What People Are Saying

To date, over 500 facilitators from 400 organizations from all fifty states are using 24/7 Dad™ to educate and equip fathers.  Parenting and family enrichment programs, Head Starts, community action agencies, educational opportunity centers, workforce development initiatives, and more are connecting fathers and children with 24/7 Dad™.  Check out their success stories below.

Plus, independent evaluations show that 24/7 Dad™ successfully increases fathers' skill levels, as well as knowledge and confidence.  View the research. 

Success Stories

What facilitators are saying:

“We have been shifting our programs towards the 24/7 Dad™ curricula. We have found that we are better able to measure outcomes in a much shorter period of time than with other programs we have used in the past.”
State Fatherhood Coordinator
New Mexico GRADS (Socorro, NM)

"…The program has been a tremendous help to me, as well as the clients and fathers that came out to participate in all 12 sessions….The 24/7 Dad™ program really opened their eyes on how to really become a 24/7 Dad™… the topics were very befitting to what we were trying to do."
Reverend Jacob Davis, Facilitator
Baldwin County Fatherhood Initiative (Bay Minette, AL)

“We like the 24/7 Dad™ program because it’s so visual and user-friendly…It’s also easily adaptable to fit the many programmatic contexts we face at the various sites where we do our work.”
Robert L. Jamison, President
Family Guidance, Inc. (Sewickley, PA)

"We were thrilled to be trained in the 24/7 Dad™ program last year.  It became immediately apparent that such a resource would fill a gaping hole for our service members… We are proud to be the first Navy base to implement your vision."
Justin Thomas, Facilitator
Naval Air Station Lemoore (Lemoore, CA)

What dads are saying:

"I've learned more from these classes than I learned in 33 years of living about being a man, owning up to responsibilities, and just being a dad. Being a dad is a wonderful thing when you really know what being a dad is all about. The 24/7 DadTM program can teach you what being a dad is really all about.”
William, Father of 3
Baldwin County Fatherhood Initiative (Bay Minette, AL)

"The course has allowed me to be more aware of my fathering skills, as well as my inner child.  I find this refreshing and well done.  It equips the man to be a man."
Father of Three
Eastern Virginia Center of Hope (Suffolk, VA)

“Since completing the class, I can honestly say that I’m communicating better with my ex-wife and others in my family and they can also say that they can see an improvement.  With that being said, I would like to say THANK YOU!”
Father
Family Life Council (Greensboro, NC)

“The thing that I learned since I've been in the 24/7 Dad™ program is self worth, self-esteem, and self-concept. This is a new concept to me. I am thankful for everything and I really learned a lot…Those who don't know should know about the 24/7 Dad™  program. I know for myself, it will give you a new outlook on yourself, and [help you] become a real dad."
Father of 8
Baldwin County Fatherhood Initiative (Bay Minnette, AL)

Evaluation & Research

Independent research shows that 24/7 Dad™, the English version of Siempre Papá™:

• Increases essential fathering skills
  
• Improves fathers’ knowledge and confidence

View the research:

Strengthening Families and Fatherhood: Children of Fathers in the Criminal Justice System (February 23, 2009)
Otherwise known as "Fathers for Life – A Head Start Father Involvement Model"
An independent evaluation of the 24/7 Dad™ program as part of a larger project with several programs - for specifics on the impact of 24/7 Dad™, see pages 25 and 61.  The project was funded by the Office of Head Start Department of Health and Human Services, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, and was implemented from 2005 to 2008. The evaluators submitted the report to the Missouri Department of Social Services Family Support Division in June 2008. This report was completed by the University of Missouri - Kansas City.

24/7 Dad™  A.M. and 24/7 Dad™  P.M. Outcome Evaluation Results (October 25, 2006)
This report is a non-experimental, pre/post evaluation of the 24/7 Dad™ program.