Building Community Partnerships to Support Common Interests of Fathers
Learn about the value of community partnerships and share tips for building partnerships to support fathers, especially fathers who share common interests and goals.
Family engagement is a collaborative and strengths-based process through which early childhood professionals, families, and children build positive and goal-oriented relationships. It is a shared responsibility of families and staff at all levels that requires mutual respect for the roles and strengths each has to offer. Family engagement focuses on culturally and linguistically responsive relationship-building with key family members in a child’s life. These people include pregnant women and expectant families, mothers, fathers, grandparents, and other adult caregivers. It requires making a commitment to creating and sustaining an ongoing partnership that supports family well-being. It also honors and supports the parent-child relationships that are central to a child’s healthy development, school readiness, and well-being. The Office of Head Start Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Framework is a guide to learning how family engagement promotes positive, enduring change for children, families, and communities.
Learn about the value of community partnerships and share tips for building partnerships to support fathers, especially fathers who share common interests and goals.
Supervisors and Managers can use this resource as a guide to support staff in using a strengths-based approach in their work with families.
Take a look at this guide to learn how programs can implement strategies to ensure access and continuity of services to fathers in Head Start and Early Head Start programs.
Explore this resource for strategies around talking with a family about their child's development to strengthen your partnerships.
Explore this series to learn how Head Start programs partner with fathers to promote positive outcomes for children, families, and fathers themselves.
Find out how to use data to enhance father engagement activities in Head Start and Early Head programs. Review strategies for supporting continuous learning and quality improvement.
Explore ways to prepare and engage families when conversations include challenging topics.
Consider strategies for engaging families in conversations about sensitive topics, including developmental concerns.
This resource highlights the five ways fathers already support their child's learning each day.
Review this infographic to learn about the importance of the father-child relationship and what Head Start and Early Head Start programs can do to support it.