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Center Selected For 2021 Community Thrives Challenge
July 7, 2021
The Center has been selected for a second time to participate in this year's USA Today’s Community Thrives Challenge.
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Ready for Life: Spartanburg Football Team
July 7, 2021
The Upstate Fatherhood Coalition got news coverage at Spartanburg High School as they presented the “Ready4Life” (R4L) program to high school seniors.
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Father Focus: Antonio Gaston/Father to Father, Inc.
June 18, 2021
A dependency on drugs was a major barrier for Antonio Gaston – one that nearly deprived him of everything he had and everyone he loved, including his six-year-old son Kamren. Not being married to his son’s mother, Gaston was denied visitation. He knew he had to refocus his life and find a job that would allow him to financially support his son and be the father he wanted to be. He knew that meant tackling his drug addiction.
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Men's Health Teleconference Will Focus on Mental Health
June 15, 2021
The second installment of HealthWise, a free men's health teleconference, will focus on the subject of mental health and how the pandemic has had an impact on well-being for fathers and their families.
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UFC Selects New Executive Director
April 30, 2021
Johnny M. Sellers has been selected as the new executive director to lead Upstate Fatherhood Coalition.
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Center Publishes Guide to Paying Child Support
April 30, 2021
With Support from the South Carolina Bar Foundation, the Center publishes a guide to help parents understand the new child support system.
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Fatherhood Featured on Growing Rural Podcast
April 30, 2021
The importance of fatherhood was the focus of a recent episode of the Growing Rural podcast hosted by Dr. Megan Weis of USC's Arnold School of Public Health.
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Center's Best Practices Reach a National Audience
April 30, 2021
In March, American Public Human Services Association asked the Center to present it's best practices to a national audience.
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Father Focus: Terry Stacey
April 3, 2021
After beating addictions, a dad turns to A Father's Place to help put his life back together.
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Center Receives $10K Grant For Men's Health From SC Cancer Alliance
February 16, 2021
The SC Cancer Alliance has awarded the Center a $10K grant to expand the focus of its Men's Health curriculum to include a focus on prevent and healthy lifestyle choices that can reduce the risk of cancers that are prevalent in men.
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Father Focus: Demetrius Pruitt
January 29, 2021
To paraphrase Albert Einstein: if you want different results, try different approaches. Mr. Demetrius Pruitt had trouble addressing this before coming to Upstate Fatherhood Coalition.
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