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.
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Father Involvement -- Children With Disabilities

Fact / Tip Sheet

The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse authored this Spotlight on fathering children with disabilities. Few studies have been conducted on fathers of children with disabilities; however, existing literature suggests that having a…

Fathers' Prenatal Involvement

Fact / Tip Sheet

This Spotlight is from the National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse, and provides valuable information on the importance of men's activities and behaviors prior to and around the time of a child’s birth (i.e., prenatal involvement). Prenatal…

Piloting a community approach to Healthy Marriage Initiatives in five sites: Minneapolis, Minnesota; Lexington, Kentucky; New Orleans, Louisiana; Atlanta, Georgia; and Denver, Colorado

Report

In 2002, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) instituted the Community…

The Building Strong Families project: Strengthening unmarried parents' relationships: The early impacts of Building Strong Families

Report

Although most children raised by single parents fare well, on average, they are at…

The Building Strong Families Project: Initial implementation of a couples-focused employment program

Report

This study evaluates the initial implementation of the Couples Employment (CE) project in Baltimore, Maryland, a voluntary intervention to simultaneously address employment, financial literacy, and relationship issues, to…

Early lessons from the implementation of a relationship and marriage skills program for low-income married couples

Report

This report presents early implementation and operational lessons from the Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation. Funded by the Administration for Children and Families, SHM uses a rigorous research design to test the effectiveness of a…