The country's first mental health and substance abuse treatment facility for fathers and families.
Fathers' UpLift empowers fathers by offering therapy, reentry support, advocacy, and workforce development. We encourage collaboration with mothers and engage the community to help fathers overcome barriers (racism, emotional, traumatic, and addiction) that prevent them from being actively involved in their children's lives. Our goal is to ensure the well-being of children and foster long-term family stability.
About UsThe country's first mental health and substance abuse treatment facility for fathers and families.
We provide a comfortable and friendly experience through our team members who share backgrounds with our community.
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We offer specialized pre-release and community-based services for men facing challenges related to incarceration and re-entry.
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We partner with fathers as they strive to be better allies to the mothers in their lives and to themselves.
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Our targeted training activities focus on building skills in the social work field, emphasizing practice, licensure preparation, mentorship, reflection, and enhancing self-awareness.
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To extend Fathers’ UpLift’s impact so that more men can have access to the care and supports they need to be positively engaged in their children’s lives, Fathers’ UpLift is beginning its licensing program. Annually, we will distribute ten licenses to organizations interested in replicating our efforts. We will engage organizations to implement Managing Emotions and/or Pre-Father Care, two of Fathers’ UpLift’s group programs, as part of our continuum of care for fathers and fathers-to-be.
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With the support of our community, we've seen many lives changed since our beginning in 2011. Read our latest Impact Report to find out more about our impact each year.
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From the therapy office to the football field, USTR alumnus Addison Ford, MSW, has already guided lots of clients toward stability, launched a school-based mental health program that reaches 60 students, and rallied North Louisiana residents for systemic change. Now, as he prepares for his licensure exam with support from Fathers’ UpLift’s United States Therapist Fellowship, Addison is poised to multiply that impact across entire parishes. Meet the mentor, advocate, and soon-to-be LCSW who proves why 66 % of our fellows pass licensure on the first try and immediately give back to the communities that need them most.
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66 % of Fathers’ UpLift’s USTR Fellows earn their social-work license on the first try 20 points above the national average.
Discover how targeted mentorship, a $15k stipend, and intensive exam coaching are turning graduate students of color into credentialed clinicians who heal their own communities and learn how you can help expand the Fellowship’s impact. Read more at fathersuplift.org/services-programs/learn-at-fathersuplift/
Read this articleOur goal is to help as many families as possible and we could not do it without
the help of our dedicated partners.
