Post Title: Speaking of CCA profits, Franklin County, OH Judge Allows Sale of 5 Prisons: Three Out-of-State Bidders. Speaking of Prisons, Ohio’s Fatherhood ‘InsideOut Dad’ Curricula [Publ. Sept. 13, 2011, Reformatted June. 6, 2022].  (case-sensitive short-link ends “-Ro”). About 10,400 words; many of those words are quotes describing fatherhood programs.

Speaking of Correction Corporations of America [Note: rebranded now as CoreCivic.com, still based in Tennessee], remember, I blogged once on “The Business of Detention” which appears to be an excellent investigative project:

The Business of Detention (Cracking Down on Immigration and Locking Up Profits) (2008 SXSW Interactive Web Award Finalist (etc.) [LGH post shortlink ending “-Ro” publ. 9/13/2011]

and Corrections Corporation of America and political lobbying, which did produce profits:

To complete the seamless connections between CCA and its federal funders, the company has hired former government officials to head key programs.

CCA’s Senior Vice President Mike Quinlan is credited with obtaining its credibility among federal clients after coming to the company with a 22-year career in public sector corrections and serving as Director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons from 1987 to 1992.

“The collective corrections experience of CCA’s operations and management team, much of it gained during distinguished careers in federal or state corrections systems, is one of the most impressive in the country,” said Quinlan on the company’s website.

In 2004, after nearly 25 years with the Immigration and Naturalization Service, Kim Porter joined CCA as Senior Director of Federal Customer Relations. Porter’s primary responsibility is to manage CCA’s relationship with ICE. Anthony Odom came on board to manage CCA’s relations with USMS after he retired in 2004 from a 32-year career with the agency.

CCA’s general counsel, Gustavus Puryear IV, could give the revolving door another turn. Puryear made headlines this year when President Bush nominated him for a federal judge seat in the Middle District of Tennessee, where CCA is headquartered. Puryear has worked as a speech writer for Vice President Dick Cheney. He testified during a Senate hearing that he would recuse himself from cases involving the company.

Among the politicians strongly connected with CCA is Tennessee’s Lamar Alexander. This listing service of the top 10, top 50 (etc.) richest Congressmen & women, shows him at #24.

A browse through this list shows clearly that among these wealthy, next to ZERO of them got that way through jobs.   They have real estate, they have stocks, and some of the younger members seem to have holdings (or run business) involved in technology, which seems smart as it is EVERYwhere.

Others married Rockefeller relatives, etc.

Topping the list is Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts in 2010. This talks about their losses.  Despite those losses, they are Congresspeople, often with spouses (and assets in the name of those spouses) beneficiaries of family trusts and “blind trusts.”  They vote on things such as how society will look for people who have none of these options, including where incarcerated family members may be dwelling, and who is handling how to get profits from THAT company.

This is from 2009  [“rollcall.com/congress…”]

24. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.)
$12.13(that’s million)

The Tennessee Senator remains financially steady, reporting a slight 2 percent dip in his minimum net worth in 2008.

Alexander reported the sale of at least $1.5 million in stock of Bright Horizons Family Solutions, a national workplace child care services provider. The sale included stock Alexander previously valued at $500,000 to $1 million, as well as stocks held by his wife previously valued at “over $1 million.”

The Senator continues to own $5 million to $25 million of stock in Processed Foods Corp., a Knoxville-based company where he served on the board prior to his election to the Senate in 2002. His wife also owns “over $1 million” in company stock.

The Alexanders also list numerous real estate holdings, including commercial buildings and undeveloped properties, such as a Nantucket, Mass., plot that Alexander values at $1 million to $5 million, which his wife also lists as an asset valued at “over $1 million.”

By Contrast, the 57-year old Sen. Mark Harmon, a freshman legislator, ranked #5 in 2009.  Just for information:

5. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.)
$72.37 million

The Virginia Senator lands on the highest rung among the 11 freshman lawmakers who joined the 50 wealthiest Members of Congress.

Warner made his fortune as a co-founder of Nextel telecommunications company and via an investment in Columbia Capital.

Among his assets, Warner is the beneficiary of the MRW Trust, which initially served as a blind trust after his election to the Virginia governor’s office in 2001 until 2006. The fund includes a money market account valued at $5 million to $25 million, as well as numerous city and state bonds.

