Marc Shook

When fathers are actively involved with their children, children do better- MUCH BETTER! Research suggests that fathers are critical for a child’s development. 

Your support helps dads like Jarrell. He came to MFC as a single dad with two little girls and was feeling overwhelmed about managing work and parenting and providing for his daughters. MFC helped Jarrell attain certification with a flexible job AND helped him find another awesome job opportunity that is remote! His daughters love coming to MFC too and draw pictures for Jarrell's Intervention Specialist, who tells the girls "Your dad loves you so much, and You have a great dad." 

There are 50,000 single-parent households in the Midlands! When dads are absent children are 3 times as likely to live in poverty.  They are also more susceptible to abuse, and neglect and more likely to drop of out school, have behavior problems, use drugs, and end up incarcerated.  The solution is to equip and support fathers so that they can be responsible and positively engaged dads. A key goal for 2023 is to increase outreach and marketing so that we can recruit more fathers into our free program. Your help makes it possible! We rely on community support as an endorsement of the value of our work in the Midlands! Thank you for joining the Board of the Midlands Fatherhood Coalition to support fatherhood in our community.