This report describes how healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood programs integrate data into daily operations and how evaluation has been used to document program implementation and outcomes. Download Report
The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a skills-based relationship education program designed to help low-income married couples strengthen their relationships and, in turn, support more stable and more nurturing home environments and more positive outcomes for children. The evaluation is led by MDRC, in collaboration with […]
Worksheet to accompany Emotional Cycle of Deployment presentation – National Guard Toolkit
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 […]
This report summarizes four studies completed between the years 2007 – 2009 that were designed to assess marriage and relationship education recruitment challenges from various perspectives. The report concludes with marketing strategies from the Spears School of Business at Oklahoma State University.
This brief, the first in a series, introduces the HHMI Grantee Implementation Evaluation. It describes the goals of the evaluation, the site selection process, and provides summary information on each of the nine study sites.
Having children outside of marriage–nonmarital childbearing–is increasingly common in the United States. A new Research Brief, Childbearing Outside of Marriage: Estimates and Trends in the United States, describes how the population of women bearing children outside of marriage has changed, often in ways that challenge public perceptions. Nonmarital childbearing remains a significant public concern as […]
Behaviors related to marriage and families in the Hispanic community are influenced by cultural values, beliefs, and customs. Marriage education practitioners who understand cultural themes and the various stressors recently immigrated Hispanic families face have an opportunity to discuss family violence (FV), bringing awareness of the issue to the Hispanic community. This resource provides tips […]