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Fathers and Families Coalition of America - California

FFCA collaborative models are based on growing with us (GWU) through diverse professionals, researchers, organizations, and community collaborations. Fathers & Families Coalition of America Affiliate and Membership opportunities are available in California. FFCA is headquartered in Rancho Cucamonga San Bernardino's West County and 2023, we will open offices in Los Angeles, County. We aspire to have an affiliate agency as one of our national leaders in every region in California that operates in transparency, ethical management, and operations to serve others before self. The values of FFCA are based on integrity, honesty, never placing self before others and operating in cooperativeness, inclusiveness, diversity, and horizontal leadership.

Fathers and Families Coalition of America - California

Los Angeles, California

One of Fathers and Families Coalition of America's original affiliates is the California Institute of Health & Social Services, Inc., a truly compassionate organization with exceptional ethics. California Institute of Health & Social Services, Inc. (CIHSS) is a social service agency developed to decrease the number of children being put in out-of-home care, preserve the family structure and increase the quality of care services to youth and adults identified as at-risk in Los Angeles and surrounding communities. ​

CIHSS was founded in 1993 by William T. Marshall, Ph.D. with a mission to address the problem of the large number of African American and Hispanic children who were at risk of being removed from their homes. CIHSS has continued to support the goal of increasing the availability of resources and protecting the welfare of children, adults, and families of the diverse communities that we serve by the provision of services from experienced and professional staff.​

Our strategies include:

  • Providing mental health treatment services to the most venerable in the community.

  • Recruiting, Training, and Supporting resources for families.

  • Finding and maintaining foster and kinship families in their neighborhoods.

  • Recruiting, training, and developing a home for developmentally disabled adults

  • Building Community Partnerships  

At CIHSS, we share the love.

Long Beach, California, and Orange County, California

The new leader for Orange County Affiliate is the Families Uniting Families is headquartered in downtown Long Beach and provides direct mental health services to approximately 140 fathers and mothers annually through our Project Fatherhood Program's clinical case management and parenting support groups. Families Uniting Families provides adoption and foster family services throughout Los Angeles and Orange Counties through our adoption and foster family agency, which has won local and regional recognition for exemplary services. They provide education and training for emerging mental health and social work professionals through our professional internship program. We have been providing Project Fatherhood programming since 2011, foster and adoption services since 2004, and professional internship programming since 2005. We use all of these services to achieve our mission: to cultivate nurturing and knowledgeable families to protect and meaningfully enhance the welfare and stability of vulnerable children and their families.
 
Families Uniting Families Values
  • Integrity: sound moral character, honesty, and ethical principles
  • Innovation: implementing interesting and cutting-edge practice ideas
  • Collaboration: working professionally and resourcefully with our partners
  • Empathy: in our ability to keenly experience another's physical and emotional domain
  • Excellence: in our work endeavors
Our Impact
Since 2004, we have safely provided loving care to well over 1,000 children in LA and Orange Counties, totaling more than 250,000 days of care through our foster care program. We are proud of our positive track record and strong reputation amongst all of our stakeholders. Our ethical practices resulted in our being recognized by Congressman Allan Lowenthal and the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute on September 25, 2018, as an "Angel in Adoption." In November 2018, we were also recognized by Regina Napper and Robert Garcia who was the Mayor of Long Beach at the time for our excellence in community service.  
 
Since 2011, we have positively impacted the lives of over 2,000 fathers and mothers through our Project Fatherhood program. We have consistently accelerated the time needed to close child abuse cases; increased the amount and quality of time fathers and mothers spend with their children; increased the number of parents who access mental health, substance abuse, housing, and job development programs; increased parents' levels of civic engagement; and decreased parents' involvement with the criminal justice system. Our most salient program impact is on subsequent child abuse and domestic violence cases. Reoccurrence rates in LA County are 26.7%. Only 1.4% of our participants ever experienced a reoccurrence. 

 

Oceanside, California

Children's Paradise, with more than 25 years of experience, our infant, preschool, and school-age programs are designed using the latest cutting-edge, research-based educational tools and curriculum, all within a warm and home-like atmosphere. Our staff is also involved in ongoing training and research in early childhood development to ensure your child is learning and developing using the latest research and techniques. We take pride in the learning program we have designed with the California Department of Education's support and would enjoy answering any questions that you have about our program. Julie Lowen, Chief Executive Officer & Founder, has prioritized father engagement with young children.

