09 Jan
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Managing a Statewide Healthy Marriage Initiative: Tips from My Experience as a State Policymaker

In 1999, the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI) was launched to strengthen marriage and reduce divorce in the State. The initial impetus was an economic study done by economists with the State’s two comprehensive universities that linked various negative social indicators, including high divorce rates, to the State’s poorly performing economy. As a leader in development […]

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Helping Low-Literacy MRE Participants

One out of seven adults—an estimated 32 million adults in the United States—have low literacy skills. This makes it difficult for them to read anything more challenging than a children’s picture book. Low literacy is a great trial for delivering marriage and relationship education (MRE) or any other education-based prevention program. Thus, the need to […]

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09 Jan
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Mental Health and M/RE: What’s the Connection?

The fields of mental health and marriage/relationship education (MRE) both reflect knowledge and expertise in relationships and human communications. Together, they can support a common goal: to help individuals and couples form and maintain lasting, healthy relationships. This Tip Sheet is intended to give marriage/relationship educators information and ideas to develop partnerships with providers of […]

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09 Jan
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Moving from a Free to a Fee-for-Service MRE Program Model

In the past, individuals and couples learned marriage/relationship education (MRE) skills through private counseling or weekend couples’ retreats. Participants were usually charged for these services. Similar services were sometimes provided by religious organizations to members at no charge. However, not everyone had access to these free services and certain types of services were only available […]

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09 Jan
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Getting the Most out of Social Media for Your MRE Program

Once your marriage/relationship education (MRE) program makes the decision to dive into social media, you might ask, “What next?” Organizations frequently have questions on how to move from pondering the value of social media to developing, executing, and monitoring an effective social media strategy. What messages resonate with fans? How often should you post? How […]

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09 Jan
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Reconstruyendo la Confianza en Tu Matrimonio Después de una Infidelidad

Sí es posible reconstruir la confianza después de una infidelidad, aunque te llevará tiempo y esfuerzo lograrlo. Una infidelidad puede impactar un matrimonio de manera muy grave y puede ser un tiempo de crisis y angustia para una pareja. Las reacciones ante la revelación de un engaño pueden variar entre tristeza, conmoción, desesperación, enojo, ira […]

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09 Jan
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¿Y Se Casaron y Fueron Felices Para Siempre?

Muchos anhelamos tener la pareja ideal para formar una familia feliz. Muchos crecimos jugando a ser mamá o papá ya que visualizábamos el tener una familia como algo importante en nuestra vida futura. Sin embargo, a través del tiempo nos dimos cuenta que anhelar no nos garantiza nada y que es falsa la creencia que […]

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Premarital Preparation Requirements in State Law

Research indicates that premarital preparation can be an effective strategy in supporting healthy marriage and reducing divorce. To encourage couples to participate in premarital preparation (commonly referred to as premarital counseling or marriage education) some states have created an incentive in state law. This incentive is a reduction in the marriage license fee for couples […]

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09 Jan
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A Win-Win Partnership: MRE and Cooperative Extension

Every university engages in research and teaching, but each state also has at least one university specifically charged with the mission to “reach out” to its citizens. Through the Morrill Act of 1862, states were granted federally owned land to develop a university with a federal government-mandated outreach responsibility. These “land-grant” universities were directed by […]

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