Improving the Lives of Latino Families through Effective Practice and Research. • Defining the Population: Strengths and Assets • General Needs for Effective Support • Cultural Competence in Working with Latino Families • Marketing and Engagement • Community and Environmental Considerations Link to webinar recording  https://collaborate.wolfware.ncsu.edu/play_recording.html?recordingId=1336770965974_1359386677585 Dr. Behnke is an associate professor and human development […]

This report describes the implementation and impacts of selected programs funded through grants awarded to a number of organizations to conduct large-scale, community-wide projects that used “various methods to support healthy marriages community-wide” (Community Healthy Marriage [CHM] Grants to Implement Multiple Allowable Activities: Level 3; Healthy Marriage Demonstration Grants. Funding Opportunity Announcement 2006). The projects […]

This report is a technical supplement to the 36-month impact report for the Building Strong Families (BSF) evaluation (Wood et al. 2012). It provides additional detail about the research design, analytic methods, and variable construction that were used for the 36-month analysis, as well as a discussion of the subgroup analysis that was conducted. Additionally, […]

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The State of our Unions 2012: THE PRESIDENT’S MARRIAGE AGENDA FOR THE FORGOTTEN SIXTY PERCENT The State of Our Unions monitors the current health of marriage and family life in America. Produced annually, it is a joint publication of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Center for Marriage and Families […]

Abstract: Child poverty is an ongoing national concern, but few are aware that its principal cause is the absence of married fathers in the home. Marriage remains America’s strongest anti-poverty weapon, yet it continues to decline. As husbands disappear from the home, poverty and welfare dependence will increase, and children and parents will suffer as […]