Marriage and Relationship Education (MRE) Program Development and Management Manual
This Manual draws from previously developed resources created by the NHMRC as well as incorporating tools and strategies suggested by those working in the MRE field. The NHMRC was designed as a clearinghouse to advance the field of MRE. Funded by the federal Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families Office […]
Human Services Research Dissemination: What Works?
What are the most effective approaches to disseminating research on human services programs? This report reviews relevant literature from human services, health care, and other fields. The study combines dissemination models with communication theory and discusses barriers to dissemination. It offers solutions and principles relevant for dissemination through multiple venues. "The Value-Added Research Dissemination Framework," […]
The Building Strong Families Project:
The Building Strong Families (BSF) evaluation assessed the impacts of eight programs offering a similar model of healthy marriage and relationship skills and support services to interested low-income unmarried parents around the time of the birth of a child. While many unmarried parents live together when their children are born, their relationships are often tenuous […]
Catalog of Research: Programs for Low-Income Couples
This catalog compiles information from 54 studies of 39 family-strengthening programs that serve low-income couples. It documents the research on the programs’ effectiveness or impacts and the degree to which the studies demonstrate that a specific program (and not some other factor) led to the results. It also describes key program elements—such as content, design, […]
Piloting a Community Healthy Marriage Initiative in Four Sites: Marion County, Indiana; Clark County, Ohio; Lakewood, Washington; Yakima, Washington
In 2002, the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) instituted the Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CHMI) evaluation to document operational lessons and assess the effectiveness of community-based approaches to support healthy relationships, marriages, and child well-being. The evaluation is being conducted by RTI International and The Urban Institute. A component of the CHMI study involved […]
Family Foundations
Developed and researched by Mark Feinberg, Ph.D., Family Foundations is the result of years of his work as a clinical psychologist, family therapist, and prevention scientist at Penn State University. Many colleagues, professionals, and families contributed to the development and testing of Family Foundations. We appreciate all of their support. NIH provided funding for the […]
Putting Youth Relationship Education on the Child Welfare Agenda
This document published by Child Trends for a project administered by Public Strategies staff for It’s My Community Initiative and funded by the Annie E. Casey Foundation provides a model of change and reviews the research and evaluation evidence on relationship education for foster care youth. In so doing it discusses the needs of disadvantaged […]