Nonetheless, Warner reported nearly $19 million less in personal wealth than he did in his previous financial disclosure form filed as a candidate ahead of the 2008 elections.

Warner reported $9 million less in U.S. Treasury notes than he did as a candidate. He also reduced the value of two investment funds, Pointer LP and Signature Financial Management, both of which dropped from the $5 million to $25 million category to the $1 million to $5 million column.

In addition, Warner reports holdings in three investment partnerships worth $5 million to $25 million each.

Co-founded Nextel.  Investment.  Set up as a beneficiary of a blind trust (the trust spins of interest or other income, obviously).  That it has city and state bonds means the city and state owe the trust money at interest; that’s what (as I understand the term) BONDS are. Also Treasury notes, and investment partnerships.  He’s a Harvard grad, no military duty …..After losing $19 million, he still ranks at #5.  He’s married with three children.

Now remember those women in the Chowchilla (or wherever) prison system, as reported in 2000, that may not have $5.00 and if they need more than 5 sanitary napkins (did anyone say tampons?) per month, may have to sell themselves for sex to get some more.  This may be tricky when rape (not actually paying with bartered goods for services) is already clearly a problem in prisons, and many women who got to prison had experienced abuse before getting there, possibly related to their drug habits, not that it’s an excuse.

(Sorry, I can’t resist).   “Roll Call” this August 15 (by Amanda Becker) shows the Bachmanns (as in Michelle Bachmann) with about $2.8 million:

Republican presidential candidate Rep. Michele Bachmann has assets worth up to $2.8 million, the largest of which are the building housing her husband’s psychotherapy clinic and a family farm, according to disclosure forms she filed late Friday.

Anyone ever think about tracking the real estate in which family law business is transacted?  I know I have…..

What if women’s prison was in Ohio?  So here’s Corrections Corporation of America, that invested lobbying and  has former prison board employees on its board:

Well, here they are again.

Ohio to Proceed With Sale of Five Prisons

After Judge Denies Delay Request

By Mark Niquette – Aug 31, 2011 1:32 PM PT

(THIS IS THE ENTIRE ARTICLE):

Ohio will proceed with its plan to sell five prisons after a county judge denied a request today for a temporary restraining order to stop the sale.

The Rehabilitation and Correction Department scheduled a news conference for tomorrow in Columbus to announce the contract awards, the department said in a release.

“We believe our process is sound,” Carlo LoParo, a spokesman for the department, said by telephone from Columbus.

ProgressOhio, a Columbus nonprofit group that describes itself as a “progressive voice for Ohio citizens,” filed a lawsuit to block the sale on grounds it violated the state constitution.

Judge Patrick E. Sheeran of Franklin County Common Pleas Court declined to issue a restraining order and set a hearing for Sept. 13 in Columbus to consider legal arguments.

“Neither the selection of bidders nor the awarding of a contract will constitute irreparable harm for purposes of this motion,” Sheeran wrote in his 16-page opinion.

Ohio wants to sell five prisons, including one that’s closed and two that are privately operated, to raise an estimated $200 million to help balance its budget.

Three companies submitted bids in June to buy and operate the facilities, according to the correction department. They are: Nashville-based Corrections Corp. of America Inc., Geo Group Inc. (GEO) of Boca Raton, Florida, and Management and Training Corp. of Centerville,Utah.

The state offered three combinations of prisons for sale and might award packages to different bidders, the agency has said. The department plans to sign contracts by Sept. 1 for companies to assume operation of the prisons by Jan. 1.

ProgressOhio and other opponents of the sale say the state won’t get a fair value or realize the projected savings of $6.6 million annually. Ohio’s alternative is closing prisons and sending thousands of inmates out of state, Gary C. Mohr, director of the Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, has said.

To contact the reporter on this story: Mark Niquette in Columbus, Ohio atmniquette@bloomberg.net.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Mark Tannenbaum at mtannen@bloomberg.net

The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas – General Division, in conjunction with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, is in the process of building a new courthouse.

The new Franklin County Courthouse, scheduled for completion in 2010, physically symbolizes both the literal and figurative concepts of Transparency of Justice through the inclusion of vast areas of glass across the building’s facade.

Much more than symbolic, the glass is an integral component in the building’s energy conservation systems, making this the first LEED certified courthouse in the State of Ohio

Scope of Services

Provide a classroom curriculum that develops the attitudes and skills needed for responsible fatherhood and helping men discover and cultivate their nurturing potential.

