What the program teaches.

Objective:

Through our training model, we educate fathers on the 4 different types of parenting common in our culture today. We offer video presentations, support groups, one-on-one consultation, employment, and any guidance needed to help fathers be better educated on proper parenting skills and knowledge through our 6-week program. The goal is self-sustainability, proper roles the father should play in the child’s developmental stages, Co- parenting, and a safe place for fathers to come to learn and talk about the daily struggles they face as a parent. We want to offer a place for dads to have resources and help in any struggle they may be going through.

Determining your parenting style: (4 types)

Permissive- Parent who is kind, loving and connected but does not have any expectations or restrict what their child does.

Disengaged- Parent who doesn’t expect much and doesn’t spend personal time or pay attention to the child.

Authoritarian- A parent who wants obedience and compliance without discussion.

Authoritative – (Scientifically proven the best way of parenting) A Parent with high expectations for the child but is also responsive and loving to the child’s emotional needs.

Employment and Volunteering

We partner with numerous non-profits and businesses to help lead our fathers to employment or any type of work that can help them and their families prosper. As a business owner myself, we help provide employment for many of the fathers in our programs. We offer food services jobs, landscaping, lawn mowing, construction, and many general labor opportunities as they open through the networks of employers we work with.

Testimonies

Devin’s Story

Devin’s Story

I want you to meet Devin. Coming into our program, Devin struggled with addiction, homelessness, and incarceration. In the winter before finding us he nearly froze to death in a garage after becoming homeless. He had warrants for his arrest due to outstanding child support and past mistakes. He felt like all hope was lost.

 After 6 weeks in the program and a lot of hard work and dedication Devin helped himself through his addiction. Devin saved enough to pay for half of his past due child support so we had him volunteering and sponsored the other half to get his warrants lifted . Devin worked hard for the help we gave him. He has been sober over a year now and free from drugs.  Here he is being re-united for the first time with his daughter after nearly a year of being seen unfit to have rights. Devin now has his own place, continues to work full time, and helps with his daughter’s needs. He has learned skills in co-parenting with her mother in healthy, good ways that will lead to his daughter’s success. Devin still volunteers for our ministry and stays in touch on how he can help inspire and change men who face the same struggles that he overcame.

Videos and presentations-

At our group meeting we have a teaching and training model that equips fathers with the tools and resources they need.

Our courses Include.

1.    Taking care of her during pregnancy

2.    Taking care of her during birth and post-partum

3.    “Baby care Basics”

4.    “Being a father” (We all have had a father experience, even if that experience was the absence of a father. We teach the dos and don’ts, so children do not suffer from an absent father)

5.    “Being a good role model” in your household and public.

6.    “Being a leader” as a father and community member.

7.    “Being consistent” in your child’s life.

8.    “Loving discipline, practical discipline”.

9.    RESPECT FOR MOTHERS!

Each course includes a 20-minute video and open discussion.

Our goal is to come alongside these fathers and equip them with many resources and knowledge that will help them become better fathers and leaders in their community.

A $100 Incentive is provided if all classes are completed!

Memphis’s story

Close to 3 years ago I found Memphis at the bottom of a bottle sleeping outside in front of Greenwood food pantry homeless. Memphis had been to prison numerous times, grew up around gangs and gang violence. He knew no good way of life. His mother and only family he had here died from cancer the year before, so he was alone, cold, hurting and felt like his life had no purpose. I told him to take a ride with me and we stopped and got a cheeseburger of all things. Funny how food always opens a door to show someone you care (Hince the name “Bibles & Burgers”). We made our way to a park where we talked for 2 hours, prayed together and conversed about our failures, incarceration, and years of pain and tragedy we endured as children. It would take me hours to explain what we have been through over 3 years. He was my inspiration to start this program, along with Birth line pregnancy center. The pictures above show his transformation. Memphis is cooking and serving his community. He now has his own apartment, works 50-60 hours a week, bought himself a new vehicle, influences not just his own kids to do the right thing, but also every child and father he has the opportunity to be around in our community.  This program has helped Memphis achieve many lifetime goals he never thought he could. He now leads classes with Devin, got his driver’s license, volunteers and serves anytime he has the opportunity, and has just completely transformed his life.  Memphis is my inspiration to keep this program going!