Dads in Distress links

Dads in Distress is an international organization See the link to their site on the right panel

Australian Family Support Services Association (AFSSA Inc.)
Australian Family Support Services Association is a community based Nonprofit Association that aims to provide broad based assistance to Individual and Community Support Services/Groups with particular concern for the effects of Family Breakdown. These aims will be met by providing services such as; Newsletters, Website, Brochures, Self Help Kits, Referrals to Professional Assistance, Education/Information Seminars, Documented Research Findings/Productions and Telephone Assistance.
www.afssa.org.au

Centrelink
Centrelink can help with financial assistance, child care costs finding a job.
If you already receive a payment from Centrelink, you should contact Centrelink to advise of any changes to your circumstances to ensure you are receiving your correct entitlement.
Ask Centrelink for the booklet 'Have you recently separated or divorced' which provides information on the range of payments and entitlements you may be eligible for, services that are available to you, and your rights and obligations.
www.centrelink.gov.au

Child Support Agency
CSA provides information to help parents manage their financial child support responsibilities following separation or divorce. The CSA is part of the Australian Commonwealth Department of Family and Community Services.
www.csa.gov.au

CSA Calculator
Help with all CSA and Family Law matters.
FREE Calculator for the new and old formulas.
www.csacalc.com

Dads in Distress
Dads in Distress is a dedicated support group of men (in Australia) whose immediate concern is to stem the present trend of male suicide due to the trauma of divorce or separation...
Current statistics that have been published, indicate too many men will take their own lives in preference to facing family, friends and importantly their own children with the failure of the relationship...
We aim to prevent this incidence from occurring by showing the men and the community at large that someone really cares...
Phone: 1300 853 437
www.dadsindistress.asn.au

dads 'N' kids
dads 'N' kids is a collection of links created for divorced and separated fathers in Australia and their kids.
It contains helpful information to cope with issues after marriage and relationship breakdown.
Funny and creative tips to plan activities with your kids.
www.nor.com.au/community/dids/index.html

Dads On The Air
Dads On The Air is a successful community radio show based in Sydney, Australia and specifically targetted at fathers and those who care about them. It is an entertaining mix of news, public information, political commentary, wide ranging interviews and satire bound up with all the sounds of DJ Uncle Buck's remarkable music collection.
www.dadsontheair.com

Depression & Overdose Prevention in Youths and Teens
Suicide Prevention information service with suicide and depression information, statistics and help Australia wide.
www.suicideprevention.com.au

Family Assistance Office
The Family Assistance Office giving families greater choice about Commonwealth Government payments for children and integrated family assistance.
www.familyassist.gov.au

Family Court Australia
Homepage of the Family Court of Australia web site.
www.familycourt.gov.au

Family Court Australia - Brochures & Booklets
Sources of information about the law, proceedings and requirements in the Family Court of Australia. The brochures & booklets have been prepared by the Family Court of Australia. The prescribed brochures are provided in accordance with the Family Law Rules 2004.
www.familycourt.gov.au/presence/connect/www/home/publications/client_brochures/brochures/

Family Court of Australia - Resolving or Determining Family Disputes
Children's Matters - The Family Court encourages parents to try to reach agreement on the arrangements for their children after separation. This section provides information on some of the issues involved in children's matters after separation.
www.familycourt.gov.au/presence/connect/www/home/guide/before/children/

Family Law
This site is provided by the Commonwealth Attorney General's Department and is designed to give you quick and easy access to Australian family law system and referral information.
www.familylaw.gov.au/accesspoint/

Family Law Section
The Family Law Section (FLS) of the Law Council of Australia is the professional association for practising family lawyers in Australia. Its membership consists of more than 2,000 family law practitioners, from all Australian States and territories.
www.familylawsection.org.au

Fatherhood Foundation
This website has been prepared to inspire you to catch the vision for excellence in fathering in Australia and to consider supporting the Fatherhood Foundation.
www.fathersonline.org

Fathers After Divorce
Fathers After Divorce - building a new life and becoming a successful separated parent.
- Book by Michael Green QC
www.fathersafterdivorce.com

International Men's Health Week - Men's Health Week Australia
Men and boys face different health concerns that women and girls, and IMHW is an opportunity to both acknowledge these differences and look for ways to improve the health and wellbeing of men and boys.
Dates: 2006 June 12-18, 2007 June 11-17
www.menshealthweekaustralia.org

Joint Parenting
This Joint Parenting Forum supports the Rebuttable Presumption of Equal Shared Joint Parenting upon family breakdown and parental separation.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/JointParenting

Law On Order
This forum seeks not to provide 'Legal Advice' but to offer a platform and an Forum whereby ordinary citizens may now obtain information and the knowledge required freely, to plan, assess and analyse legal problems and issues prior to instructing a lawyer, if they should decide to proceed with litigation.
www.law-on-order.com

