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The South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families

Partners and Funders

Our program's effectiveness rests heavily on the experience, expertise and collaboration of our funders and partners. We have a strong support network of health and human service agencies that support our efforts by accepting referrals, conducting workshops or lending their know-how when called upon.

Many local businesses are willing to give fathers a second chance in the workplace, even when their past has a spotty work history. Provision of much-needed services is fueled by philanthropic gifts and grants and bridges the gap between delivery costs and discernable positive impacts for sincere, yet, struggling fathers.

Thanks to our partners and funders, low-income fathers have a place to grow, learn, and change and to end a vicious cycle of father absence. We invite you to become our partner and to financially invest in this community program that changes lives today and potentially generations to come.

3D Metal Works
15th Judicial Circuit Family Court Judges
Bethlehem #1 Missionary Baptist Church
Bojangles, Loris, SC
Captain D's
Care Team
Carolina Human Reinvestment
CCR Roofing
Cedar Branch Children's Center
Christ Community Church
Citizens Against Spousal Abuse (CASA)
City of Myrtle Beach Human Resources
City of Myrtle Beach Police Department
Coastal Carolina University Volunteer Services
Conway Chamber of Commerce
Conway Ministerial Alliance
Darkness to Light
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.
Domestic Abuse Center
Dr. Stu Strothers
Family Justice Center
Family Outreach of Horry County
Florence Region Child Support Enforcement
Georgetown County Parks and Recreation
Georgetown County Solicitors Office
Georgetown Ministerial Alliance  
Gloria Robinson-Cooper
Grand Strand Regional Medical Center
Head Start (Longs & Waccamaw)
Horry County Clerk of Courts
Horry County Community Development Block Grant
Horry County Department of Health & Environmental Control
Horry County Department of Social Services
Horry County Family School Facilitators
Horry County Probation/Parole
Horry County Schools/Adult Education
Horry County Sheriff's Office
Horry County United Way
Horry Georgetown Technical College
J. Reuben Long Detention Center
JaniKing
Joseph B. Bethea United Methodist Church
Kenneth Generette
KRA Corporation
Life Recovery Solutions
Lighthouse Care Center
Lisa Rahiem
Little River United Methodist Church
McDonalds, Andrews, SC
Conway National Bank
Myrtle Beach Chamber of Commerce
Myrtle Beach Housing Authority /Alliance Inn
Nurse Family Partnership
One Stop
Palmetto Project
Patrick Wayne Mumford Attorney at Law
ParentsCare
Political Connections
Pre-Trial Intervention
Russell Hall Attorney at Law
SC Legal Services
SC Vocational Rehabilitation
Shoreline Behavioral Health
Small Minds Learning Center
Smoke Free Horry
Solicitor's Office
South Beach Resorts
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Conway
St. Paul's Missionary Baptist Church
Steak n Shake, North Myrtle Beach, SC
Street Reach Outreach Ministries (homeless shelter)
The Services Company
Unity Group
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #7735
Waccamaw Mental Health
United States Marine Corps
Wendy's, Conway, SC

Value of workforce development and fatherhood program partnerships

Low-income fathers are often viewed as a high risk investment when it comes to job training and hiring. Yet, with supportive services and coaching provided by a fatherhood program, a father's likelihood of success substantially increases. What makes a father in a local fatherhood program more likely to succeed:

  • Fathers are motivated
  • Voluntary
  • Court-ordered
  • Self-aware/mature

Fathers are supported

  • One Man Plan
  • Case management to address barriers to getting and keeping a job
  • Assistance navigating systems such as child support, workforce development, healthcare and family
  • Taught connection between employment and parental responsibility
  • Peer support promotes and teaches good decision making Fathers are more likely to succeed in Workforce Development
  • Receive Work Keys courseware
  • Receive transportation to job training
  • Receive individualized attention to develop a workforce preparation and employment plan
  • Track attendance at training.

Fathers are more likely to get and keep a job

  • Fatherhood job recruiter works with employers while the father is in training
  • Job recruiter helps educate fathers about government assistance such as tax credits, bonding, etc.
  • Receive job readiness, soft skills
  • Develop reputation of being good employees
  • Receive on-going case management and coaching after becoming employed
  • Receive transportation assistance
  • Stabilize life-style
  • Resolve child support issues that complicate employment

Benefits of Working with Fatherhood Programs

  • Low-income non-custodial parents and ex-offenders often seek trusting environment of a fatherhood program vs. governmental services
  • Fatherhood program staff can share case management
  • Produce value-added services that help access funding and improve outcomes for fathers
  • More than 10 years of experience in working with hard to employ fathers