The Father F.A.C.T.O.R.

On June 11, 2019, I stopped by the Community Action Agency of New Haven to talk to a group of fathers who are enrolled in an eightweek program, The Father F.A.C.T.O.R. The program is aimed at strengthening families while building a network of resources for fathers. The goal of the program is to share and increase their knowledge on what it means to be an effective father throughout their child's life, while also helping them to play a more active role in nurturing and raising their children.

Landon Osborn, the program’s coordinator, and I started things off by sharing some of our own experiences of being a father, being in a failed relationship, and dealing with child support and custody issues. After our talk, each father joined in, opened up and talked about their own successes and struggles and what they have learned thus far while attending the Father F.A.C.T.O.R. program.

Landon and I would like to thank Kenn Harris from New Haven Healthy Start, a program of the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven, for sponsoring this program. We both agree that programs like this are crucial in that they give fathers a safe space to let their guards down and learn how to be better men, fathers, husbands and partners. As the completion of this program draws near, each one of these fathers promised to take what they've learned and pass it on to a father in need. For more information about this program please contact Dr. David Asbery at davidasbery@fixingfathers.org or Landon Osborn at landonosborn1@gmail.com.

Dr. David Asbery Founder of Fixing Fathers, Inc., One Dad at a Time. Hamden