Saturday, February 4, 2012

News and Events

News

In honor of Father's Day, the fatherhood programs around the state of South Carolina host community events to promote fathers and families. The Midlands Fatherhood Coaltion's "Walk for Fathers" is one such event.

For the third year, the Charleston Metro Chamber of Commerce honored 12 dynamic businesses and industries that make up the through the 1773 Chamber Awards at its annual meeting on June 3.

A Memorandum of Agreement has signed between Midlands Fatherhood Coalition Fairfield and Fairfield County School District in conjunction with Fairfield Adult Education. The agreement allows the fatherhood program to teach GED classes on-site. GED classes will begin on June 17 and will be offered every Thursday thereafter from 2pm - 5pm. The agreement will last one year, with the option of renewing it annually. The agreement was signed by Dr. Nathaniel Bryan, Director, Adult Education; ...

In celebration of Father’s Day, the Upstate Fatherhood Coalition will hold the third annual Father’s Day Gala to benefit the Upstate Fatherhood Caalition on Thursday, June 17th at the Airport Marriott beginning at 6:30 pm.

The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families recently announced that it is a recipient of a Special Improvement Project grant from the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Child Support Enforcement. The grant funds will be targeted to assist Father to Father Georgetown in implementing an alternative to incarceration for low-income fathers who are unemployed or underemployed and who owe child support.

The US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Family Assistance recently released a report, Emerging Findings from the Office of Family Assistance Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grant Programs: A Review of Select Grantee Profiles and Promising Results, which features the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families as a Promising Practice.

Father's Day article published in The State newspaper.

The Sisters of Charity of St. Augustine, Sisters of Charity Health System and representatives from the Health System’s South Carolina ministries met with Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone on June 22, in the Chancery Office in downtown Charleston.

Recently, the Center received a letter from the mother of a Midlands Fatherhood Coalition participant, expressing the impact the fatherhood program has had on her son's life...

Several Father's Day activities are planned throughout South Carolina in the upcoming month. Below are just a few of the many celebrations. Contact your local program for more information on activities in your area.

The Midlands Fatherhood Coalition in Fairfield County was featured on WIS-TV last night.

President Barack Obama signed the Omnibus Appropriations Act, yesterday, that includes $140,000 in 2009 appropriations for the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition in Fairfield County and the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families.

On Thursday December 11, 2008, Mark Quinn with “The Big Picture�, aired a program on South Carolina ETV interviewing a Midlands Fatherhood Coalition fatherhood program participant, Mr. Eric Smith. The program focused on The South Carolina Access to Justice Commission and access to justice and self represented litigants. Eric is a father who successfully obtained visitation of his young daughter using the Pro Se visitation forms and assistance from the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition. Eric ...

A Father's Place fatherhood program has been selected as this year's recipient of the American Advertising Federation's Coastal Carolinas Public Service Campaign.

The Man 2 Man fatherhood program strives to help fathers provide financially, emotionally, spiritually and physically for their children. Thanks to a grant from the Duke Endowment, Man 2 Man is adding a health component to improve access to healthcare for low-income non-custodial fathers. The project’s overall goal is to improve men’s health through increased commitment to achieving and maintaining good health, access to health education, screening and referral for treatment services. A ...

Being a responsible father also means being a responsible citizen. Citizens should take an active role in public life. This November, plan to exercise your rights by voting on Tuesday, November 4. Below please find some facts and fiction about your voting rights.

The South Carolina Bar Foundation will receive the 2008 National Conference of Bar Foundations (NCBF) Award for Bar Foundation Excellence in Public Service Programming.

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.

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. The overall purpose of the Duke Endowment grant is to improve men’s health through access to health education, screening and referral for treatment services.

The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) develops programs to help teach couples how to build and sustain healthy marriages and promote responsible fatherhood.

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.

As part of his five day district bus tour, Congressman Joe Wilson visits the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition.