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Jan
2015 Healthy Marriage & Responsible Fatherhood Grantees
Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance FY 2015 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees
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09
Jan
Healthy Marriage, Relationship and Father Involvement Programs: Critical Partners in States’ Efforts to Strengthen and Support Child Welfare Services
This paper describes innovative, couples group education and support programs in Oklahoma and California, funded by child welfare and child abuse prevention and treatment monies, that aim to strengthen parent-couple relationships and enhance fathers’ involvement in low-income families. Rigorous evaluations of these programs have documented promising results. In this discussion paper, we make the case […]
09
Jan
Marriage and Child Wellbeing Revisited
Marriage is on the decline, and a growing proportion of children are born to unmarried parents, many of them in unstable cohabiting unions. Research increasingly shows that family instability affects children’s cognitive and social-emotional development in ways that constrain their life chances. With an eye on these trends, the Future of Children first examined marriage […]
09
Jan
Father Engagement Certificate
Offered by the nation’s fatherhood leader, and delivered by NFI President Christopher Brown, the On Demand Father Engagement Certificate™ (FEC) from National Fatherhood Initiative® provides individuals* with affordable, convenient, on demand training around 5 core competencies for effective father engagement that can be completed in a little more than a half day. Earning the […]
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Jan
A Snapshot of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs for Youth
This fact sheet provides descriptive characteristics of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education programs serving youth, characteristics of those served, and the most commonly used curricula, program goals, and expected outcomes. Project Website The purpose of the Youth Education and Relationship Services Project, awarded to Child Trends, is to better understand the services that federally-funded Healthy […]
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Jan
American Community Survey Website
The American Community Survey (ACS) is an ongoing survey that provides vital information on a yearly basis about our nation and its people. Information from the survey generates data that help determine how more than $400 billion in federal and state funds are distributed each year. Through the ACS, we know more about jobs […]
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Jan
Blue Star Families Military Family Lifestyle Survey
The Blue Star Families Military Family Lifestyle Survey takes a comprehensive look at the current needs and priorities of military families and service members and identifies the key aspects of military life to effectively target resources, services, and programs that support the sustainability of the All-Volunteer Force. Military families are much like their civilian […]
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Jan
Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education: Considerations for Collecting Outcomes Data & Recommended Outcome Measures for Adolescents & Parents in Complex Families
The Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Models and Measures project developed recommended measures for assessing the outcomes of healthy marriage and relationship education programs. The products focus on two key target populations: parents in complex families and adolescents between the ages of 14 and 18. For each of these populations, the project developed: A dynamic […]
09
Jan
A Support and Resource Guide for Working With Military Families
This guide is designed to help safety-net service providers and other stakeholders sustainably integrate healthy marriage and relationship education into their services for military service members and their families. Safety-net service providers are people who work in Federal, State, Local, and Tribal agencies and help others achieve self-sufficiency. The guide uses a three-stage […]
09
Jan
Creating Solutions Together: Design Thinking, The Office of Family Assistance and 3 Grantees
Creating Solutions Together: Design Thinking, The Office of Family Assistance (OFA) and 3 Grantees As part of a project supported by the HHS IDEA LAB, OFA tested design thinking’s utility as a creative problem solving approach for social service organizations with three of its grantees. After introducing the grantees to design thinking, the organizations […]