Tuesday, September 1, 2009

The 2008 Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit: Feedback Results from Summit Participants

The 2008 Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit: Feedback Results from Summit Participants - September 2009 .pdf format.

The Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit is an annual event sponsored by the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative which is intended to bring together the Milwaukee community to generate support for fathers, to provide resources for men, and to address specific issues of fatherhood in the community. This report summarizes demographic characteristics of people who registered for the 2008 summit, participants' overall ratings of the summit, participants' feedback on the major areas addressed by the summit (men's health, community job fair, child support debt reduction assistance, and driver's license recovery assistance), and feedback from the summit's educational workshops.

The Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative Focus Group Report: Follow-Up with 2008 Summit Attendees

The Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative Focus Group Report: Follow-Up with 2008 Summit Attendees - September 2009 .pdf format.

To expand on the feedback received from participants at the 2008 Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit, the Planning Council followed-up with a small subset of summit participants in the spring of 2009. This report summarizes feedback from three focus groups conducted with men who attended the 2008 Fatherhood Summit and who received direct service assistance during the event. The report summarizes participants' expectations prior to attending the summit, perspectives on the impact of the summit on their lives, continuing fatherhood challenges, and suggestions for future summits.

To read about the 2007 Milwaukee Fatherhood Summit, click on the following link http://www.planningcouncil.org/docs/reports/MFI_FatherhoodSummit.pdf.

For more information about the Milwaukee Fatherhood Initiative, click on the following link http://www.milwaukeefatherhood.com/.