Leving's Divorce Magazine
Leving's Divorce Magazine pledges to provide challenging and compelling content for the modern divorced man. Our magazine will seek to:
EDUCATE them about the issues that affect their lives, EMPOWER them to protect their rights, ENRICH their lives with insightful advice and guidance from experts, ENTERTAIN them with articles that explore their entire world. Unlike other men's magazines, we speak directly to divorced men. We go beyond the fantasy world chronicled by the typical menís magazine to explore the real world of the modern man. In that way we are the first and only men's lifestyle magazine for 'real life' men. Men with mortgages. Men with children. Men with substance.
www.levingsdivorcemagazine.com

Lone Fathers
The Lone Fathers Association, a national Peak Body, is an educational and welfare organisation devoted to the interests of lone fathers, their friends, relatives, grandparents, extended family, carers and children.
www.lonefathers.com.au

Mallee Family Care - Towards a more caring Community
Mallee Family Care is a private, non-profit agency delivering a wide range of both universal and specialist services to children, families and individuals regardless of race, gender age or disabilities.
The Men and Family Relationships Program is targeted at men at a range of relationship stages, including pre- and post-separation, and at particular life and relationship transitions, such as following the birth of a first child or the breakdown of a relationship. It is designed to take men's particular help-seeking and problem solving strategies into account.
www.malleefamilycare.com.au

Manhood
Better men for a better world.
www.manhood.com.au

McKenzie Friends
The McKenzie Friends is a new service that provides court / tribunal support and trial consulting for people in the courts and government organisations. They specialize in helping people who are representing themselves.
www.mckenziefriends.com.au

Mends
MENDS is developer of the breakthrough program Strategies for Separated Men, a 12 week psycho-educational (practical adult-learning based upon proven psychological principles) program designed to address mens' acute needs in the traumatic period after a significant relationship has ended.
www.mends.com.au

Mens Health
Men's Health Information & Resource Centre designs, develops and supports research and projects which contribute to the enhancement of the health & well-being of men and boys in a variety of contexts:
the workplace, family relationships, access to health and social support services.
http://menshealth.uws.edu.au

Mensline Australia
The mission of Men's Line Australia is to provide relevant and accessible telephone counselling, information and referral in order for men to enhance their relationship capacities and manage the challenges encountered when faced with disruptions to their family life or their primary relationships. It also provides support and information for women and family members who are concerned about the welfare of their partners, husbands or fathers.
www.menslineaus.org.au

OzyDads Network
The OzyDads Network is dedicated to promoting shared parenting and to correcting the false stereotype images while exposing the Anti-Father gender bias in the Family Law arena and putting the fathers back in to families. All around the westernized world the Family Law has become a Multi Billion $$$ industry which berates it's victims and is self serving of it's practitioners.
www.ozydads.com

Parental Alienation is Child Abuse
This site was created by an alienated parent who has felt the pain, in an effort to try and help both the children and the targeted parent, and to help stop or fight the guilty.
www.parentalalienation.com.au

Parents Without Partners
Parents Without Partners provides single parents and their children with an opportunity for enhancing personal growth, self-confidence and sensitivity towards others by offering an environment for support, friendship and the exchange of parenting techniques.
www.parentswithoutpartners.com.au

SAMSSA - Service Assisting Male Survivors of Sexual Assault
SAMSSA provides support, information and referral services to male survivors of sexual assault and their partners.
www.samssa.org.au

Single with Children
Single with Children is an exciting non-profit organisation, run by volunteers, that provides social activities and functions for single parents and their children within the Sydney and Central Coast areas.
All single parents, both male and female, are welcome to join Single with Children. Membership numbers approximately 300 adults and 500 children. Single with Children is a friendly, fun organisation, which holds both adult and family functions where parents can meet every week.
www.singlewithchildren.com.au

Stepfamily Association of Victoria Inc.
Stepfamilies today are becoming a prominent part of Australian family life. It is currently estimated that one in four Australian families is a stepfamily.
The Stepfamily Association of Victoria is a self-help, non-profit organisation offering support, education, and resources to stepfamilies. It provides assistance to families that may be either contemplating or living in a married or informal stepfamily situation.
www.stepfamily.org.au

Stepfamily Zone
The Stepfamily Zone is an Australian website providing information and support to stepfamilies. We believe that Stepfamilies can work and be successful.
www.stepfamily.asn.au

Sydney Men's Network
Articles about the network, men and peer counselling work with men.
www.peerleadership.com.au

Talk it over
Mens Counselling
www.talkitover.info

The Shack
The Shack provides information, resources, message boards and support to all involved with Borderline Personality Disorder.
www.mjtacc.com

The Step Stop
Stepfamily members often feel alone with their struggles and frequently believe that there is nowhere to turn for support, a listening ear, advice or assistance. The Step Stop is designed to give members of this type of family an opportunity to tell their stories, ask questions of others, voice their concerns, share their ideas and connect with people around the globe who have similar experiences.
www.thestepstop.com