Assistance with issues regarding child support, visitation, and family law matters, ultimately advocating for policy change/implementation that make these very areas more father friendly.

Partners

Columbus Urban League’s (CUL) – African-American Male Initiatives (A.A.M.I.)
Columbus Urban League’s Head Start
Ohio Commission on Fatherhood (OFC)
Franklin County Child Support Enforcement Agency (FCSEA)
Ohio Practitioners Network of Fathers & Families (OPNFF)
Nationwide Children’s Hospital (Family & Volunteer Services)Target Audience
Class Curriculum – ‘Nurturing Father’
African-American fathers between the ages of 16-35 referred by CUL Head Start, Franklin County Child Enforcement Agency & Juvenile Court System.

There will be a dual class format (One AM – One PM) on 3 month cycles. Each class will consist of 12-15 fathers giving us the ability to serve 100 fathers per calendar yea

Public Awareness / Advocacy Agenda

OPNFF – http://www.OPNFF.net The Ohio Practitioners’ Network for Fathers and Family is a Statewide Network of fatherhood practitioners and stakeholders. The Network was founded in February of 2004 by a small group of diverse and passionate individuals from both the public and private sector. PUBLIC SECTOR = access to monies.  FOUNDED IN 2004, INCORPORATED IN 2007, and I cannot tell if it has properly registered as a nonprofit anywhere, yet.    Mission Statement The mission of OPNFF is to enhance the outcomes of children, families and communities by providing training, support and strength to the professionalism of fatherhood practitioners. Examples of Policy Agenda:  Update legislation to give unmarried fathers rights when paternity is established,    thus not allowing mothers rights to be superior. Fathers should not be considered    below mothers on any scale.  Mandate cooperative parenting programs. Divide and conquer does not work.  Fathers should have the same access to benefits and assistance programs as    mothers.  One Stop Shops to deal with Custody/Paternity/Support issues efficiently.  Fathers should be first considered in situations where children are taken out of the    home, as now, paternal grandparents and foster homes are the choice.

This is why cronyism (the Wade Horns & Don Eberlies of this world) needs to be stopped where it first starts.  Shame on the domestic violence (“DV”) agencies for failing to report properly on this movement, to this date! !!!    !!! (why?  because they get a piece of the pie, too!)

What they are training is how to drum up more business for the same old network — set up fancy or at least assisted websites claiming one thing or another, then reference these in personal resumes, and get expenses-deductible conference access.   It must be so rewarding!

 

Training participants could have either/or business or faith-based entity.  “Great…” Find a patriarchal church and train them how to get on the gravy train and elevate fathers, who are so oppressed by feminists!

Who can participate in the training? 

Each county must identify their County Leadership Team who agrees to take part in the training and must consist of:

• 1. County Commissioner or State Representative
  2. Family or Domestic Relations Judge
  3. Director of Child Support
  4. Director of Child Welfare
  5. Leader of a local faith-based entity or business

Elected officials, judges and directors can assign a designee to represent them in the training but are asked to review and provide input into the planning process.

Custodial mothers will be completely uninformed that this leadership team has assembled, and is taking aim at THEM and their children.  They may be invited to participate, but I doubt they’ll truly understand the depth, breadth, history, and height (piled higher and deeper) of who is behind their “classes.”

And an interactive county map of ohio, too!  Cool!  Do we have one for those five prisons, too?

Map of Ohio’s Counties. Franklin County is in the Center; Cuyahoga (which holds Cleveland), North-Central (near Lake Erie). Ohio has so many counties it tends to get regionalized, despite being a rather small state, for various programs. I have blogged other issues regarding “CuyahogaCountyOH” (It may be a tag also). //LGH caption added 6-6-2022.

 

OPNFF is also advertising the (now past) 2011 Minnesota Fatherhood Summit that I blogged on early in 2011, i.e.., Texas Attorney General OFI (Office of Family INitiatives) had its man on the scene, Michael Hayes.  I believe he’s also on the supervised visitation network??  (DNR for sure).  On one of their resource pages, here’s our friend Rep. Danny K. Davis (as in, crowning Unification Church leader Sun Myung Moon and promoting more fatherhood funding, typically).

