Strong Fathers Strong Families Research Project
Project Overview
The Annie E. Casey Foundation contracted the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing to conduct a participatory action research project to understand how school communities that have implemented Strong Fathers Strong Families programming engage fathers at schools. The project also seeks community feedback on the program. This effort is a follow up to the process evaluation of Strong Fathers programming where TXICFW researchers found that programming could benefit from being tailored to each school community.
About Strong Fathers Strong Families
Strong Fathers Strong Families Campus Program is a school-based fatherhood program. The program aims to improve father engagement in their child’s education both at school and at home. There are several events within their program, but this project focuses on single-day short events implemented at schools. These short events are:
- Bring Your Dad to School Day
- Subject-specific events (math, science, and reading) that occur in the morning before school or in the evening after school
Research Activities
To conduct this participatory action research project, TXICW will:
- Onboard two school districts implementing Strong Fathers to participate in community engagement project.
- Recruit Community Engagement Liaisons who are part of each school’s community to help co-design feedback sessions with a Fatherhood Engagement Specialist.
- Recruit and conduct feedback sessions to understand how fathers engage with their children and to gain feedback about the Strong Fathers to programming identify programmatic changes.