Learn more about our fatherhood initiatives, the people we help, the changes we’re working to make and the organizations making it possible.
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New Little Free Library in Martin Luther King Park
April 21, 2022
On April 8, 2022, The SC Center for Fathers and Families (SCCFF) held a dedication of a Little Free Library at Martin Luther King Jr. Park. This is the second Little Library sponsored by SCCFF and in partnership with the City of Columbia and the Columbia Parks and Recreation Department.
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SCCFF receives the James E. Clyburn Health Equity Leadership Award
April 21, 2022
Last Thursday, April 14, the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families was honored to be awarded the James E. Clyburn Health Equity Leadership Award.
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SCCFF Cited as a Top Fatherhood Initiative in Florida Bill Analysis
April 21, 2022
As we celebrate 20 years of strengthening fathers, we are delighted our successes helped another state launch critical fatherhood programming. On Monday, April 11, Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis, signed landmark legislation to provide $70 million to establish a statewide fatherhood bill. Under the bill, the state Department of Children and Families will be directed to contract for the creation of the “Responsible Fatherhood Initiative.”
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South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families President Announces Retirement
April 11, 2022
Patricia Littlejohn, president of the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families, will retire in the summer of 2022. The Center is a ministry of the Sisters of Charity Health System that works to reduce child poverty by ending father absence. Her retirement comes as the Center celebrates its 20th anniversary and commemorates serving more than 25,000 fathers across the state.
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Midlands Gives: Improving our Community by Impacting Male Youth
March 29, 2022
SCCFF is participating in “Midlands Gives Day” on May 3 to raise funds to expand our Reality Check program, as well as our father-child engagement reading project. To donate on Midlands Gives Day, May 3rd, you can visit https://www.midlandsgives.org/scfathersandfamilies Donations may be made ahead of time but earmarked for the campaign by texting SCCFF to 26989
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Father's Day Appeal
March 29, 2022
June is now Fathers’ Month in South Carolina! Join the South Carolina Center for Fathers and Families as we spend all of June celebrating fathers who make families – and our entire state – safer, economically stronger and more vibrant. "Every dime raised during our Fathers’ Month Appeal will help another child, another father, another family and another neighborhood have a brighter future."
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Happy Reading Month
March 17, 2022
Positive father-child engagement is critical for forming a healthy lifelong bond, as well as to children’s happiness and success throughout adulthood.
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The Importance of the Responsible Father Registry
March 17, 2022
To be a great dad, you have to be there. But how can you be there if you are not aware? If you find out that you have a child and your name is not on the birth certificate, the Responsible Father Registry is here to help in claiming your rights to be notified if your child is being adopted.
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SC Center for Fathers and Families Receives Nord Family Foundation Funding
March 17, 2022
Thanks to a recent $30,000 grant from the Nord Family Foundation, the SC Center for Fathers and Families can amplify the importance and impact of fatherhood and increase organizational capacity to sustain the statewide fatherhood initiative.
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Midlands Fatherhood Coalition Receives HDR Foundation Grant
March 17, 2022
As a part of HDR Foundation Day of Giving, the impact of Midlands Fatherhood Coalition and HDR Foundation’s $40,000 grant to build a Dad’s Den at the Sumter location was featured among other SC grantees.
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Save the Date for Midlands Gives
March 17, 2022
SCCFF is participating in the annual “Midlands Gives Day” 18-hour online giving challenge on May 3!
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Treat Someone Special and Give Back to the Community at the Same Time
February 11, 2022
What do roses, chocolates, dinner, and wine all have in common?
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