Health care and family systems professionals urge congress to acknowledge the critical role of spousal and family caregivers in the prevention, care and treatment of the chronically ill in the Better Care, Lower Cost Act. Blog post: Better Care, Lower Cost Act S. 1932 – A vehicle to promote couple and family-centered, integrated […]
The Secondary Analyses of Strengthening Families Datasets grant program is an opportunity to conduct data analysis using the Building Strong Families, Supporting Healthy Marriage, and Community Healthy Marriage Initiative datasets. Those selected for this grant will also collaborate with fellow grantees to advance research focused on strengthening families. Read More
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Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN), a project funded through ACF's Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation launches website and funding opportunity. The FRPN co-directors are Jay Fagan, Ph.D. social work professor at Temple University, and Jessica Pearson, Ph.D., director of the Center for Policy Research, a Denver-based policy research firm. The project seeks to: […]
A Family-Strengthening Program for Low-Income Families: Final Impacts from the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation Perspectives of Low-Income African-American and Latino Couples on Relationship Education Do the Effects of a Relationship Education Program Vary for Different Types of Couples? Exploratory Subgroup Analysis in the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation
It's part of the demand-withdraw pattern, and both partners have to take responsibility to change it A meta-analysis of 74 studies encompassing more than 14,000 participants, published in the March 2014 Communication Monographs, found the demand-withdraw pattern to be one of the most damaging types of relationship conflict and one of the hardest patterns […]
The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) has launched a new website for their Healthy Marriage, Responsible Fatherhood, and Ex-Prisoner Reentry programs. In addition to general information about Healthy Marriage, Responsible Fatherhood, and Ex-Prisoner Reentry, the HMRF site has several key features, including: Highlights From The Field – compelling stories of participants from our […]
Developed in collaboration between Auburn University and the University of Georgia as part of the Alabama Healthy Marriage & Relationship Education Initiative (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—Healthy Marriage Demonstration Grant #90FM0006) Read more.
Teen parenting, poor refusal skills, early sexual involvement, and family complexity characterize the experiences of many youthful offenders. When teens and young adults are incarcerated, they often return to society still lacking healthy relationship skills necessary for successful family reunification and job retention. Relationship Smarts Plus and Love Notes curricula are about the building […]
The IPV Prevention Council website allows browsers to learn more about the primary prevention of intimate partner violence; explore the impact that robust and sustainable prevention efforts can have on our culture; find user-generated tools that can be adapted in your community; and stay current on happenings of note in the prevention field. More at […]