The Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CHMI) is a key component of the…
This report describes a meeting that took place in Charleston, WV, on November 3, 2004, sponsored by the Administration for Children and Families (ACF). The meeting was a follow-up to a a Healthy Marriage Forum that took place in Charleston, WV,…
Mentoring programs can often provide positive youth development similar to the support a youth receives from caregivers. This issue brief, from the National Human Service Assembly, offers information on how greater family engagement in youth…
This conference was to educate, inform, and assist stakeholders from across Alabama about ACF's priority initiatives, to aggressively incorporate the initiatives throughout ACF programs and communities to strengthen families. The focus was on the…
The goals of the meeting were to bring together State, Tribal, and Federal officials working in TANF and/or Child Care programs, to highlight best practice models of TANF/Child Care coordination, to explore how the combination of TANF and CCDF…
Authored by Kristin A. Moore. This recent brief from Child Trends examines the concept of healthy marriage and the elements that, taken together, help define it. Drawing from available research studies and data, theoretical writings, and short…
From Child Trends, this Research Brief defines healthy marriage by examining the concepts related to this term such as commitment, marital satisfaction, and communication, as well as two opposing elements of violence and infidelity. The…
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) recently created tables that summarize marriage-related policies in all 50 States. These policies include State marriage mentoring, education, and counseling programs; State marriage and divorce…
The National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP) recently created tables that summarize marriage-related policies in all 50 States. These policies include State marriage mentoring, education, and counseling programs; State marriage and divorce…
The Welfare Peer Technical Assistance (TA) Network sponsored a multi-State TA event on July 15-16, 2003, in Oklahoma City, OK. This event was co-coordinated with Public Strategies, the public relations firm that manages the Oklahoma Marriage…