DANNY K. DAVIS (IL-07) Presents: COMMISSION ON PATERNAL INVOLVEMENT IN PREGNANCY
TO ISSUE RECOMMENDATIONS AT CAPITOL HILL BRIEFING

Representative Danny K. Davis and the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies Health Policy Institute—the nation’s leading research and public policy institution and the only one whose work focuses primarily on issues of particular concern to African Americans and other people of color—released and discussed of new policy, research and practice recommendations in a report from the Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes on Thursday May 20th.  Click here to download the press release.

Assembled in 2009, the Commission on Paternal Involvement in Pregnancy Outcomes (CPIPO) is an interdisciplinary working group of scholars from the social sciences and public health community whose goal is to raise public awareness of the need for paternal involvement in pregnancy and family health.  CPIPO’s recommendations are intended to reduce racial and ethnic disparities in pregnancy outcomes by offering best and promising practices to address policy barriers and increase the involvement of men and expectant fathers in maternal and child health research and clinical practice.    

OPNFF is taking donations on-line:

OPNFF is now accepting online donations! 

I am looking to see if its website self-identifies as a nonprofit.  It doesn’t, at least not visibly on the home page.  OR on the “About Us” page either.  Its corporate status (again, dating to 2007 NOT 2004) states it’s a nonprofit.  I see no EIN and would like to.  Clearly someone is funding it:  They are soliciting funds, right?  (see above).

From the “ABOUT US” page describing the formation of this entity:

As a result, a Network Planning Council was formed and the first meeting was held in Columbus on August 8th, 2003. At this time all background information was reviewed in order to develop a strategic planning process. Monthly meetings were facilitated by consultant John Smith of NPNFF (National Practitioners Network for Fathers and Families).  The Council continued to meet monthly in Columbus and developed an organizational frame work. A mission statement was crafted along with a vision, principles, goals and action steps.  In April of 2004, the Planning Council completed its work and the first Board of Directors of OPNFF was elected.

OPNFF seeks to advance a fatherhood and family agenda in partnership with public agencies, grass roots faith and community based organizations, and local and state government entities.

Center for Policy Research
Phone: 303-837-1555
Jessica Pearson, Director

The Center for Policy Research works with public and private sector service providers to plan, develop, and test projects that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the justice system and human service agencies.

Recent work on fathers and families

• “OCSE Responsible Fatherhood Programs: Early Implementation Lessons (with Policy Studies, Inc.)
• “Evaluation of the Parent Opportunity Project.”  {{http://NAFCJ.net flags this program as one compromising custody cases, as I recall}}
• “Programs to Increase Fathers’ Access to Their Children.” In Fathers under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement.
• “Parenting Alone to Multiple Caregivers: Child Care and Parenting Arrangements in Black and White Families.” Family Relations 47(4). 343-53.

Father Resource Program, Wishard Health Services
Scope—Local Phone: 317-630-2486
Wallace McLaughlin, Director

The primary goals of the Father Resource Program are to develop the capacity of young fathers to become responsible and involved parents, wage-earners, and providers of child support, and to assist fathers in developing the skills and behaviors necessary to cooperate in the care of their children, regardless of the character of the relationship with the mother.

Fatherhood

Fatherhood Programs

The Foundation’s first fatherhood-focused grant was made in 1995 to the “Fathers & Families Together” (FAFT) project at the Center for Families and Children in Cleveland.

The program, which in its first year reached out to 60 men in Cleveland’s Glenville community, offered family life and community building activities; crisis intervention; mediation; and job counseling, readiness and placement. A follow-up group, the Council of Fathers, made up of Fatherhood program graduates, also received Foundation support.

Of the 385 men who participated from 1996 through 1999, 65% graduated from the program and over one-third obtained or maintained jobs. Since then, FAFT has served over 1,000 fathers and continues to strengthen father-child bonds as it helps men work toward self-sufficiency, the most important factor for successful fatherhood.

In 1999 the Foundation began offering support to the fatherhood program at Services United for Mothers and Adolescents (SUMA), now housed at the Talbert House in Cincinnati. The SUMA Fatherhood Project now also includes a partnership with the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation to provide legal services for fathers who have recently completed prison sentences.

. . .

