FatherhoodCollaborative

Community and Faith-Based Services

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NORTHCOAST FATHERHOOD COLLABORATIVE
Member of the Ohio Practitioner's Network for Fathers and Families

"Improving the Lives of Children, One Father at a Time"
NORTHCOAST FATHERHOOD COLLABORATIVE
Member of the Ohio Practitioner's Network for Fathers and Families

Community-Based Programs

Adelante
PH: 419-244-8440

The Latino Resource Center provides
more than programs and services, they effect
change. They positively impact the lives of
more than 300 youth, strengthening the
foundation of family structure and
relationships, eliminating barriers to services,
improving the wellness of the community,
and serving to link businesses, organizations
and other institutions to the Latino
Community.

All Pro Dad
PH: 419-377-1488

FATHER'S BREAKFAST: Provides
monthly opportunity to fathers and children
of Lincoln Academy for Boys to share
breakfast and hear from an inspirational
speaker.

Mentoring, Education & Leadership
PH: 419-917-3547

MEL is a nonprofit organization that is
committed to helping youth and
families develop the necessary skills
to promote self-awareness and
enhance leadership potential. There is
a critical need to ensure the success
and survival of youth and families in
urban and rural communities.

National Center for Parents

A collaborative, interdisciplinary center on
the University of Toledo's Campus, the NCP
engages in research and delivery of useful
information that demonstrates how
public/private policy affects parents.

Ohio Practitioner's Network for
Fathers and Families (OPNFF)

OPNFF is a Statewide Network of
fatherhood practitioners and stakeholders.
The Network was founded in February of
2004 by a small group of diverse and
passionate individuals from both the public
and private sector. We are now accepting
members and it is FREE! Go our website
for details.

Positive Choices
PH: 419-251-2304

AN ABSTINENCE-UNTIL-MARRIAGE,
TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION AND
EDUCATION PROGRAM, Positive
Choices (A part of St. Vincent Mercy
Medical Center) works with pre-teens and
teens between the ages of 12 and 18-years-
old and conduct seminars, classes and
classroom presentations throughout the
area.

Faith-Based Programs
Catholic Charities
PH: 419-244-6711

ASSISTANCE for parishes and those in need by providing
social services, advocacy, and training throughout all
counties in the Northwest Region. Catholic Charities is a
member of the Catholic Charities USA and is certified by the
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services and is
accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for
Families and Children.

Lutheran Social Services
PH: 419-243-9178

SERVICES in all nine counties in the Northwest Region,
with two family resource centers in Lucas County and
locations in Wood, Fulton, and Sandusky Counties.

Men's Fraternity
PH: 419-891-9911

A SERIES of three one-year-long studies, beginning with
The Quest for Authentic Manhood, followed by Winning at
Work and Home, and ends with The Great Adventure. Men's
Fraternity provides men with an encouraging process that
teaches them how to live lives of authentic manhood as
modeled by Jesus Christ and directed by the Word of God.

Project F.B.I.
PH: 419-536-4419

FATHERS BEING INVOLVED uses the NFI 24/7 Dad and
Core Communication programs to assist fathers in developing
the characteristics and skills needed to be an active, involved
father in the lives of their children.

Operation Re-Seed Christian Ministries
PH: 419-297-3530

THE AMBASSADOR FATHERHOOD PROGRAM is
designed for men who are struggling with the challenges and
demands of fatherhood. The Ambassador Program
curriculum integrates several different approaches to
fatherhood. This program is educational, informational and
inspirational. This program examines fatherhood and
parenting from a Theological and Family Systems Theory
perspective. The Ambassador Program is approved by the
Ohio Department of Corrections as a certified Re-Entry
Program. This program meets standards of (CORE) Community
Oriented Re-entry.

RESTORE, Inc
PH: 419-377-1488

The mission of R.E.S.T.O.R.E, Inc. is to restore fathers
back to the head of the family through the gospel of Jesus
Christ; to reverse the trend of fatherlessness in the greater
Toledo, Ohio area, to restore fathers back to the family in
order to insure a balanced approach to the holistic
development of their children, to decrease the number of
children growing up in a father absent home, to provide men
with the resources and supports to overcome the challenges
and obstacles that many men face as fathers, and to develop
the skills in men necessary for them to be responsible men,
husbands, and responsibly involved fathers.

Family Resource Centers
Family Resource Centers operate as
independent 501(c)(3) organizations. They work
collaboratively to strengthen families by focusing on
best practices and programs that will increase
effectiveness and benefits of provided services.
Although Family Resource Centers provide similar
programs to low-income families, which includes
family case management, parent education classes,
emergency food, tutoring, etc; each is also unique in
serving a particular neighborhood’s emergent
needs. In coordination with Lucas County Children’s
Services, they have been working to increase
responsible fatherhood within the community by
developing resources and services to fathers and
their families, such as father-specific parenting
classes, referrals to organizations that meet needs
of fathers (legal, substance abuse, employment),
and activities to build father-child relationships.

East Toledo Family Center
PH: 419-691-1249