Hispanic Fathers and Family Literacy:
Strengthening Achievement in Hispanic Communities

Continuing the Dialogue

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The following activities have been undertaken since representatives from Hispanic agencies, fatherhood organizations, and federal staff met on January 13^th, 2000 for a dialogue on strengthening the role of Hispanic fathers in the educational achievement of their children, their families, and for themselves. Some of these activities are a direct follow-up to the meeting, while others represented related activities that continue to focus attention on Hispanic fathers in a variety of federally sponsored programs.

• Subsequent to the meeting follow-up forms sent to all program participants asking them to provide feedback on the value of the meting and on what additional activities they would like the federal government to undertake. Comments about follow-up activities have been incorporated into the meeting summary provided in the meeting summary-Learning from Our Partners.
• A short summary of the meeting and information on the availability of HHS program materials in Spanish was sent to all program and federal participants in March, 2000.
• On July 19, 2000 the Office of Child Support Enforcement/Administration for Children and Families/HHS held a Hispanic Leadership Forum in Washington, D.C., seeking input from Hispanic/Latino organizations on how the child support enforcement system affects families, including fathers, in Hispanic/Latino communities and on needed improvements in services. A report on the meeting, including recommendations, is being developed and will be available from OCSE in the near future.
• HHS collaborated with the Department of Labor in developing a noncustodial parents track for the Welfare to Work Beyond 2000: Building the Future Conference (October 17-19, 2000 in Phoenix, Arizona). Among the sessions was one on Targeted Outreach, that included information on reaching out to Hispanic fathers within the context of welfare-to-work programs.
• At HACU's 14th Annual Conference Changing the Landscape of Education: Hispanics in the New Century, Albuquerque, New Mexico (November 4-7, 2000), the HACU Washington Office coordinated a publications table that showcased HHS information available for fathers and mothers and the HHS Hispanic fatherhood activities.
• HHS is providing all program and federal invitees with a copy of this report and has made it available on its fatherhood website: http://fatherhood.hhs.gov.
• HACU is making this report available to its member organizations.
• T he National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families (NPNFF), a membership organization of public and private community-based fatherhood programs, is making this report available to its membership.

Other activities will be emerging as HHS implements its program and activities in 2001 and its planning processes for FY 2002 and 2003. For more information on Hispanic fatherhood activities being undertaken by the Department of Health and Human Services, please contact:

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Last updated: 04/27/01