Release Date: Mar 5, 2010
File: Child Support Fatherhood Brochure

Summary:
The Goals of the Montgomery County Department of Job & Family Services Fatherhood Initiative:
• Support men to help provide for their children by offering Employment Training and assistance.
• Equip men to be positive, fully engaged dads by offering regular Nurturing Fathers for Life (NFL) classes.
• Empower men to bring about positive change for their families and neighborhoods by offering monthly Dads Clubs.
• Eliminate misconceptions about Child Support and Children's Services while connecting men to supportive services through Father Support Clinics.

Sample Topics of NFL Classes
• The roots of fathering
• The power to meet my own needs
• The power to nurture
• Overcoming barriers to nurturing
• Discipline and fun & games
• Fathering sons, fathering daughters
• Nurturing relationships and teamwork
• Healing the father wound

Benefits of NFL Classes
• Food: free meal and snacks provided
• Fun: engaging multi‐media curriculum
• Fellowship: develop a support network with other fathers in the community
• Fresh ideas: learn new ideas for guiding your children to a positive future story

A program of Montgomery County Department of Job & Family Services in partnership with Urban Light Ministries, Inc.

Contact: Eli Williams / Phone: 937-408-1050 or 877-ULM-1700
E-mail:  ewilliams@urbanlight.org /
Website: www.urbanlight.org
Address: Job Center, Suite 338,
1111 S. Edwin C. Moses Blvd.,
Dayton, OH 45422