The mission of The Fatherhood Connection: To improve the well-being of children by getting fathers to financially support and actively participate in raising their children; To minimize high risk behaviors in young fathers and reconnect them with their children; To increase fathers' parenting knowledge, attitude and skills, education level and job readiness; To lessen the societal burden of caring for indigent children; To provide a safe non-threatening environment for fathers who require supervised visitation with their children; To encourage a legal marriage relationship between a man and woman, in order to provide children with a well-balanced, value-laden home environment.