Dr. Jay Fagan
Professor of Social Work
Temple University
The Fatherhood Research and Practice Network
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Living Education eFocus interviewed Dr. Jay Fagan, Co-Director, Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN) about the ground breaking five-year national project funded through the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation. The goals of the FRPN are to:
Dr. Fagan's research focuses on interventions with at-risk fathers (nonresident, Head Start, adolescent fathers), effects of nonresident fathers on young children, parent education and co-parenting interventions for fathers, fathers and early childhood programs and fathering in the context of family processes.
To hear the entire interview click the link below.
- Promote rigorous evaluation of fatherhood programs that serve low-income fathers. FRPN will fund the evaluation of programs that aim to increase paternal engagement and parenting skills; improve fathers’ ability to provide economic support; and increase parenting time, father-child contact, positive co-parenting and healthy relationships.
- Expand the number of researchers and practitioners collaborating to evaluate fatherhood programs through in-person and virtual trainings.
- Disseminate information, including new evaluation findings, that leads to effective fatherhood practice and evaluation research.
Dr. Fagan's research focuses on interventions with at-risk fathers (nonresident, Head Start, adolescent fathers), effects of nonresident fathers on young children, parent education and co-parenting interventions for fathers, fathers and early childhood programs and fathering in the context of family processes.
To hear the entire interview click the link below.