The Ahlquist Agenda
The Ahlquist Center for Policy, Practice and Innovation is the policy and advocacy arm of Brightpoint, a distinguished child and family service organization in Illinois. The Center advocates for robust, antiracist, equitable policies and social supports that create social capital, economic mobility, and systems designed to ensure children, families, and communities thrive.In this podcast, we invite you to take an inside look at how we think about policy: why it matters, how it impacts youth, families, and communities in Illinois, and what you can do to help.
The Ahlquist Agenda
Thriving Fathers, Thriving Families
In today’s episode, we talk about the important role fathers play in family strengthening. Ed Davies, Director of Community and Family Engagement at Children’s Home & Aid, joins us to talk about Children Home & Aid’s past and present work with fathers, the significant barriers fathers in our programs face, and the similarities and differences working with fathers throughout the state.
Episode Resources:
To learn more about Children Home & Aid’s commitment to investing in families to disrupt the systemic and multi-generational cycle of racial, social and economic inequality, read our Blueprint for Impact.
More information about our new fatherhood program, Thriving Fathers and Families, can be found here.
If you are interested in learning more about innovative ways to engage fathers, Children’s Home & Aid was part of a national demonstration project on improving father and paternal relative engagement in child welfare systems. The findings of that project can be viewed here.
When the Power of Fathers evaluation report is released, a link will be available here as well.
To learn more about Brightpoint, visit our website at http://www.brightpoint.org