Good dads great communities of greater missouri promotes responsible fatherhood through activities supporting healthy marriage and responsible parenting, and fostering economic stability

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Good Dads, Inc., a cooperative agreement of $2,993,196 on September 30, 2025, under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086).

Good Dads will deliver a 26-hour comprehensive curriculum promoting responsible fatherhood across 87 Missouri counties. The program combines parenting education, healthy relationship skills, and economic stability training using curricula including Fundamentals for Good Dads, PREP 8.0/Within My Reach, and economic electives developed with partners Drew Lewis Foundation and Victory Mission. Operating through a chapter-based model with six-sector advisory councils, Good Dads will recruit 1,150 fathers with a performance target of 760 completing 90 percent of curriculum components. The program focuses on community fathers in primarily rural areas with high poverty rates, child neglect, and single-parent households.

Performance runs through September 29, 2030, with place of performance in Springfield, Missouri. The award is structured as a five-year project period under a September 2025 competitive cycle.

Good dads great communities will serve fathers across 87 missouri counties through a comprehensive 26-hour curriculum combining parenting education, healthy relationship skills, and economic stability training. The program will utilize fundamentals for good dads, prep 8.0/within my reach, and economic electives developed with partners drew lewis foundation and victory mission. Through its unique chapter-based model with six-sector advisory councils, good dads will recruit 1,150 fathers with a target of 760 completing 90% of curriculum components. The program will serve community fathers in primarily rural areas, addressing critical needs in regions with high poverty rates, child neglect, and single-parent households.