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An Economic Framework and Selected Proposals for Demonstrations Aimed At Strengthening Marriage, Employment, and Family Functioning Outcomes

The primary purpose of this project is to bring evidence and policy development together by using theories, quantitative evidence, and ethnographic findings about the interactions between marriage, employment, and family functioning to formulate new approaches for programs and policies — approaches that can be tested with rigorously evaluated demonstrations. The focus of the analysis and […]

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Family Talk

This book is a compilation of columns written over two years for the Daily Oklahoman that address family life. The 53 essays are grouped into the following categories: character, family, marriage, parenting, and dads. Topics include being a person of integrity, avoiding the blame game, Tact Deficit Disorder, humbling yourself, teaching and living a life […]

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The Implications of Multiple Partner Fertility for Efforts to Promote Marriage in Programs Serving Low-Income Mothers and Fathers

The eleventh in a series on Couples and Marriage Research Policy, this brief summarizes what is known about multiple partner fertility in fragile families, discusses the implications for efforts to promote healthy marriage in this population, and suggests major issues for policy makers and healthy marriage programs in addressing the needs of targeted couples.

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What’s Love Got to Do with It? The Role of Healthy Couple Relationships and Marriages in Promoting Child, Family, and Community Well-being

There is an increasing focus on healthy couple relationships and marriages in family life education and Cooperative Extension programs. The research clearly indicates the ways in which healthy couple/marital functioning benefits individuals, children, and communities. Conversely, unhealthy couple relationships and marriages are clearly linked, both directly and indirectly, to adverse individual, family, and community outcomes. […]

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Marriage-Plus

This is an annotated version of an article originally published in a special issue of The American Prospect on “”The Politics of the American Family,”” April 8, 2002. Ooms describes the current debate about the role of federal and state governments in promoting marriage. She suggests that liberals and conservatives might find consensus on a […]

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Offering Relationship and Marriage Education in Your Community

Planning and implementing marriage and relationship education requires attention to the environment, the setting, potential participants, and the type of educational program to be delivered. However, often overlooked for program success are required technical skills and knowledge, development of an ethical vision, and the need for reciprocity and negotiation within the context of the community. […]

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Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities

This paper was first published as Chapter 7 in Revitalizing the Institution of Marriage for the Twenty-First Century: An Agenda For Strengthening Marriage, edited by Alan J. Hawkins, Lynn D. Wardle, and David Orgon Coolidge (Praeger, 2000). The evolving “”marriage movement”” is for the most part ignoring the needs and circumstances of low-income communities, what […]

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Working with Low-resource and Culturally Diverse Audiences

A growing challenge for family educators is effectively providing family education for low-resource and culturally diverse audiences. These audiences have not been served well in the past, and family educators need to find more appropriate ways of providing programming for these populations. This paper provides family educators with strategies for learning about and partnering with […]

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Testimony of Vicki Turetsky, Senior Staff Attorney, Center for Law and Social Policy before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and MeansU.S. House of Representatives

This testimony was given before the Subcommittee on Human Resources, Committee on Ways and Means, U.S. House of Representatives. On April 27, 1999, Turetsky testified on ways to encourage poor mothers and fathers to work together to support and raise their children, including full distribution of child support to families receiving TANF. 8 pages.

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When Marriages Die : Premarital and Early Marriage Precursors to Divorce

This paper reviews a series of studies addressing the question of whether loss of love and affection early in marriage and long-term marital instability have roots in couples’ premarital relationships. The findings summarized in this paper suggest that loss of love and affection early in marriage and later marital instability can be traced back to […]

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