While the vast majority of contemporary Americans eventually marry, their age at marriage matters. Early marriage is associated with an increased risk of marital dissolution compared with marriages that occur to older individuals. However, only a minority of Americans now marries in their teens or early twenties. Researchers have also found that individuals who have […]
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), DHHS, is committed to helpingcommunities build comprehensive Community Healthy Marriage Initiatives (CHMI) designedto help couples who choose marriage for themselves form and sustain a healthy marriage. Thisinitiative is central to ACF’s mission of assuring the well-being of children. Each communityinterested in developing a CHMI is encouraged to build […]
The Logic Model can help organizations design and implement more effective programs. It guides you from your present situation to your long-term goal through a series of progressive steps beginning with activities that lead to outputs and outcomes. As important, the Logic Model helps you to develop a more detailed action plan you can use […]
Understanding Domestic Violence is the first in a series of 5 related Guides developed for relationship and marriage educators and program administrators to help them understand and respond to domestic violence issues that may arise within their programs. This Guide provides a working definition of domestic violence and an introduction to the network of domestic […]
Building Effective Partnerships is the second in a series of 5 related Guides developed for relationship and marriage educators and program administrators to help them understand and respond to domestic violence issues that may arise within their programs. Identifying common ground, creating a shared sense of purpose, and building mutual trust are key to not […]
Developing Domestic Violence Protocols is the third in a series of 5 related Guides developed for relationship and marriage educators and program administrators to help them understand and respond to domestic violence issues that may arise within their programs. The purpose of this guide is to assist healthy marriage and relationship (HMR) programs and initiatives […]
The learning objective of this presentation is to assist webinar attendees in developing a better understanding of faith-based regulations; and how they apply to programmatic activities and strategies to ensure their faith-based partners are supported and comply with regulations.
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 […]
The Building Strong Families (BSF) project is a large-scale program demonstration and rigorous evaluation to learn whether well-designed interventions can help interested romantically involved unmarried parents build stronger relationships and fulfill their aspirations for a healthy marriage if they choose to wed. The central question of the evaluation is whether interventions can succeed in helping […]
This Fact Sheet provides basic information about sexual development and problematic sexual behavior in children ages 2-12. (Author abstract)