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Promoting Responsible Fatherhood
2005
This guide highlights the fact that fatherhood programs— no matter how effective—are insufficient in and of themselves, and stresses the key is to link fathers and programs that support them to a broad range of family supports and social services. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.
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Engaging Resources in Higher Education
2005
This guide describes new and existing partnerships between institutions of higher education and communities. Based on these initiatives, it identifies a set of core results and mechanisms to help evaluate progress, gather data, guide investments, and hold the Foundation accountable for producing evidence showing how one program makes a lasting difference in the lives of children, families, and neighborhoods. Part of the TARC Resource Guide Series.
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Reentry: Helping Former Prisoners Return to Communities
2005
This guide offers Making Connections site teams and local partners a way to think about and reduce the negative impact of incarceration on their communities. It presents an overview of the issue, describes challenges that sites are likely to face when tackling this work, describes promising approaches, and offers resources for finding further information. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.
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Residents Engaged in Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods
2000
This document presents a framework for how to get residents engaged in implementing family strengthening efforts in their neighborhoods. Also included is a resource section that lists organizations that can provide additional information, advice, and direct assistance on how residents can become engaged in a personal and neighborhood transformation agenda. Part of the TARC Resource Guide series.
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