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/
Excerpt from the A Notice by the Commerce Department on 04/28/2015 …"Regarding the marital history questions, the Census Bureau received 1,361 comments from researchers and professors, professional associations that represent marriage and family therapists, the Social Security Administration (SSA), and many individuals interested in retaining these questions. SSA commented that it uses the marital history […]
This is the first book to provide a comprehensive, multidisciplinary overview of evidence-based relationship and marriage education(RME)programs. Readers are introduced to the best practices for designing, implementing, and evaluating effective RME programs to better prepare them to teach clients how to have healthy intimate relationships. Read more.
Introduction to a Trauma Informed Approach in Relationship Education Childhood trauma impacts growth and success in all areas of a young person’s life, including their capacity to form and maintain healthy relationships. Learn what trauma informed care is and its importance in the development of healthy relationships in a pre-recorded presentation from Carolyn Rich […]
Follow this link to down load application documents: http://www.grants.gov/web/grants/view-opportunity.html?oppId=276477
This report provides detailed summaries of major research investments by OPRE’s Division of Family Strengthening (DFS) along with brief overviews of past projects. Read more.
A significant number of couples on a path toward divorce could benefit from slowing down and reconsidering their options, say two scholars and marriage therapists. Read more at the Institute for Family Studies Blog.