth of prior OCF Community Mobilization funding and the leadership support of ForeverDads, coupled with Luann Cooperrider – judge of the Probate & Juvenile Court serving on the ForeverDads Board of Directors strengthened the forward momentum.  Fatherhood Workshop is conducted each year providing information and referral to resources.  Literacy focus for fathers and their children, in partnership with the Perry County District Library bringing in a local author.  Conducted father-focused resource times with Job & Family Services addressing Child Support cases.  Conducted Boot Camp for New Dads in partnership with the Perry County District Library, local businesses and the Perry County Juvenile Court.  Held special community movie nights to engage fathers, children and their families.

Highlights of ForeverDads - Guernsey 7  Website and Social Media utilizing key ways of marketing to constituents, provides ease of program registration, and serves as information center for agencies, courts and community partners.  Southeastern Med served as delivery site for Boot Camp for New Dads in partnership with Guernsey County Children's Services which also provided an outreach Baby Shower for New Mom’s, supported by United Healthcare.  Recipient of the June Responsible Fatherhood Grant to provide a focused engagement of dads, kids, families and community agencies and resources in a celebration format.  Development of an Advisory Team to begin the solidification of a permanent coalition in Guernsey County.  Loaned staff member, Eric Hare of Allwell Behavioral Healthcare Services is designated as Team Leader for ForeverDads – Guernsey .

Proposed Structural Development of ForeverDads - Guernsey 8

Faces and Families of ForeverDads 9 ForeverDads presentation to the Ohio Commission on Fatherhood, 02.16.2017 by Burl Lemon, Executive Director