F.I.T. DAD (Fatherhood Initiative Training) Program

The F.I.T. DAD Program is provided to noncustodial fathers in Shelby County.  This is a second chance program for men to be successful fathers by supporting their families financially, morally and emotionally.  We work with men to help them overcome the obstacles that have hindered them and caused them to not meet their obligations as fathers.  We help men find employment, obtain their GED, know their legal rights, work through past and present issues as well as help them make better life decisions. 

Men enter this program with the goals of being current on their child support payments, being committed to spending more time with their children, striving to better their relationship with their child’s custodial mother, find and maintain employment, and to obtain a GED, if needed.  Currently, this program has helped bring in over $35,000 in child support payments–money that helps custodial mothers and children to exist.

This program is provided in hopes of breaking the cycle of father absence by helping to become the catalyst for change in these men’s lives.  The cycle, or perhaps better stated as THE CYCLE that has gripped not only our city, but our state and that of our nation is wreaking absolute destruction on the lives of children.  Whether we as a society recognize it or not, having a loving and nurturing father is as important to a child’s happiness, well-being and social and academic success as having a loving and nurturing mother (statistics from The National Fatherhood Initiative). 

Facilitator: Ward Williams
Meeting Times: Thursdays 6 pm
Location: Inverness Vineyard Church
Call: 533-7852 for directions and more details