The Foundation also supports the InsideOut Dad™ program for incarcerated fathers. Developed by the National Fatherhood Initiative®, it “teaches inmates to connect with their children on the inside and prepares them for a lasting relationship with their family when they get out.” This innovative program is utilized in five correctional facilities in northeast Ohio that return many inmate fathers to Cuyahoga County after their release. The InsideOut Dad curriculum has already been adopted as a state-wide standardized curriculum for inmate fathers in Indiana, Iowa and Washington State.

The Children of Incarcerated Parents Program, operated by the Cleveland Catholic Diocese, has also benefited from O’Neill Foundation support.

The success of these fatherhood programs has had a noticeable influence on public policy; today the importance of strong, supportive fathers in families is well recognized. One evidence of this is the creation of the Ohio Practitioners’ Network for Fathers and Families. This organization, which comprises 500 social services professionals, recently released its Public Policy Agenda. It outlines key issues affecting the lives of fathers and families in Ohio, and recommends particular emphasis on: Child Support, {{always a high priority in any fatherhood program; it’s in part where the diversion of funds comes from!}} Job Training and Employment; Welfare Reform/TANF; {{see last bracketed comment; these are related}}; Fathers, Families and Professional Support; and Incarceration and Reentry.

In all the Foundation has issued about $4.8 million in Fatherhood-related grants, helping approximately 2,000 men and their families

VISUALLY:    $4,800,000 / 2,000  = $4,800/2 = $2,400 / 1 man “serviced”

Under William’s stewardship, and that of his brothers (and later his son and nephews), Leaseway Transportation grew to become a billion dollar a year enterprise, with operations throughout the United States and in foreign countries as well.

Throughout his life, William was noted for his philanthropy. He died in 1983.

Dorothy’s life was spent raising her children and nurturing her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Devoted to her family, she will long be remembered as a constant source of wisdom, courage and good humor to family and friends alike.

In 1987, Dorothy and her eldest son, William J. O’Neill Jr., established The William J. and Dorothy K. O’Neill Foundation, a private, family foundation organized to render support “exclusively for charitable, religious, scientific, literary, or educational purposes, either directly or by contributions, to organizations which qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.”

Entity  Number Business Name Type Original  Filing Date Expiry  Date Status Business Location County State 704914 CORPORATION FOR NON-PROFIT 07/10/1987 07/15/2016 Active PEPPER PIKE CUYAHOGA OHIO 500769 CORPORATION FOR NON-PROFIT 07/05/1977 – Dead CLEVELAND CUYAHOGA OHIO 1 – 2

They got letter of renewal notice mailed — but do you notice them going out of business for failing to file?

THe articles of incorporation (read them if you’re unfamiliar with foundations, family trusts) include purpose (a) — to receive or maintain real or personal property, and (c) — to distribute income so as not to become subject to income tax.

I also not that the Son (“Jr.”) in OH wa sin charge, and that apparently his mother Dorothy K at this time was living in Delray  Beach, Florida

AB 1288, which is now in front of the California Legislature, would expand the time frame in which the Public Guardian’s office could take control of an elder’s assets, prior to filing for conservatorship over that individual.

Now hold on a minute. Does this bill actually state that the Public Guardian can come in and take over assets without a guardianship being in place? How in the world can that be allowed?

Well, the law authorizing this is already on the books, as Probate Code 2900, which allows the PG to seize assets based on “intent” to file for guardianship.

AB 1288 would just give the Public Guardian a bit more time to hit the bank. As written into law, PC 2900 allows the PG’s office fifteen days to mosey over to the savings and loan and take all of Grandma’s hard earned cash, based on “intent” and without an official determination of incapacity by any court of law.

AB 1288 would give the PG an extra chunk of time to do exactly the same thing and would include the option to kick out family or friends living with the proposed conservatee.

And, most tellingly, without even telling Grandma. The only notice that needs to be given to the prospective ward is if the assets are in a Trust. Sans that document , the PG can simply drive up to the bank, grab Granny’s dinero and take off like a bandit, and Granny isn’t even entitled to be told what hit her.

According to Assemblyman Rich Gordon’s office (Gordon is the author of 1288), this is only to protect the elder’s assets from “injury or loss.” In an email on August 4, Gordon aide Margot Grant wrote:

“AB 1288 would provide that if the public guardian or public conservator determines that the requirements for appointment of a guardian or conservator of the estate are satisfied, and the public guardian or public conservator intends to apply for appointment as the public guardian or public conservator only if the real or personal property held in the trust is subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation.”

