Welcome to Dads Make a DifferenceTM, a Minnesota-based nonprofit organization with both a national and international presence. Our Mission is to promote the positive involvement of fathers and to educate youth about responsible parenting. We envision a future where society values and supports healthy male socialization and the important role of involved, responsible, and committed fathers in children’s lives.
Our target audience is middle school-age youth, high school-age youth, young adults, and the teachers and other professionals who work with them. Dads Make a Difference is the umbrella organization for two exciting curricula:
- the original Dads Make a Difference ® curriculum taught by trained high school-age teen peer educators (male and female) to middle school-age youth, and
- our second curriculum, The R Factor: Building Resiliency in Young Adults ® , taught primarily by teachers to young adults ages 16 to 20 years.
Learn about the importance of fathers in the lives of children, about planning for a healthy future as a responsible parent or mentor, about healthy relationships, and about the people who help share the important message of Dads Make a Difference.
Public Value Statement: Focusing on the role of fathers in raising children, Dads Make a Difference educates young men and women about the responsibilities of parenting and the challenges of parenting too soon. Young people who understand parental responsibility are more likely to form strong families that are emotionally and financially secure. These families are the backbone of productive, nurturing communities.
Dads Make a Difference supports comprehensive sexuality education and broad, inclusive, definitions of family.