The program was created based on over 15 years of working with students and campus leaders who wanted a session that would address the individual concerns and questions of students in a relaxed, safe and informative environment. The DATE SAFE Project: While away at college at the age of 19, Mike Domitrz (founder of The DATE SAFE Project) received a phone call that would change his life forever and would lead to the founding of The Date Safe Project, Inc. The phone call was Mike’s Mom calling to inform him that his sister Cheri had been raped. As he struggled to deal with this tragedy, Mike was continually inspired by his sister’s strength and courage as a survivor. Mike wanted to address this issue in a meaningful and constructive way that would help reduce sexual assault from happening to others. In 2003, Mike founded The DATE SAFE Project, Inc. – an organization dedicated to leaving a positive impact on the many issues surrounding sexual assault and healthy intimacy. We are honored to be one of the leading organizations for creating educational materials on consent, respect, bystander intervention, sexual assault, supporting survivors, and helping families. Schools, parents, students, community organizations, crisis centers, and the military constantly tell us they turn to The DATE SAFE Project, Inc. for building a culture of consent and respect.

Date Safe focuses on areas identified by research as being effective in reducing victimization - the Date Safe Project focuses on key areas (culture of assault, body language, etc.), research has identified as critical indicators or components of sexual assault.

Date Safe employs an evidenced-based pedagogy - the pedagogies (ordering of sessions, role playing, etc.) used by the Date Safe Project are found in the research to be highly effective when educating its audiences.

The DATE SAFE Project takes a "Trauma Informed" approach to all of our programming, including creating a safe space for survivors in attendance and/or participating.

The Date Safe Project, Inc. programs and trainings acknowledge and incorporate the mission of the "Violence Against Women Act." A key part of our programming is to bring awareness to survivors and educate audience members on how to open the door so more survivors feel they can come forward. In addition, throughout our programming we provide audience members the necessary local resources to find any help if needed. In addition, we provide life-changing skill sets to our audience members to be able to intervene to prevent sexual assault and dating violence from occurring.

Pending

A third-party research firm conducted a study showing the "Can I Kiss You?" (from which this program evolved using the same methodologies) program produces results that are statistically significant. All constructs were researched-based and were found to have strong content and construct validity and high internal and external reliability.

Outcome evaluations to measure whether anticipated outcomes have been reached, Satisfaction surveys from participants, Qualitative feedback.