Illinois» Fathers for New Futures (FNF) hosts the Power of Fathers Symposium, a statewide collaborative of nonprofits that seeks to strengthen and
support low - income minority fathers in developing relationships with their children, families, and communities.77 Among its programs, FNF provides job readiness training, parent education,
case management, child
support information, and additional services to young fathers and men trying to reconnect with their families.78 FNF also hosts a working group of practitioners, and research and policy
experts that
supports outcomes for children of noncustodial, African - American fathers.79
care proceedings should normally take no longer than 26 weeks; and parents and family members must formally apply for any further assessment of their ability to care for the child and any
expert evidence they need to
support that by the
case management hearing at the latest (see above) or they are in danger of being refused.