 

San Diego, CA 

Stephen’s Cathedral COGIC – South East Counseling Center under Bishop George Dallas McKinney's leadership is highly respected for his insight into faith, fatherhood, and family. He is a renowned Licensed Marriage and Family and Child Counselor and has developed a model program in San Diego County to address homelessness and youth engaged in the criminal justice system.  St. Stephen's has been a leader in social justice and community services for over 50 years. 

Lancaster, CA

Living Stone Cathedral uses its faith and community-based approaches to work alongside fathers, mothers, youth, and couples. One of the leaders for the local Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) program, Pen or Pencil, and fatherhood initiatives, augments the community approaches the needs of Los Angeles County residents in the high desert area. 

Whittier, CA

The Nehemiah Project LA is a faith-based initiative that works with various nonprofits, businesses, and government agencies committed to serving the transitional Foster Youth community with excellence and integrity. Building brighter futures for America's Transitioning Foster Youth. The Nehemiah Project LA mission addresses the healthy transition of young people exiting or emancipated from the foster care system into society. We ensure that they are equipped to lead a productive and secure life in adulthood. Our team works to achieve this goal by creating greater awareness of the challenges experienced by this population. 

San Francisco, CA 

Mission Neighborhood Centers, Inc., Precita Center  (MNC), has been providing comprehensive child development services in San Francisco since 1969. Currently, MNC has ten child development sites providing early education and care to more than 365 preschool children and 48 Infants and Toddlers. A variety of preschool options are available, including part-day Head Start, full-day Head Start/ State Preschool and Infant Toddler care, full-day tuition-based (private pay), and Home Base services. Since 2010, MNC Child Development Program also offers full-day, year-round subsidized care for infants & toddlers at the Southeast Families United site in the Bay View District and subsidized toddler care at the Bernal Dwellings preschool site in the Mission. Precita Valley Center provides after-school, evening, and summer programs to youth ages 5-25. It offers a safe place for at-risk children, youth, and young adults throughout San Francisco to engage in healthy activities and receive vital support services they may need.

Palmdale, CA

Eagle's Landing- Fatherhood Connection is a California Non-Profit 501(C3) Corporation founded in 2003 as a division of Operation Life Corporation. Under Sheila Parker, CEO, and Founder, Eagles Landing has served more than 100,000 families in the San Fernando Valley, Jamaica, and Brazil under guidance and direction. Through our Fatherhood Connection program, we have assisted over 3500 men in the quest to become better fathers, re-establish a relationship with their children, and plan for the most important journey in their lives, Fatherhood. It does not matter what your current relationship is with your child; we are here to assist you with the critical life skills needed to nurture, guide, and connect with your children.  

Richmond, CA   

Under the leadership of Lary Hill, CEO, Men, and Women of Purpose joined FFCA as a formal affiliate in the Bay Area in 2019. MWP's mission is to rebuild individuals and families for a healthy community by addressing social and economic barriers to reduce recidivism. Men and Women of Purpose (MWP) are dedicated to rebuilding safe, healthy, and whole communities. MWP’s comprehensive program focuses on multiple factors related to social and economic problems (high-risk behavior, recidivism, chronic joblessness, and homelessness). MWP works to empower communities to be self-sufficient, allowing individuals, families, and communities to be proud and whole. This program's vision is to lead the nation by decreasing violence and providing unity, accountability, and wholeness for a healthy community. Men and Women of Purpose will restore hope, pride, and purpose by enhancing love and integrity to reunite our families and create employment opportunities.

Los Angeles, California

Let's Make It Happen , a 501c3 social change and research organization modeled on Collective Impact, uses data to inform/motivate people to self-identify priority issues, take actions to improve wellness/quality of life in their community, then evaluate efforts. Let’s mission is “un-digging pitfalls” to influence sustainable positive changes in community wellness through the collaborative dismantling of both societal and personal barriers in order to create innovative pathways to wellness that empower people and the agencies that serve them to actively pursue their fullest potential—economically, educationally, physically, professionally, and socially. Let’s provides a “hand up” to help projects move forward using Let’s frameworks that strategically connect community wellness goals to social determinates of health factors & economic development goals. Together, we identify and maximize access to existing programs/services, create new place-based, person-focused opportunities, advocate to acquire absent resources—intergenerationally.