Washington State Fathers Network

Misson and activities:

To provide support and resources for fathers and families of children with chronic illness and developmental disabilities.

Our organization has a policy for including people with disabilities among staff, volunteer workers and clientele.

Our non governmental, non-profit, organization works at the national level.

Our organization is to some degree run, controlled and represented by disabled people.

We have expertise, or are interested in cooperating with other organizations, in the areas of:

Awareness raising.
Children with disabilities.
Coalition building and networking.
Parenting.
Peer support.
Personal assistance.
Training for health care and education professionals on providing family-centered, father-friendly services.
We have cooperated with organizations in other countries before:

The NFN has worked with disability organizations in New Zealand and the U.S. armed forces in Europe.

We may be able to refer disabled persons to wheelchair accessible housing or transportation or other services in our city.

We have traineeships or volunteer positions that people with disabilities are welcome to apply for.

Contact us:

This entry added: Tuesday 2nd June 1998. (record #50) Changed: Monday 16th October 2023. Link checked Friday 29th November 2024.