Fatherhood Conference

I highly recommend that you consider attending the Thirteenth National Conference sponsored by NPCL (The National Partnership for Community Leadership) June 8-11, 2011 at the Sheraton National Hotel, Arlington, Virginia (D.C. area).

I have just been informed that I will be honored by NPCL with their prestigious Charles E. Ballard Pioneer Award for 25 years of service through CRC to children and families Ballard was longtime president of the Institute for Responsible Fatherhood and Family Revitalization. He was known for sending married couples to live in housing projects to show the people living there that marriage could work. The award will be given at an awards lunch on Thursday June 9. I will accept this award on behalf of the thousands of children and families that CRC has helped over the years.

NPCL, headed by Dr. Jeffery Johnson, is one of the leading organizations in the country working primarily with low-income minority fathers, to get them off the streets, away from crime and drugs, to jobs and job training, and to function as good parents to their children. Groups such as NPCL are increasingly aware that they must partner with groups that work towards providing fair custody arrangements and access (visitation), including the use of transfer of children and supervised access centers.

At the conference, you will gain insights into fatherhood programs around the country that you may not be aware of.

I will be on a panel Wednesday June 8 at 3:15 p.m.discussing the $75 million in fatherhood grants that were authorized and funded by Congress. Regulations outlining the application process are expected to be issued by HHS (The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services) in June, right about the time of the conference.

Learn more at the NPCL website about the International Fatherhood Conference.

David L. Levy

Board Member, Children's Rights Council

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