AB 1288 will be coming up for a vote shortly. It is only a matter of time before the hazy shroud of “intent” is lifted and the free- for- all begins, in earnest. I can foresee the day when turning sixty five will occasion an official “launch” party, as the birthday senior will make a run for the border . Getting out of dodge before one officially enters one’s “golden years” may turn into a race for the safety and security of a country which does not regard its elders as cash cows.

Mexico is looking better all the time….

HERE IT IS FROM AROUND THE CAPitOL:  AB 1288

Very interesting…..

(in part…..)

This bill, sponsored by the Counties of San Mateo and Santa 
Clara, would authorize a public guardian or conservator to 
restrain access to a proposed ward’s or conservatee’s real or 
personal property for up to 30 days and also restrain access to 
the proposed ward’s or conservatee’s trust assets. CHANGES TO EXISTING LAW

1. Existing law provides that if the public guardian or 
public conservator determines that the requirements for 
appointment of a guardian or conservator of the estate are 
satisfied and the public guardian or public conservator 
intends to apply for appointment, the public guardian or 
public conservator may take possession or control of real or 
personal property of a person domiciled in the county that is 
subject to loss, injury, waste, or misappropriation, and may 
deny use of, access to, or prohibit residency in, the real or 
personal property, by anyone who does not have a written 
rental agreement or other legal right to the use of, or access 
to, the property. (Prob. Code Sec. 2900(a).)

What some people continue to just not “get” is that there is a vital purpose behind insisting that someone actually have standing to take a legal action; jurisdiction is about the first thing to be handled in the pleading.  This is saying, let’s suspend that, after all we know public guardians are the good guys, right?

Sure, uniformly.

Websites Related To Npnff.org

• www.supportingoursons.org Supporting Our Sons
• www.parentingconnection.com The Parenting Connection of the Napa Valley

• this site has been redirected to “the death psychic”
• http://www.abc-directory.com/site/3144991 actually lists this one: and it says:

nformation and resources about parenting in the Napa Valley. Offers events, meetings and school readiness.

Sounds good enough (but don’t be tricked int

 

Related Sites

 

KidsPeace (Popularity: ): KidsPeace gives kids peace through mental health treatment programs, crisis intervention and public education. KidsPeace is a private, not-for-profit organization. Children’s Rights Council (Popularity: ): National non-profit organization that works to assure children meaningful and continuing contact with both their parents and extended family, regardless … New Parents Network (Popularity: ): A non-profit organization providing weekly multi-lingual parenting tips, PSA’s for radio, TV, newspapers, and kiosk software reaching low-income families in … Every Person Influences Children (Popularity: ): Provides help to parents, teachers, and members of the community raise children to become responsible adults. Kids First! (Popularity: ): The Coalition for Quality Children’s Media – a national not-for-profit organization that is a voluntary collaboration between the media industry, … Supporting Our Sons (Popularity: ): National, nonprofit membership organization dedicated to the development of the whole boy. Provides organization profile as well as information on … New Jersey Parents’ Caucus (Popularity: ): A resource site. Discusses issues, lists events, includes a newsletter in English, Spanish, and Chinese, and has family support job … Family First (Popularity: ): Non-profit organization provides various articles and other information on marriage, parenting and fatherhood.

o clicking on the website too often!)

• www.npn.org New Parents Network
• www.njparentscaucus.org New Jersey Parents’ Caucus

this one is a going concern:  just write out the name of the state and you have the current website:

New Jersey Parents’ Caucus

275 Rt. 10 East Ste.220-414, Succasunna, NJ 07876

 

On January 24th, 2000, New Jersey’s Governor announced the new Children’s System of Care Initiative. Over the past few years, the Initiative was renamed The Partnership For Children, and finally the Division of Child Behavioral Health Services. We are proud to introduce New Jersey’s first three family support organizations under the Governor’s Partnership For Children: the Family Support Organization of Burlington County, Family-Based Services Association of NJ located in Monmouth County, Family Support Organization of Union County, Family Support Organization of Mercer County, Family Support Organization of Bergen County, Family Support Organization of Cape May/Atlantic Counties, and the Family Support Organization of Hudson County. Middlesex and Morris/Sussex counties are the next two geographic areas included in the 2003-2004 family support organization development. The remaining counties will follow suit as the funding will allow. As of 2006, all of the counties in the state of New Jersey have funded family support organizations.

