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"He is able to forge the diverse interests of a group into a single, common vision. Dave Van Patten is masterful at assessing both organizational needs and opportunities."
-- Daniel Van Ness
President, Justice Fellowship

Our approach to each initiative integrates substantive knowledge and functional expertise within three areas of competence

  • Capacity building of faith- and community-based organizations
  • Transformational programs for youth and families
  • Mentoring high risk populations

Capacity building of faith and community based organizations

We specialize in expanding the scale and effectiveness of faith-based and community organizations by incorporating a range of capacity building services, including venture planning, donor development, and training and technical assistance. Notable successes include:

  • The development and management of the National Resource Center for the HHS Compassion Capital Fund
  • The development of a national leadership development program for urban youth leaders
  • Equipping hundreds of faith and community programs working to eliminate gang violence
  • A variety of large scale faith-based programs serving prisoners, ex-prisoners, and their children

Transformational programs for youth and families

Dare Mighty Things develops and implements high impact, transformational experiences for vulnerable youth and families. Projects include:

  • The development of educational and employment programs for high school dropouts
  • Family strengthening programs for prisoners and their families
  • Micro-enterprise programs for ex-prisoners and their families
  • After school programs for urban youth
  • Resiliency building programs for traumatized children

Mentoring high risk populations

We develop and implement mentoring strategies to support positive outcomes in the lives of high risk youth and adults. While some of our mentoring strategies are expressed as stand alone programs, most are embedded within existing social programs. Projects include:

  • Mentoring programs for children of incarcerated parents
  • The development of pre-release and aftercare programs for prisoners
  • School-based team mentoring programs
  • A variety of resiliency building mentoring programs for high risk youth