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Resources for fathers and their families
Florida Healthy Start
Serving Collier, Lee, Hendry and Glades Counties : (239) 425-6930
Free Healthy Start services include:
Phone calls or visits with a Care Coordinator, who is a trained nurse or social service worker
Information about local resources
Free classes in baby care, breastfeeding, and childbirth education
Help with high stress, difficult problems or postpartum depression
Help with breastfeeding, including in-home postpartum support
Check-ups of the baby’s health and development
Free parenting classes
Grief counseling
Help with necessary baby supplies
Postpartum Support International (PSI)
https://www.postpartum.net/get-help/resources-for-fathers/
Free online space for dads to connect with other dads and gain practical tips from managing stress, adjusting to parenting, Daddy Blues, or trying to figure out how best to support your partner. First Friday of Every Month at 7am PST/10am EST
First Mondays of every month — PSI hosts a free call-in forum for dads facilitated by a perinatal mood disorders expert. Call for information, support, and connection with other dads. First Monday of every month
5pm Pacific, 7pm Central, 8pm Eastern
Call in number is 1-800-944-8766, code 73162#
Other resources:
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse - https://www.fatherhood.gov/
Fatherhood Involvement Research Alliance (Canada)- http://fira.ca/index.php
Fatherhood Institute (UK)- http://www.fatherhoodinstitute.org/
National Fatherhood Initiative (US)- http://www.fatherhood.org/
Zero to Three- https://www.zerotothree.org/espanol/fatherhood
The Postpartum Husband: book by Karen Kleiman
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