Over the past few years, the New Jersey Parents’ Caucus has worked in partnership with SAMHSA –The Center For Mental Health Services (CMHS), Eli Lilly Corporation, United Advocates for Children of California, Page Hill Foundation, Ben & Jerry’s Foundation, Bristol Meyers Squibb,OJJDP-Office of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention,Janssen Pharmaceutica, Novartis,Trinitas RegionalMedical Center, Glaxo Smith Kline and a host of other organizations throughout the country to provide community education, training, advocacy, support, and information resources and referrals to parents, caregivers and professionals throughout the state of New Jersey.

Thats an awful lot of pharmaceuticals.  Seems to me Bristol Meyers had some connection to (Maximus), I DNR.

 

• www.kidspeace.org Kidspeace
• www.home-start-int.org Home Start International
• www.familyfirst.net Family First

This one exists.  When asked “What Is It” the answer what it does is given.  It’s a fatherhood group, marketing programs, florida-based. It has a board of directors:

There are a “kazillion” family firsts in Florida, but I got lucky and clicked on the one with same street address, first:

http://www.familyfirst.net/general/contact-us/

Family First is a registered trademark owned by:

FLORIDA FAMILY COUNCIL, INC. 5211 W. LAUREL STREET, SUITE 102 TAMPA FL 33607

in connection with:  ”

TELEVISION/RADIO ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES, GENERALADVICE CONCERNING MARRIAGE, PARENTING, FAMILY LIFE HEALTH, FAMILY RELATED ISSUES

first used in FL 1998, they filed to co-opt the name in 2004.

It’s a nonprofit formed in 1991 and unbelievably, seems to be filing at least its annual reports.

Document Number	N41555
FEI/EIN Number	593043408
Date Filed	01/08/1991
State	FL
Status	ACTIVE

Most Recent Tax Period	EIN	Name	State	Rule Date	IRS Sub- section	Total Revenue	Total Assets	990 Image
2009	593043408	Florida Family Council Inc	FL	1991	03	2,883,791	897,181	990

$2.8 million, approx, grants, $115 program service revenue.  Already I don’t like them, talk about a vague nonprofit purpose “strengthen marriage/ family, promote fatherhood” (purpose #2)  PDF to the 2009 990 here

As to the nonprofit registration IN florida:

Non-profits corporations that solicit funds (charitable organizations) are also required to register with the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services. The Department publishes the “Gift Givers Guide” listing these charitable organizations. The guide is available online at http://www.800helpfla.com/giftgiversguide/

They have to register here, too:

Florida Family Council, Inc., Tampa, FL Print Also Soliciting as Family First Registration Number :CH1697 Expiration Date :11/30/2011 Revenue Source         : 08 – IRS 990 w/ Sch.A (12/31/2009) Total Revenue : $2,883,791.00 Program Services Expenses : $2,137,353.00   88% Total Expenses : $2,436,941.00 Administrative Expenses : $113,392.00   5% Surplus/Deficit : $446,850.00 Fund-Raising Expenses : $186,196.00   8% Statement Of Purpose THE MISSION OF FAMILY FIRST IS TO STRENGTHEN THE FAMILY BY ESTABLISHING FAMILY AS A TOP PRIORITY IN PEOPLE’S LIVES AND BY PROMOTING PRINCIPLES OF BUILDING MARRIAGES AND RAISING CHILDREN.

Florida Family Policy Council, Inc., Orlando, FL Print Registration Number :CH21143 Expiration Date :10/3/2011 Revenue Source         : DCS Statement of Support/Revenue (12/31/2009) Total Revenue : $324,968.00 Program Services Expenses : $169,073.00   46% Total Expenses : $366,963.00 Administrative Expenses : $90,666.00   25% Surplus/Deficit : -$41,995.00 Fund-Raising Expenses : $107,224.00   29% Statement Of Purpose EDUCATION, AND INFORMATION, ADMINISTRATION, FUNDRAISING

The president is a high-priced + expenses motivational speaker, exactly who’s attracted to marketing marriage business:

MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKERS / MARK MERRILL

Mark is the host of the Family Minute with Mark Merrill, a national daily radio program that reaches 2,400,000 people each week. The broadcast is heard on mainstream stations in 32 states, as well as Canada, XM and SIRIUS Satellite Radio and American Forces Network. He has appeared on numerous ABC, CBS, FOX and NBC network affiliates and network radio programs including NPR, CBS Radio and the Canadian Broadcasting Network. His comments and writings have appeared in many publications including USA Today, the Washington Times and Sports Illustrated.
As an energetic advocate for the family, Mark speaks at conferences and events for companies such as Chick-fil-A, JPMorganChase, and Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. He also speaks at major events hosted by NFL teams, and at special engagements for dignitaries like First Lady Laura Bush and Governor Jeb Bush.

