National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse | Sharing research, tips & promising practices promoting & supporting responsible fatherhood programs, fathers & families.

National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse | Sharing research, tips & promising practices promoting & supporting responsible fatherhood programs, fathers & families.



The goals of the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC) are to provide, facilitate, and disseminate current research, proven and innovative strategies that will encourage and strengthen fathers and families, and providers of services via the following priorities:

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Responsible Fatherhood Toolkit
Introducing the Financial Empowerment Innovation Fund

Take The President's Fatherhood Pledge

President Obama grew up without his dad, and has said that being a father is the most important job he has. That's why the President is joining dads from across the nation in a fatherhood pledge — a pledge that we'll do everything we can to be there for our children and for young people whose fathers are not around.

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Across every state there are efforts to help support the positive and engaged involvement of fathers in the lives of their children and families.

• For Dads
  • Tips and Activities
  • Connect with Programs
  • Become a Mentor

Christopher Columbus' lost ship, the Santa Maria, may have been found

A world-renowned explorer believes he’s found Christopher Columbus’ long-lost cargo ship, the Santa Maria, which was wrecked in a storm more than 500 years ago.

“Ideally, if excavations go well, and depending on the state of preservation of any buried timber, it may ultimately be possible to lift any surviving remains of the vessel, fully conserve them and then put them on permanent public exhibition in a museum in Haiti,” Clifford said.

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the ship, the Independent newspaper reported.

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