News Archive
The Center for Urban Families & Mario Present a Community Forum:
Saving Our Families: The Impact of Addiction on Youth
June 30, 2009, 10-3pm
On June 30th, the Center for Urban Families (CFUF), in partnership with the Mario's Do Right Foundation will host our next Community Conversation, entitled "Saving Our Families: The Impact of Addiction on Youth & Parenting".
The program will start at 10am and be immediately followed by a substance abuse prevention resource fair from 2-4pm. The location will be the New Shiloh Family Life Center at 2100 N. Monroe Street.
The discussion forum will feature a number of panels, moderated by singer and songwriter Mario; CFUF CEO, Joe Jones; and special guest 92Q radio personality Porkchop. Discussion will focus on the issue of addiction in Baltimore City and its effects on responsible parenting, family stability and child well-being.
Center for Urban Families Community Conversation Series
The Earned Income Tax Credit
March 16, 2009, 10-2pm
As you may know, the Center for Urban Families regularly uses the data gathered through its program assessments to inform legislators and other influential leaders about the impact of larger policy decisions on the low income, urban communities that we serve. Through its Community Conversations Series, the organization galvanizes practitioners, policy makers, researchers, community leaders and concerned citizens around public policy issues of particular impact for and interest to our client base. Hosted on average 2-4 times a year, the goal of each conversation is not only to provide a forum for the sharing of diverse perspectives on issues of relevance to our local communities, but to also document a collective response to inform larger plans for the development of viable solutions, collective action and progress.
Building Bridges Between Responsible Fatherhood and Domestic Violence Initiatives
Responsible Fatherhood Forum
Summary of Presentation by Joe Jones, Center for Urban Families CEO
Sponsored by the Annie E. Casey Foundation
October 21, 2007
In recent years advocates, researchers, and practitioners in the responsible fatherhood arena have promoted the importance of positive involvement of disconnected fathers in the lives of their children.
Hundreds of Groups Urge Congress to Restore Child Support Enforcement Funds
National Women’s Law Center
October 4, 2007, Washington, D.C.
Cuts in federal funding for the child support program will force states to reduce enforcement services and cost families billions of dollars in uncollected child support unless Congress acts quickly, a coalition concerned with child and family well-being said today.
Impacts of Marriage on Low-Income Americans
WAMU Radio Thursday June 7, 2007 12:06
Marriage has long been considered a cornerstone of American culture. But when it comes to the economics and the internal dynamics of marriage, social scientists are still debating the impact of "goin' to the chapel."
Center for Urban Families Launches $7.5 Million Capital Campaign. Center Also Announces New Name, Web Site
Nearly $4 Million Already Donated to Fund New Building, Programs
Baltimore – Formerly known as the Center for Fathers, Families and Workforce Development, the Center for Urban Families announces the launch of a campaign to raise $7.5 million to purchase and renovate a new headquarters building in West Baltimore and to expand programs serving low-income families throughout the city.