The Healthy Fathering Collaborative was established by the Community Endeavors Foundation in August 2001 as a working group of providers and funders providing services to fathers, fathers-to-be and young men in Greater Cleveland. The group meets bi-monthly, rotating the meeting among agency sites, allowing the members of the collaborative to become more familiar with each other's programs.
The Healthy Fathering Collaborative welcomes all community-based and faith-based organizations serving fathers in Greater Cleveland, as well as representatives of a number of CIty of Cleveland and Cuyahoga County departments. Agencies interested in extending current family programming to include fathers are also included.
Four primary types of services for fathers available through agencies that are member of the HFC: 1) programs that help fathers address barriers that are impacting their relationship with their child(ren); 2) public agencies working on increasing access to supportive services for fathers; 3) fatherhood development programs; and 4) father-child social/recreational event programs. Click here to learn more about our model.
Administrative staffing of the Healthy Fathering Collaborative is provided by the Community Endeavors Foundation.
Three schoolmates, all of whom grew up in Northeast Ohio, founded the Community Endeavors Foundation in 1992. The founding trustees shared a vision of "giving something back to the City of Cleveland and its families" in honor of their own families and their childhoods. In 1995, the Foundation created the Healthy Fathering Initiative, a social and health service grant program focussing on stimulating the creation of services to disadvantaged fathers. Through the Initiative, (which continues to be the primary grantmaking program of the Foundation), the Community Endeavors Foundation continues to support social and health service projects aimed at:
- Promoting healthy responsible fathering, providing for the emotional and financial needs of a family;
- Facilitating effective co-parenting relationships between parents, both wed and unwed;
- Supporting responsible nurturing parenting by fathers, beginning in pregnancy, through birth and continuing throughout adolescence.
* The Community Endeavors Foundation does not accept unsolicited grant requests.
Contact Us
Healthy Fathering Collaborative
c/o Community Endeavors Foundation
P.O. Box 606194
Cleveland, OH 44106
216.245.7842
*Email is the preferred form of contact.
Join Us
The Healthy Fathering Collaborative generally meets on the first Friday of every other month. Our meetings are open to anyone who is interested in our mission of providing quality services to fathers and families.
Click on the link below to find out about our next meeting or email us to be added to our contact list, info@neofathering.net.
Ohio Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families
A statewide network of fatherhood practitioners, advocates and stakeholders.
To check it out, Click Here.
Support Us