(CHICK-FIL-A is a fatherhood supporter).

Before founding Family First in 1991, Mark practiced law in Florida for seven years. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree as a Phi Beta Kappa in 1981 and his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Florida.

Charity navigator shows his 2009 salary as $199K and 8.19% expenses:

Name	Title	Compensation	% of Expenses
Mark W. Merrill	President	$199,810	8.19%

Doubt his legal practice could beat that, or why would he have switched, here?

This is a NONprofit, but the behavior it’s engaged in is called marketing things on websites that end *.com.

Here’s a spoon.  Gag me with it.  Let groups like this start paying taxes and stop soliciting donations to promote their products under the umbrella of nonprofits with $2.8 million revenues and $200K officers…

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An “all pro Mom” writes:

 Susan Smith — All-Pro Mom

Anyone else questioning the propriety of Tony Dungy calling himself an “All-Pro Dad”? Your kid commits suicide, maybe you’re not Ward Cleaver.

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• Tony Dungy, left, included his son James in team activities, including this photo op with President Clinton in 2000.
• (2005, his son, 18, commits suicide)
  he Dungys have four other children: daughters Tiara and Jade, and sons Eric and Jordan. James, their second-oldest child, was taking extension classes at the University of South Florida, the sheriff’s office said.James Dungy spent his senior year at North Central High School in Indianapolis and graduated this year. C.E. Quandt, the school’s principal, said Dungy was a personable student who never flaunted his father’s position.

More on Tony DUngy’s position (I was not informed til I looked this up).  Huff Post, 2009

Former NFL coach Tony Dungy has fumbled hisinvitation to serve on President Obama’s Advisory Council on Faith-Based and Neighborhood Partnerships, according to CBN’s David Brody. A White House source tells Brody that Dungy couldn’t make two of the four faith council meetings.

“Because of the time commitment needed I have respectfully declined,” Dungy said in a statement to Brody.

The news should cheer the folks over at Americans United for Separation of Church and State, whotsked-tsked the president for the appointment in a March 31 statement:

“Dungy, former coach of the Indianapolis Colts football team, has well-known ties with intolerant Religious Right groups. In 2007, for example, he spoke at a fund-raising dinner for the Indiana Family Institute, a James Dobson-affiliated group that opposes gay rights, reproductive rights and separation of church and state.”

Dungy will work with the president instead on responsible fatherhood initiatives.

and:

Dungy is an evangelical Christian and at one point in his coaching career considered leaving football for the prison ministry.^[4] Throughout his career, he has remained involved with community service organizations.^[32] On March 20, 2007, Dungy aligned himself with a socially conservative organization, the Indiana Family Institute, and openly supported an amendment to the Indiana constitution which would have defined marriage as solely between one man and one woman.^[33] Dungy also appeared in a testimonial video on I Am Second, in which he shares his story of his personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Hardly surprising.  I’m not criticizing Tony Dungy, but the practice of nonprofiting one’s way to even more fame and prosperity, marketing like this.  We do not need any more institutionalized Focus on the Family or anything like it.  Many of these people have made family & fatherhood an idol and are sacrificing to it, with other peoples’ lives and finances.    Have the relationship with Jesus Christ however you want to, but remember  the First Amendment is in the Bill of Rights FIRST for a reason, and the people who helped give you that freedom of worship were deists anyhow, for the most part, for all their shortsuits and blindspots — the design of this thing was good called the Constitution which President Bush helped alter significantly through executive orders — and is worth remembering at least, since we aren’t practicing it any more.

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Speaking of CCA profits, Franklin County, OH Judge Allows Sale of 5 Prisons: Three Out-of-State Bidders. Speaking of Prisons, Ohio’s Fatherhood ‘InsideOut Dad’ Curricula [Publ. Sept. 13, 2011, Reformatted June. 6, 2022].  (case-sensitive short-link ends “-Ro”).