Healthy Fathering Collaborative
The Healthy Fathering Collaborative - a network of agencies dedicated to supporting fathers, families and their children - Steve Killpack, Coordinator a community collaborative of services for fathers and families, covering the lifespan of fatherhood - Three schoolmates, all of whom grew up in Northeast Ohio, foundedthe Community Endeavors Foundation in 1992. The founding trusteesshared a vision of "giving something back to the City of Cleveland andits families" in honor of their own families and their childhoods. In1995, the Foundation created the Healthy Fathering Initiative, a socialand health service grant program focusing on stimulating the creationof services to disadvantaged fathers. Through the Initiative, (whichcontinues to be the primary grantmaking program of the Foundation), theCommunity Endeavors Foundation continues to support social and healthservice projects aimed at: Promoting healthy responsible fathering, providing for the emotional and financial needs of a family; Facilitating effective co-parenting relationships between parents, both wed and unwed; Supporting responsible nurturing parenting by fathers, beginning in pregnancy, through birth and continuing throughout adolescence.