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About Us
 The
origin of the name “Fathers Incorporated,” is used not take the focus off
of the importance of family, however, place focus on the need to
re-energize and re-engage the participation of fathers in the lives of
their children.
In our research, fathers have spoken to us about the intimidation of
receiving services from organizations primarily run by women or by
circumstance, known to service primarily women. Understanding that these
organizations, service the entire family, we would like to lend support in
offering fathers another option in receiving services geared toward the
specific needs of fathers.
Fathers, Inc.
wholeheartedly recognizes the incredible contributions, dedication and
struggles of mothers and other caretakers on behalf of children. Fathers
Inc. also recognizes a critical need to assist in increasing the
contribution of fathers to the lives of these children. Our services will
build the capacity of fathers, not through legislative means that may
further fragment and increase the adversarial relationships between
mothers and fathers, but through the process of education and
collaboration. Our premise is that providing services and support to
fathers who are looking for assistance and/or encouragement to fulfill
their responsibilities as fathers will ultimately be more effective in
achieving our goal.
Therefore, we see it important that we embrace our name in order for us to
fulfill our mission and goals with greater success.
Throughout the
country, organizations are focusing on the issue of absentee fathers and
all its attendant disturbing effects and statistics. Fathers, Inc.
recognizes the need to reaffirm an understanding of the benefit of fathers
to the family. Though to do so our main focus will be on the development
of fathers, we recognize that there is also a need for maternal
involvement and development specifically as those things intersect around
parental responsibility. Unwed men who are struggling with life invariably
and frequently negatively impact all who give care and direction to their
children. When fathers and mothers cannot work things out amicably and
civilly, often one or both, abdicates their responsibility as parent.
Individuals, generations, and the society as a whole, feels the impact of
this abdication.
Fathers, Inc. will
fill a programmatic void throughout the Capital Region, created by the
lack of services to this target population around this particular need.
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