The Dedicated African American Dad Study

Inclusion Criteria: * AA biological father of a child 2 to 5 years old * Child lives with father no more than 48 hours per week (e.g., spends the weekends with his or her father) * The child lives with the biological mother (or other custodial relative such as grandmother) in the metropolitan Chicago area. * These fathers are referred to as AA non-resident fathers. Additional criteria include: (1) child's mother is willing to consent to complete the child assessments; - Child's mother is amenable to facilitating opportunities for fathers to interact with their children in order to practice skills learned in the program * Father is able and willing to travel to one of two intervention sites to attend a weekly program. * The study is limited to fathers with a target child aged 2-5 years. * The rationale for this limit is based on the developmental phase when families are most vulnerable to decreased father involvement and children are highly dependent on parenting for their growth and development. Exclusion Criteria: * Fathers with histories of child abuse, neglect, or violence perpetuated against the child or the child's mother (based on mother or father report).