RECOGNIZING HOW FATHERHOOD SHAPES HOW WE WORK WITH FAMILIES w/ Dr. Stacey Bouchet

I Am Dad

Feb 12 2023 • 50 mins

Dr. Bouchet is a Senior Consultant for Fathers Incorporated.  She is

the co-author (with Kenneth Braswell) of Fathers Incorporated's

training curriculum, What About Dad, that equips health and human

service providers to more effectively engage fathers. Dr. Bouchet is

also the Principal Consultant for Bouchet and Associates--Strategic

Consulting for Social Change--where she provides expertise in public

relations and communications, outreach, coalition building, research,

evaluation, policy, practice, and program management. She has provided

technical assistance and training to individuals, non-profits,

government entities, philanthropic and mission-driven organizations.

Dr. Bouchet is the former Executive Director of Women In Fatherhood

where she advocated for the removal of structural barriers faced by

low-income fathers and developed the Voices of Women and Men Matter

media campaigns to increase positive images of low-income fathers and

men of color and raise the awareness of the importance of fathers from

the vantage point of women.  She was honored as a Champion of Change

for low-income men and fathers by the White House for her work with

Women In Fatherhood.  Dr. Bouchet was also the Project Director for

the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative (HHMI) Grantee Implementation

Evaluation, which was a joint effort between the ACF Office of

Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE) and the Office of the

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). Dr. Bouchet

brings over 10 years of research-based advocacy on issues related to

vulnerable youth and disadvantaged, minority populations. She is also

a trained behavioral therapist who worked with children with Autism

Spectrum Disorders and provided support for their families.  Dr.

Bouchet is also the proud mother of her 16 year old daughter, Chloe.