Alternative to Incarceration

"Creating access to assist fathers in need"

If a father is going to have any chance of connecting or reconnecting with his children, an alternative to incarceration strategy is needed for those fathers seeking to do the right thing. Alternative to incarceration programs provide the court system and the fathers an alternative to incarceration for non-payment of child support. The focus is not to have the father avoid his financial responsibility to his children, but to assist in creating an environment that enables him to do so.

As such, the premise is two fold: one, to connect potential incarcerated fathers with fatherhood programs designed to overcome barriers to appropriate financial and emotional support; and second, to save the state of South Carolina and taxpayers millions of dollars annually by not incarcerating the fathers who seek to reconnect with their families, but instead working with them on issues related to child support, legal issues, visitation and skill training. 

Outcome Strategy

The Alternative to Incarceration Initiative provides  fathers that would otherwise be incarcerated critical access to their children as well as the opportunity to gain meaningful employment.

Headlines

  January 7, 2008
Congressman Clyburn visits Father to Father Project
U.S. Congressman James E. Clyburn (SC-6) visits Father to Father Project Inc. in North Charleston, on January 3, the anniversary of his swearing in as House Majority Whip.

  July 1, 2007
Center is awarded Duke Endowment Grant
The Duke Endowment has awarded the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families a $600,000 grant to be given over the course of the next three years.

  January 12, 2007
Center Receives $2.5 Million Grant
The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families is slated to receive a nearly $2.5 million grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to promote responsible fatherhood.

Happenings

  December 5, 2007
Christmas Luncheon
The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families hosted the annual Fatherhood and Families Christmas Celebration on December 3.