Table of Contents

Special Foreword 

Understanding Black Father Involvement in Education in the Context of Systemic Inequities
Ericka M. Lewis, Brianna P. Lemmons, Marquitta S. Dorsey, Amanda Brown and Waldo E. Johnson, Jr.

Barriers to Father-child Contact during Incarceration and Children’s Educational Outcomes: Insights from a Five-state Study
Jenna Leigh-Anne Shelton and Maureen R. Waller

Black Fathers and Multiple-partner Fertility: A Scoping Review
Emily Haber, Caroline N. Sharkey, Leon Banks and Harold E. Briggs

The Experiences and Needs of Atlanta’s Young NPU-V Black Fathers: An Exploratory Study
Jeffrey Shears, David Miller, Lorenzo N. Hopper, Cassandra Bolar, Armon Perry and Britany Hodges

Traversing toward Connection: A Grounded Theory of Father Engagement in Parenting Interventions for Caregivers of Adolescents
Patti Ranahan, Reem Hssayki, Helen Liu, Sebastian P. Dys and Marlene M. Moretti

Lifelong Initiative for Family Empowerment: Health Navigators Using Barbershop Spaces to Support Black Fathers
Gregory Washington, Sharon Wrobel, Amaia Iratzoqui, Christy Peterson, Ebony Barnes and Jerry Watson

Exploring the Effects of Racial Discrimination on the Mental Health and Parenting Satisfaction of African American Fathers: A Mixed-methods Study
J. Dontaè Roberts

Families Optimizing Resilience via Trauma-informed Father Involvement (FORTIFI) Theory Synthesis
Josephine R. Granner, Julia Seng and Shawna J. Lee

Working with Fathers in Child Welfare: Going Beyond the Basics to Address the Barriers
Tova Walsh and Alan-Michael Graves 

Promising Strategies to Engage Fathers in Child Welfare
Jennifer L. Bellamy, Nickie Fung, Scott Baumgartner, Allon Kalisher, Sarah E. Campbell, Brandon Hollie, Eliza Abendroth, Matthew Stagner, Roseanna J. Bess and Jill Spielfogel