U.S. Supreme Court holds that marriage equality is a constitutional right. Marriage is now available to 1 million same-sex couples in the United States. The United States Supreme Court opened marriage to an estimated 1 million same-sex couples nationwide. "As all parties agree, many same-sex couples provide loving and nurturing homes to their […]
The Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) FAQs have been updated. Updated Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education FAQs Updated New Pathways for Fathers and Families FAQs Updated Responsible Fatherhood Opportunities for Reentry and Mobility FAQs Additional details on accessing the FAQs as well as the original announcements are available online.
The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships Evidence review sets out what we know about the most efficacious practice in supporting couples. The review focuses on three areas: Couple Therapy Relationship education programs for adults Parenting interventions which incorporate a couple relationship focus Download the report here.
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families has released an extensive guide for federally and non-federally funded Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education and Responsible Fatherhood programs serving Hispanic couples and fathers. This guide summarizes the various aspects of these programs and facilitates their comparison. Among other findings, the guide reports that many fatherhood […]
5th Annual NARME Leadership Summit National Association for Relationship & Marriage Education June 15-17, 2015 in Atlanta, GA NARME is a national association formed in 2010 to represent the interests and serve the needs of Relationship, Marriage and Family Educators by: Providing ongoing professional training opportunities Hosting an annual conference featuring skills-based education programs, […]
Embedding Job and Career Advancement Services in Healthy Marriage Programs: Lessons from Two Programs in PACT How do Healthy Marriage grantees integrate job and career advancement services for parenting couples into their programs? What role do these services play in meeting the needs of couples? Learn more by reading the brief.
Each year the Healthy Marriage grantees serve a diverse group of participants across the United States. Since the beginning of the OMB approved data collection in 2012, HM participants have been characterize by a high degree of diversity in all of the demographic variables – age, sex, marital status, employment status. Read more.
The U.S. Census Bureau launched a newly designed website for the ACS on June 23. The website contains terminology consistent with census.gov, allowing users to quickly find information. http://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
A new Report from the Center for American Progress recommends a new framework for family policy including a pilot study of couples counseling and urging the continuation of relationship education for High School students. Read more and download the report.
On January 8, the Office of Family Assistance (OFA) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) released a letter encouraging the use of the Job-Driven Training Checklist to make employment and training programs under Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Health Profession Opportunity Grants (HPOG), and Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) grants more […]