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Fatherhood Initiative expansion
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Commissioner Howard announces the expansion of the Fatherhood Initiative, as revealed in the mayor's State of the City address.
- The city will double the size of the Fatherhood Initiative to reach 3,000 fathers in the coming year
- The program helps fathers reconnect and build strong relationships with their children
- Services include counseling, conflict resolution training, mediation, and mentoring
- The Commissioner expresses personal connection to the initiative as a father himself
Keith Howard
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Finally, at the state of the city address, the mayor announced that the city will double the size of fatherhood of the fatherhood initiative to reach 3,000 fathers in the coming year.
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As you know, the program helps fathers reconnect and build strong relationships with their children through one, counseling, two, conflict, resolution training, three, mediation and mentoring.
0:21:38
And as a dad, this is both professionally and personally meaningful impact and impactful.
0:21:45
Shout out to my kids, Maya and Tyler.
0:21:51
Thank you once again for the opportunity to discuss the preliminary budget.
0:21:54
We are pleased to answer your questions.
0:21:58
Let's do it.