Dads Count!
in Partnership

Agencies involved include:

• Strong Beginnings Healthy Start
• Strong Fathers / Padres Fuertes
• Alpha Grand Rapids
• Great Start Collaborative Kent Family Coalition
• Head Start for Kent County
• Kent County Friend of the Court
• Kent County DHHS – CPS
• Kent County Health Department
• All Things Fatherhood
• DA Blodgett / St. John’s
• Family Futures
• Catholic Charities West Michigan
• Grand Rapids Children’s Museum
• Grand Rapids Public Schools, Family & Community Engagement

Partnerships

• Michigan Action Plan for Father Involvement (MAP-FI)
• Six Healthy Start Projects in Michigan
• PRAMS (Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System) for Dads
• CDI Head Start

Meetings

Dads Count! meets on the second Wednesday of the month from 2:30pm to 4:00pm, mostly virtual meetings with an in-person meeting held every quarter. For more information on Dads Count! contact Barb at barb.hawkins-palmer@kentcountymi.gov.