Authored by Robert E. Rector and Melissa G. Pardue, this research report by the Heritage Foundation provides a comprehensive overview of the research pertaining to healthy marriages and President Bush's Healthy Marriage Initiative. The report offers policy background information and describes the program specifics of the President's plan.

The Rockefeller Institute of Government's Roundtable on Religion and Social Policy recently hosted a panel discussion on healthy marriage on June 28, 2004. The following report is a transcript of the event. Speakers include Richard P. Nathan, Director of The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute Of Government and The Roundtable on Religion and Social Welfare Policy; John P. Bartkowski, Professor of Sociology, Mississippi State University; Wade F. Horn, Assistant Secretary for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families; W. Bradford Wilcox, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Virginia; Theodora Ooms, Senior Policy Analyst, The Center for Law and Social Policy.

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 laws; and Treatment of two-parent families eligibility and marriage incentives in other programs.

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 laws; and Treatment of two-parent families eligibility and marriage incentives in other programs.

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 definition of healthy marriage gives shape to a conceptual model that can help to inform the public on what "healthy marriage" entails.

The National Healthy Marriage Academy, held January 8 and 9, 2003,  in Arlington, VA, provided an opportunity for representatives from several States to learn more about the Administration for Children and Families' (ACF) Healthy Marriage Initiative. The Academy afforded States an opportunity to hear presentations from nationally recognized speakers, researchers, and Federal policy makers, as well as from other States with successful Healthy Marriage Initiatives.

The Centre for New Black Leadership, the Executive Directors Association of OIC of America, and the Alpha Phi Alpha fraternal organization, in a joint partnership with the Administration for Children and Families, US Department of Health and Human Services, convened a historical Roundtable discussion of the African-American Healthy Marriage Initiative (AAHMI). The Roundtable, held on Friday, August 1, 2003, brought together twenty-five influential individuals to discuss the current culture/state of marriage in the Black community and why marriage matters. A select group of professionals, from a variety of disciplines and institutions serving the Black community, the Roundtable participants were leaders from the faith community, research, academia, civic and community based organizations, business, media, entertainment and government.

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 papers commissioned from scholars in the field, the study identifies 10 critical ingredients of a healthy marriage. The brief is part of Child Trends' ongoing conceptual and methodological work on healthy marriage for research and intervention evaluation studies among low-income couples, funded by OPRE through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Family and Child Well-Being Research Network.

Authored by David J. Fein. This paper has been produced as part of the Supporting Healthy Evaluation being conducted by Abt Associates.

Authored by David J. Fein, Nancy R. Burstein, Greta G. Fein, and Laura D. Lindberg. This report has been produced by Abt Associates and is grounded in the recognition that interventions to promote healthy marriages and strengthen families with unmarried parents are most likely to succeed if they are based on a sound understanding of the determinants of union formation, stability, and quality. The Abt Associates study is a quantitative review of these factors.