[6][7] The charity's headquarters is in HMP Channings Wood in Devon, and has inspired similar programmes in other countries, such as the United States, Canada,[8] Australia, Denmark, Hungary, Poland and New Zealand.

[15] At HMP Greenock a report produced by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education in Scotland indicated the scheme was of a high quality and that "Positive feedback from children had increased prisoners’ self-esteem and presented them with an opportunity to reflect upon their parenting skills.

However the report identified methodological flaws because evaluating its impact relies on children's feedback being provided by the home carer who may not have a positive relationship with the prisoner, and no quantitative measurements of literacy or recidivism have been made.

The report also identified that there were positive benefits to reengaging prisoners with the education system and the programme, being privately funded, was not subject to the problems associated with budgetary cuts and competitive tendering.

[10] In 2017 Liz Truss identified Storybook Dads in a discussion at the House of Commons as part of a reading of the Prisons and Courts Bill 2016-17, stating the importance of such charities in rehabilitating offenders and preventing reoffending.

The Guardian questioned whether the new bill would lead to any practical opportunities of funding for such charities or whether they would be expected to continue to make up the deficit between government proposed rehabilition strategies and the actual prisoner's experience inside.