Strengthening Families with Children Born Out-of-Wedlock, 2001-2003
The Strengthening Families with Children Born Out-of-Wedlock project was jointly funded by ACF’s Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation and Office of Child Support Enforcement. Researchers conducting this study utilized research, information obtained from field observations, and expert consultation to develop a conceptual framework for the design and evaluation of interventions to improve the quality […]
Supporting Healthy Marriage in Step-Families, 2005-2006
The Supporting Healthy Marriage in Step-Families project: (1) summarized and synthesized the existing literature concerning the characteristics of stepfamilies, (2) catalogued and documented existing marriage support and education programs focused on step/blended families, and (3) developed a conceptual framework to help guide future programmatic and research agendas aimed at stabilizing and supporting step-families, with a […]
Couples on the Brink Project
The Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project led by Bill Doherty has just released an online training course on Discernment Counseling. Discernment Counseling is a new way to work with mixed-agenda couples (one leaning out of the marriage, the other leaning in). It teaches marriage therapists and counselors a step-by-step protocol for offering couples a multi-session […]
Marriage and Divorce Statistics by Culture
The resources on this page were compiled by the NHMRC to serve as a reference for practitioners, marriage and family researchers, advocates, and other professionals interested in learning more about marriage and its relation to a particular culture / ethnicity. These resources are intended to provide an introduction to the cultural population and highlight information on […]
Catalog of Research Programs for Low-Income Fathers
This catalog presents a range of information from studies of programs that served low-income fathers, as a part of an evidence review of family strengthening programs. Each study description provides details on the research, including study design and characteristics of those included in the sample, and of the programs, such as structure, staffing and operations. […]
African Americans and Black Community
The following resources were compiled by the NHMRC to serve as a reference for practitioners, marriage and family researchers, advocates, and other professionals interested in learning more about marriage and African Americans. These resources are intended to provide an introduction to the cultural population and highlight information on marriage in that cultural population. These are […]
Parents and Children Together (PACT) Evaluation, 2011-2016
The Parents and Children Together (PACT) contract, awarded to Mathematica Policy Research, Inc., is a formative evaluation project which aims to document and provide initial assessment of selected Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage grant programs. The project employs multiple evaluation strategies – including impact, implementation, and qualitative approaches – to describe and evaluate the grant […]