Los Angeles and across California
A Fathers Hope works with fathers, volunteers, and partner organizations across California. There are a few ways to take part: join a program, facilitate or support a peer group, volunteer time, or partner with us as an organization. This page explains what each involves and how to start.
Most people arrive here after a court date, a hard month, or a phone call from someone who cares. You do not need to know which program fits before you write. Pick the option below that sounds closest to what you can offer, tell us your county, and we will point you at the right person on our side.
The four routes below run in parallel: use a program as a father or father-figure, volunteer your time, bring professional skills, or partner as an organization. Community events and financial support sit alongside them. All of it is coordinated from Los Angeles, with families across California.
The simplest way to get involved is to use a program. Parent education, co-parenting support, and care coordination are open to fathers and father-figures in Los Angeles and across California.
You do not need formal custody, and you do not need to be current on child support. Tell us your county and what you are dealing with, and we will point you to the right program. If you are not sure whether you qualify, ask — that question is welcome here.
Open to
Fathers and father-figures — including stepfathers, grandparents raising children, and men in reentry.
What to send
Your county, what is happening right now, and the best way to reach you during the week.
Peer groups are where most fathers say the real change happens, and they need people who can hold a room. Facilitators run weekly sessions, keep the conversation practical, and follow up with fathers who miss a week.
Experience with fatherhood programs helps but is not required. The same structure that makes county programs work — named contacts and fixed times — applies here. Alameda County Fathers Corps has served fathers and father-figures through First 5 Alameda County since 2013 and is a useful model for what a father engagement network looks like.
Fathers and supporters with legal, financial, or workforce backgrounds are especially useful. If you have a skill and a few hours a month, tell us what it is.
Clinics that serve fathers, such as the consultations Dads Evoking Change offers on co-parenting, child custody, and family-court processes, depend on attorneys willing to give a few hours. Credentials or licensure are required for these roles.
Workshops on budgeting, child support basics, and rebuilding credit are in demand. A few hours a month from someone who can explain money without talking down to fathers goes a long way.
Resume help, interview practice, and introductions to employers who hire locally. Tradespeople and hiring managers are as useful here as career counselors.
Grant writing, bookkeeping, translation, and help keeping a small organization's records straight. Unglamorous work that decides whether programs keep running.
We work with county agencies, community nonprofits, legal clinics, and workforce programs. Two examples of the kind of partner work we look for:
Fathers To Founders, a San Francisco nonprofit listed on Idealist, focuses on underserved and reentry fathers through workforce development, financial literacy, and reentry services.
Fathers and Partners in Parenting is a Sonoma County public-health parenting resource within Maternal, Child, and Adolescent Health services.
If your organization serves fathers or families, we would like to hear what you offer and where you see gaps.
Resource fair
Tables from legal aid, workforce, health, and housing groups in one place. Often the first time a father sees how many doors are open at once.
Workshop
A focused session on custody paperwork, child support review, or co-parenting communication. We can help with format and speakers.
Father-child activity
A Saturday morning with something to do together — building, cooking, sports, a park cleanup. Low pressure, easy to show up to.
Community events are how many fathers first hear about programs. A panel on custody and co-parenting works too, and it can be the easiest event to organize because the speakers are often already willing.
If you have a space, a school, or a congregation that would host, that is often the hardest piece to find and the most useful contribution. Tell us the date you have in mind and how many people the room holds, and we will work backward from there.
As a California nonprofit public benefit corporation, A Fathers Hope uses contributions for programs, resources, and family support guidance.
If you want to support the work financially, contact us and we will explain what funds are used for and how to give. We would rather tell you exactly where the money goes than ask you to take it on faith.
Organization details
Pick one thing and send us a message. Tell us whether you want to join a program, volunteer, partner, or host an event, and include your county.
If you are an organization, tell us what services you provide and who you serve. We will follow up with next steps, and if we are not the right fit, we will try to point you to someone who is.
Contact A Fathers HopeProgram, peer group facilitation, professional skills, partnership, or an event. If two apply, name both — we will sort it out.
Your county, what you are dealing with or what you can offer, and how to reach you. That is enough for a first reply.
A program contact, a facilitator training date, or an introduction to a partner who fits better. Reach us Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM.
Two answers, short. If your question is not here, ask it directly — no one will treat it as a silly one.
Not for most roles. Peer group facilitators are trained and supported, and community event help is practical work. Legal and financial workshop roles do require relevant credentials or licensure.
Yes. We work with county agencies, nonprofits, legal clinics, and workforce programs. Tell us what you provide and who you serve, and we will follow up about how the work fits together.
More background on the organization sits on the About page, and the program list is on Programs & Services. If you are looking for help with a specific court or child support process, start with the Resources page.
Write to us with your county and the route you want: program, volunteering, partnership, or an event. If you are not sure, say that too. We answer during office hours, Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM, and we will tell you honestly whether we are the right fit or point you to someone who is.
