The programs often work with the client s entire family, encouraging family members to become a support system for one another. Some programs focus specifically on helping fathers to become more productive family members, improve self-image, and make positive contributions to their children s development. These programs focus on building fathering skills and increasing the time fathers spend with their children. Toward this end, participants are provided anything from adult basic education to housing referrals. Goals and outcomes.
Many programs use individual goal-setting to strengthen overall personal development.
Success is based primarily on the achievement of specific goals set by individual participants. Goal setting is itself often identified as progress. To typify what organizations and programs do for young African-American men, two of them are profiled below. The CRP is a collaborative project whose partners include the Stairstep Foundation and 26 different churches and church groups. The CRP leverages community contributions to provide financial rewards based on the difficulty of the goal achieved.