FATHERS TO DADS ...
JTC X-Change partners with the Public Health Dept. of Tarrant County to join in the fight to stop Infant Mortality! www.jtcxchange.org
For more information about Infant Mortality, log onto www.infantmortalitynetwork.org |
TEXT4BABY is useful to moms, dads and others in the pregnant family (grandmoms, friends, aunts and uncles, etc.).
When you become an outreach partner, you can order free materials (posters, tear-off sheets, etc.) For more Information contact: Luisa F. Soaterna-Castañeda, MPH Multicultural Outreach Coordinator,Text4baby Luisa@hmhb.org www.healthytexasbabies.org http://www.bebessanosentexas.org |
Wisdom Speaks...
Senior Mentor, Tony Hammett shares with young fathers during group discussion at JTC Headquarters...
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Encouraging our young fathers to make a difference!
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Get Plugged In on
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Father Hoo?
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R.U. Serious...
MEN ARE NEEDED!!!
Join E. Wilson at his best as he Hosts 1 of 3 ongoing Break-Out Sessions entitled "R U Serious, Men R Needed!!!" Other Break-out sessions include: *Communication with your teenager *Understanding your child's temperament |
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Ready or Not...I'm a Dad!!!Life not going the way that you thought it would? You are not alone!!!
Come out and join the conversation with other young men who not only care and understand, but who can help! Are you a "Teen" Father??? We can Help! Scroll Down the Page... |
JTC X-CHANGE continues...2012-13
Did you know that 80% will be a parent in some point in life? That's 8 in 10 men. However, marriage is no longer the end result. Your background weighs heavily on how marriage is viewed…( a binding contract, an agreement, a biblical tradition)
The percentage of Dads thought to marry the mom at the time of birth is 80%. The percentage that actually do marry the mom is only 9%!
Whether in a "Romantic Relationship", or sharing custody only, the bottom line is how can you, the father, remain involved. There is help out here to aid you in establishing a relationship between you and your child!!!
Did you know that in the state of Texas, if a couple is not married when the child is born, the State only recognizes 1 parent. You must establish paternity in some way! It's not just your responsiblity...it's your right!
TARRANT COUNTY INFANT MORTALITY NETWORK
Working together to prevent infant mortality
Click Here: http://keranews.org/post/dallas-and-tarrant-counties-battle-infant-mortality-0#.T0ZKa0HPoPE.email
The JTC X-Change, Inc. has teamed up with the Public Health Dept. of Tarrant County to help address the increase rate of infant mortality in North Texas. Lack of information as well as education we believe is the No. 1 leading cause.
Beginning this Spring, JTC X-Change will execute the PILOT Program entitled, " Fathers To Dads", to begin working with our teen fathers through an 8-week program, which is geared to educate our young men with key factors of information that are crucial to help to raise a healthy child.
Quote from KERA NEWS ARTICLE 2/22/2012
Salyer-Caldwell: " We’re actually starting in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD and Fort Worth ISD those male mentoring programs, looking at them having financial literacy and a vocational plan".
Did you know that Tarrant County has one of the highest rates of babies dying in the first year in all of Texas???
Beginning this Spring, JTC X-Change will execute the PILOT Program entitled, " Fathers To Dads", to begin working with our teen fathers through an 8-week program, which is geared to educate our young men with key factors of information that are crucial to help to raise a healthy child.
Quote from KERA NEWS ARTICLE 2/22/2012
Salyer-Caldwell: " We’re actually starting in the Hurst-Euless-Bedford ISD and Fort Worth ISD those male mentoring programs, looking at them having financial literacy and a vocational plan".
Did you know that Tarrant County has one of the highest rates of babies dying in the first year in all of Texas???
11th Annual Infant Mortality Awareness Summit
Birth to Babies: Cooks Children's Medical Center
Cooks Children's Medical Center, Ft. Worth, TX E. Wilson with Texas State Senator Wendy Davis of District #10 (D) Fort Worth, TX
The Tarrant County Infant Mortality Network is a community-based collaborative resource that works to improve pregnancy outcomes and community-based clinical and social services that support newborn babies and their families prenatally and throughout their second year of life. The JTC X-Change and student mentee, participated in a Panel Discussion at this years' Summit.
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Guest speakers also included were: Ann Salyer-Caldwell, RD/LD, MPH, Chair, Infant Mortality Network; Susan Can, Dir., Corporate Equity, J&J Global Marketing Group; Representative Mark Shelton, MD; Representative Marc Veasey; Aisling McGuckin RN, MSN, MPH; Michael Lu, MD; Ira Chasnoff, MD; Micky Moerbe, MPH, CHP; Congressman Michael Burgess; Steve Largent, Pres. & CEO, CTIA; & Amy Raines-Milenkov, DrPH, Co-Chair, Infant Mortality Network. |
Teen Fathers!
SPRING 2013
into our next 8-Week Program designed just for you!
The Fourth Session begins this January, 2013!
Visit your local High School for more details! For more information about this program, please call (817) 681-3318 or send us an email at jtcxchange@gmail.com
A TRIBUTE TO FATHERS
Children Need a Daddy
Children need a Daddy, for many, many things: Like holding them high off the ground, where the sunlight sings.
Like being the deep music, that tells them all is right; when they awaken frantic with the terrors of the night.
Like being the great mountain that rises in their hearts; and shows them how they might get home, when all else falls apart.
Like giving them the love that is their sea and air; so diving deep or soaring high, they'll always find him there.
'Nicholas Gordon
Every Day is FATHERS DAY!
Like being the deep music, that tells them all is right; when they awaken frantic with the terrors of the night.
Like being the great mountain that rises in their hearts; and shows them how they might get home, when all else falls apart.
Like giving them the love that is their sea and air; so diving deep or soaring high, they'll always find him there.
'Nicholas Gordon
Every Day is FATHERS DAY!
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JTC X-CHANGE Recognizes & Congratulates the students from Keys Alternative School and both Trinity & Bell High School for being our first of many teen fathers in making the decision to actively play a major role in the life of their child/children!
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