Families in Transition | Fatherhood and Families

TAP Fatherhood and Families provides a range of services to help fathers become more involved with their children's lives The core of the program is Fathers at Work.

Fathers at Work is a national demonstration project funded by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation. Fathers at Work is operated in six locations across the country. The National Center for Strategic Non-Profit Planning & Community Leadership provides technical assistance and resources relating to fatherhood, and Public Private Ventures provides all data collection and evaluation assistance for the project.

TAP Fathers at Work was listed by the Social Policy Action Network as one of the twelve "Fatherhood Programs That Work."

Program Goals
  1. To have each father become gainfully employed.
  2. To have each father contribute financially (child support) for his children.
  3. To have each father establish paternity.
  4. To have each father become physically and emotionally involved in the lives of their children.

Services
All of our services are FREE. They include:

• Individual and Family Goal Setting
• Job Search Training
• Transportation
• Clothing
• Counseling
• Emergency Housing Referrals
• Long Term Housing Counseling
• Career Counseling
• Referrals to Other TAP Programs and Agencies
• Other Services on a Case-by-Case Basis
   

Who We Serve
To be eligible for services you must:

• be a non-custodial father age 30 or under;
• participate in program orientation.
• attend our employment training class; and
• participate in support group.

Program Orientation and Information
Mondays 1:00 p.m.
TAP room 147
141 Campbell Ave. SW, Roanoke

If you would like more information on the Fatherhood and Families program
please call 345-6781, extension 4440.

Donations/Support
We are always in need of funding donations as well as material donations. Some of our most needed material donations are

• disposable diapers
• baby formula
• work clothes/work boots
• hand tools

To make a make material donation to TAP Fatherhood and Families, please contact Correlli Rasheed at 345-6781, extension 4441. If you would like to make a financial contribution, please click on "Give to TAP" at the top of this page, and specify that you would like your donation to go to the Fatherhood and Families Program. Your help will be greatly appreciated.