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"A child is not a vase to be filled, but a fire to be lit."
Francois Rabelais

Department of Social Services
25 Sigourney Street
Hartford, Connecticut
06106-5033    U.S.A.


History of the Initiative


In Memorium...State Representative John S. Martinez (64KB)

A Summary Report on Goals and Recommendations (96KB)

Father Involvement Study: First Year Report (20KB)

Father Involvement Study: 18 Month Report (80KB)

Father Involvement Study: 30 Month Report (119KB)

Final Evaluation Report on Connecticut's Fatherhood Initiative (139KB)

Letter from Commissioner/NPNFF Policy Analysis Report (346KB)

State Agency Accomplishments in Support of Fatherhood Initiative Goals
January 2001-June 2002
(69KB)

Recommendations to the Fatherhood Advisory Council from the Fatherhood Initiative Interagency Workgroup
September 9, 2002
(65KB)

2009 Family Services Directory

2010  Family Services Directory

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Collaborators

Rev. E. Ellen Adams, The Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut
Mr. Kyle Anderson, Pan Hellenic Council
Representative Antonietta Boucher, Connecticut General Assembly
Ms. Elizabeth Brown, Commission on Children
Mr. Troy Brown, Court Support Services Division, Judicial Branch
Commissioner Shaun Cashman, Department of Labor
Ms. Shelly Copeland, Capitol Region Conference of Churches
Mr. Pat D'Angelo, Divorced Men's Association
Commissioner Darlene Dunbar, Department of Children and Families
Mr. Douglas Edwards, Real Dads Forever
Ms. Karen Foley-Schain, Children's Trust Fund
Ms. Diane Fray, Department of Social Services
Mr. James Gatling, NOW, Inc.
Representative Kenneth Green

Mr. Robert Henderson, Manchester Community College
Mr. Bill Hoey, Catholic Family Services
Ms. Lisa Holden, CT Coalition Against Domestic Violence

Magistrate Kathryn Hutchinson, Willimantic Superior Court
Ms. Charisse Hutton, Support Enforcement Services, Judicial Branch
Ms. Judy Hyde, Children's Law Center of Connecticut
Mr. Alex Johnson, Workforce One
Mr. Rich Kehoe, Office of the Attorney General
Commissioner Tom Kirk, Dept. of Mental Health & Addiction Services
Representative Marie Kirkley-Bey, Connecticut General Assembly
Mr. Sam Koutas, Connecticut Employment & Training Commission
Ms. Debra Kulak, Court Support Services Division, Judicial Branch
Commissioner Theresa C. Lantz, Department of Correction
Mr. Stephen Lanza, Family ReEntry, Inc.
Ms. Jane Palley, University of Connecticut Health Center
Judge Joseph Pellegrino, Judicial Branch
Ms. Barbara Potopowitz, Permanent Commission on the Status of Women
Ms. Lucy Potter, Greater Hartford Legal Assistance
Ms. Alice Pritchard, CT Women's Education and Legal Fund
Dr. Kyle Pruett, Yale Child Study Center
Mr. Amos Smith, Community Foundation of Greater New Haven
Ms. Sarah Sneed, The Hartford Foundation
Ms. Barbara Tinney, New Haven Family Alliance, Inc.
Mr. John Wardlaw, Hartford Housing Authority
Ms. Sherbie Worthen, United Way/Info Line


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