Services for Teen/Single Fathers
"Improving the Lives of Children, One Father at a Time"
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NORTHCOAST FATHERHOOD COLLABORATIVE
Member of the Ohio Practitioner's Network for Fathers and Families
For individual father's needs, the
Northcoast Fatherhood Collaborative
works with and recommends you call:
Teenage Fathers

Daddy's Home
PH: 800-224-0276
  • TEENAGE FATHERS and fatherless males at-risk
    between the ages 10 and 17.  The specially designed
    curriculum is based on five key outcomes for youth that
    are vital for their transition to adulthood; Competence,
    Confidence, Connection, Character and Compassion.

    We target all the domains of responsible fathering that
    need remediation or enhancement: paternity, presence,
    economic support and involvement.  We emphasize
    critical transition points for fathers and children.  
    Pregnancy and childbirth clearly are crucial times in the
    development of a father's role, identity and for the
    mobilization of social support for fathering.  Similarly,
    becoming a father as an adolescent is a critical life
    transition for the new father.

Family Service of Lucas County
PH: 419-321-6455
  • IT TAKES TWO: An outreach program to teach teenage
    fathers how to be more involved in their children's lives
    and to be positive influence, financial, and emotional
    role models to their children

Life Skills Center of Toledo
PH: 419-241-5504
  • GRADS: In-school instructional and intervention
    program for students that are pregnant or are parents.

East Toledo Family Center
PH: 419-691-1249
  • SUPERVISED VISITS in a comfortable, safe and clean
    environment for non custodial parents and their children to
    spend time together.

Family Service of Lucas County
PH: 419-321-6455
  • FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE: This program assists non-
    custodial fathers in taking on challenges and
    responsibilities of parenthood through case management
    and weekly group settings.

Greater Toledo Urban League
PH: 419-255-3756
  • FATHERS OF TOMORROW INITIATIVE: A three-
    week initiative offers a tool for fathers who are behind in
    their child support payments, unemployed, on probation
    for child support and those who want a better
    relationship with their children. The program is offered on
    an ongoing basis, with classes offered Monday through
    Friday from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.

Lucas County Child Support
PH: 419-213-3001
  • Provides child support related services to fathers, mothers
    and children.

Northwest Ohio Family Mediation
PH: 419-475-8165
  • MEDIATION Provides support to strengthen Parent, child
    and spousal relationships.

St. Vincent Mercy Children's Hospital
PH: 419-251-8014
  • CRYING BABY HOTLINE: They understand how
    frustrated or concerned you may be when your baby won't
    stop crying. When you don't know what to do, call St
    Vincent Mercy Children's Hospital's 24 hour Crying Baby
    Hotline at 419-251-5555. If this is a long distance call for
    you, we have a toll free number. Call 1-877-251-5437,
    then ask for extension 5555.
    When you call us, they'll help you decide if your child is
    sick, what might be casing your baby to cry, offer
    suggestions that may help him stop crying, and stick with
    you while you try each of them. All calls are confidential.
    Remember, no matter how frustrated you become, never
    shake a baby.

  • BOOT CAMP FOR NEW DADS: Opportunity for new
    and expecting fathers to learn the basics of caring for a
    new born baby.

Toledo/Flower Hospitals
PH: 419-291-5666
  • DOCTOR DAD: Infant and toddler health and
    safety class for new and expecting fathers. Cover
    the areas of the well child, sick child, injured child and
    safe child.

East Toledo Family Center
PH: 419-691-1249
  • PARENTING CENTER PROGRAM helps parents
    learn to practice, play and praise their child (ages 0-5)
    and also provides classes.  Drop in and play at the Heffner
    Early Childhood Center! For more information please call
    (419) 691-4609.

Friendly Center
PH: 419-243-6243
  • PARENT CENTER PROGRAM: A four-week class in
    baby care and toddler care. Parents who attend all
    sessions receive a certificate.
Legal Assistance

Toledo Legal Aid Society
PH: 419-720-3048
  • LEGAL SERVICES for low-income families

University of Toledo Law School
PH: 419-530-4236
  • LEGAL CLINICS for the general public. Robert
    Salem contact.

Family Services of Northwest Ohio
PH: 419-321-6455
  • LEGAL AID NIGHT for the general public. First
    Tuesday of the month, from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.
    First come, first served so be early!
Facts on Fatherhood
living in fatherless homes haven't seen their
dads in a year or more. Of the rest, only one
in five sleeps even one night a month at the
father's home. And only one in six sees their
father once or more per week.

Source: F. Furstenberg, A. Cherlin, Divided Families.
Harvard Univ. Press. 1991.

Even after controlling for income, youths in
father-absent households still had
significantly higher odds of incarceration than
those in mother-father families. Youths who
never had a father in the household
experienced the highest odds.

Source: Harper, Cynthia C. and Sara S. McLanahan.
“Father Absence and Youth Incarceration.” Journal
of Research on Adolescence 14 (September 2004):
369-397.