Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

This webpage provides resources to support TANF programs in supporting positive outcomes for families by providing strategies to align and partner with Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) programs.
Young daughter with her mother, father and dog, enjoying together in park.
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This resource from ASCEND at the Aspen Institute discusses the parent engagement part of two-generation programming. Research shows that children engaged with both parents, custodial or not, experience better outcomes in life than children who are…

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The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the…

Webinar / Webcast

The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse hosted a webinar, "Working with Dads: Fathers of Children with Special Needs." This webinar focused on issues faced by fathers and families with children of special needs and provided useful…

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Over the past several decades, men have been making up a growing share of single parent householders. In 1960, about 14% of single parent households were headed by fathers; today, almost 25% are headed by fathers. This report from the Pew Research…

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This brief, using qualitative data collected during the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Grantee Implementation Evaluation, describes the adaptations and refinements undertaken by study sites to make their services more culturally responsive…

Stakeholder Resource

The Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) vision for fatherhood is that every parent is actively engaged in his child's healthy development, and intellectual, emotional and financial well-being. ACF has provided a resource page with…