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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As a result of changing funding requirements, rapidly evolving program priorities, and increasing demands for evidence-based practice, the field of responsible fatherhood has, in some sense, lost its center of gravity. It has been “tossed on a sea of change.” The purpose of this report is to establish where the field has landed. Purpose Based […]

As part of the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative (HHMI) Grantee Implementation Evaluation, OPRE published a project brief that describes how grantees craft recruitment messages and strategies and develop and disseminate marketing materials to encourage participation in family strengthening and relationship education services by a broad and diverse Hispanic clientele. HHMI is being conducted for ACF […]