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href=\"https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/workshops\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">Workshops<\/a><\/li>\n\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-873\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-sub-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Events<\/a>\n\t<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-custom menu-item-object-custom menu-item-has-children menu-item-620\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"elementor-sub-item elementor-item-anchor\" tabindex=\"-1\">Past Events<\/a>\n\t\t<ul class=\"sub-menu elementor-nav-menu--dropdown\">\n\t\t\t<li class=\"menu-item menu-item-type-post_type menu-item-object-page menu-item-872\"><a href=\"https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/2025-ventura-county-fatherhood-summit\/\" class=\"elementor-sub-item\" tabindex=\"-1\">2025 Ventura County Fatherhood Summit<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<li 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class=\"data-uw-rm-autofix-hide\" data-uw-reader-element=\"\" data-uw-rm-ignore=\"\" style=\"height: 1px !important;width: 1px !important;margin: -1px !important;overflow: hidden !important;padding: 0px !important;position: absolute !important\">Empty heading<\/span><\/h3>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0908374 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0908374\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf72f00 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bf72f00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"437\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/10\/fatherhood-collaborative-1024x559.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1128\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/10\/fatherhood-collaborative-1024x559.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/10\/fatherhood-collaborative-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/10\/fatherhood-collaborative-768x419.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/10\/fatherhood-collaborative-1536x838.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/10\/fatherhood-collaborative-2048x1117.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/staging.venturacounty.gov\/child-support-services\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/10\/fatherhood-collaborative-18x10.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a068d76 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a068d76\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33e6217 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"33e6217\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">The Ventura County Fatherhood Collaborative<\/span><\/strong> is composed of community organizations dedicated to providing services for families throughout Ventura County.<\/p><p data-start=\"299\" data-end=\"711\">The collaborative brought together 20 representatives from various family service providers across the county. During the initial workshop, participants learned about our <strong data-start=\"470\" data-end=\"495\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Fatherhood Initiative<\/span><\/strong>, which emphasizes the critical role fathers play in improving outcomes for children and families. They were introduced to the <strong data-start=\"622\" data-end=\"652\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Father-Friendly Principles<\/span><\/strong> and encouraged to adopt them within their organizations.<\/p><p data-start=\"713\" data-end=\"1213\">Attendees completed a self-evaluation of their organization\u2019s \u201cfather-friendliness\u201d and developed both short- and long-term action plans to become more inclusive of fathers. The goal was for organizations to begin implementation or, at minimum, initiate conversations with leadership. Recognizing that systemic change takes time, we highlighted the importance of identifying opportunities for growth and taking the first steps toward making family services more inclusive and supportive of fathers.<\/p><p data-start=\"1215\" data-end=\"1520\">Participants also explored ways that family service providers can tailor their outreach and programming to better engage fathers. A key message was the importance of ensuring that fathers see themselves represented in outreach materials and understand that family services are available to them as well.<\/p><p data-start=\"1522\" data-end=\"1916\">The follow-up workshop featured special guest speaker <strong data-start=\"1576\" data-end=\"1592\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Alberto Mora<\/span><\/strong>, Family Engagement Coordinator for Head Start at <strong data-start=\"1642\" data-end=\"1699\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Child Development Resources of Ventura County<\/span><\/strong>. Alberto shared a firsthand account of his organization\u2019s journey to become more inclusive of fathers, offering valuable insights into the barriers they faced and the positive outcomes of their system-wide changes.<\/p><p data-start=\"1918\" data-end=\"2480\">Attendees also received training on the <strong data-start=\"1958\" data-end=\"1993\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">importance of father engagement<\/span><\/strong>, led by <strong data-start=\"2002\" data-end=\"2021\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Mario Rodriguez<\/span><\/strong>, Manager at <strong data-start=\"2034\" data-end=\"2060\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">First 5 Ventura County<\/span><\/strong>. The session emphasized the vital role fathers and father figures play in child development, focusing on engagement strategies, family strengthening, and the adoption of father-friendly principles. Designed for staff who interact directly with the public, the training encouraged participating organizations to consider hosting similar sessions for their frontline staff to further promote father-inclusive practices.<\/p><p data-start=\"2482\" data-end=\"3072\">Through the Fatherhood Collaborative, we reaffirmed our commitment to helping families thrive by ensuring that fathers are seen, valued, and supported in every aspect of family services. Our ongoing goal is to strengthen collaboration among community partners, share best practices, and promote the system-wide adoption of father-friendly principles. Moving forward, we aim to expand training opportunities, enhance outreach efforts, and inspire lasting cultural change within organizations so that all fathers feel empowered to play an active and positive role in their children\u2019s lives.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-815ccf1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"815ccf1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Instagram Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin Fatherhood Collaborative 2025 Fatherhood CollaborativeEmpty heading The Ventura County Fatherhood Collaborative is composed of community organizations dedicated to providing services for families throughout Ventura County. 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