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Panelists urge simple system changes and grassroots outreach to reduce barriers to father involvement
Summary
Panelists at an OEC webinar described practical barriers — from hospital intake forms that omit fathers to stereotyped outreach — and recommended small, actionable fixes and community-based approaches to increase father participation.
Panelists at the Office of Early Childhood webinar described operational barriers that they say keep fathers out of services, and they recommended practical, low-cost fixes for agencies and community partners.
Anthony Gay, director of fatherhood services at the Department of Children and Families, recounted hospital experiences where intake forms and procedures defaulted to mothers and omitted fields or signature lines for fathers. He said that on multiple postnatal forms he attempted to sign, "it has mother's…
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