World Family Map 2015
The World Family Map report monitors the global health of families by tracking 16 indicators in 49 countries, representing all regions of the world. This year’s report includes an essay examining how parents divide labor-force participation, housework, and child care. See more 2014 Edition
2015 Healthy Marriage & Responsible Fatherhood Grantees
Administration for Children and Families Office of Family Assistance FY 2015 Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grantees
A Laboratory of Sound Innovation:Project Relate’s Research Advisory Group
The foundational project within Project Relate is the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI). Since the beginning of the project, leaders have maintained a strong commitment to grounding innovative activities on a foundation of sound research, to evaluating them in order to make mid-course adjustments and assess the results. As a part of this commitment, in 2001 […]
Family Strengthening Research: FY 2014
This report provides detailed summaries of major research investments by OPRE’s Division of Family Strengthening (DFS) along with brief overviews of past projects. The featured projects cover topics that include strengthening relationships within families, supporting fatherhood, nurturing children through their families, reducing teen pregnancy, supporting youth in their transition to adulthood, and preventing family violence. […]
Project Relate Oklahoma
In 2014, Project Relate was launched as an umbrella brand of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI), encompassing the array of services offered to couples, individuals, fathers, families and divorcing couples. These services are designed to create and nurture healthy, satisfying and long-lasting marriages and relationships. Relationship strengthening skills provided at points throughout the life cycle […]
Family structure and children’s health in the United States
This report presents statistics from the 2001–2007 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) on selected measures of physical health and limitations, access to or utilization of health care, and behavior or emotional well-being for children under age 18 by family structure, sex, age, race, Hispanic origin, parent’s education, family income, poverty status, home tenure status, health […]
What Works in Relationship Support: An Evidence Review
What Works in Relationship Support: An Evidence Review The Tavistock Centre for Couple Relationships Evidence review sets out what we know about the most efficacious practice in supporting couples. The review focuses on three areas: Couple Therapy – This chapter summarises the current state of couple therapy research, indicating that there is very […]
Human Services for Low-Income and At-Risk LGBT Populations
Research Development Project on Human Service Needs of LGBT Populations, 2012-2015 | Learn more about this project This report discusses what is known about low-income and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their interactions with human services, especially services funded by ACF, and identifies important areas for further research. To provide […]
Human Services for Low-Income and At-Risk LGBT Populations
Research Development Project on Human Service Needs of LGBT Populations, 2012-2015 | Learn more about this project This brief summarizes findings from the project Research Development Project on the Human Services of LGBT Populations. The brief discusses what is known about low-income and at-risk lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and their […]