What Is Family Comes First?

Family Comes First (FCF) promotes effective, evidenced-based education and program delivery through the integration of Responsible Fatherhood, Healthy Parental Relationships and Informed Waiting (abstinence through relationship education) among network service providers within the State of Ohio.  To accomplish its mission of, “advancing the well-being of children by protecting the family”, Family Comes First, will provide an array of services that reinforce the organizational and programmatic infrastructure of affiliated family-supportive organizations.

Our motivation, to put the family first, goes beyond the individuals who parent or even the extended family framework.  We recognize there are many external societal pressures that make it difficult to keep the family first; our workplaces, schools, religious organizations, social service agencies, government, and the media can each play significant roles in creating a culture that supports the family.  By collectively supporting the family structure, we will serve as catalysts in changing the way our culture supports this most basic of human relationships.

At FCF, we believe that when we, as a society, start to put the family first, we will truly begin the work of “advancing the well-being of our children”, thereby creating stronger, healthier communities and a more promising future for us all.