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Program Evaluation : Practical Application for Abstinence Education Program Directors : A Technical Assistance Module for Abstinence Education Grantees

This TA Module provides grantees with specific information on how to perform a quality program evaluation. Tailored to meet the needs of program directors, it provides concepts useful for the day-to-day management of program evaluation and provides information that will help save time and money and prevent costly mistakes. (Author abstract)

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Effective Facilitation: Tips for improving skills and engaging audiences

Getting the most out of marriage and family skill building classes requires more than a good curriculum. Having an effective facilitator is the key to a successful program. A good facilitator is the leader of the class, is invested in the outcomes and the mission of the class, and is knowledgeable about process and course […]

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Assessment of Survey Data for the Analysis of Marriage and Divorce at the National, State, and Local Levels

The Administration for Children and Families and the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) contracted with the Lewin Group and the Urban Institute to explore options for collecting marriage and divorce information. This report examines the feasibility and potential benefits of using […]

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Marriage Education Curriculum Assessment Guide

This curriculum guide is designed to help organizations choose a marriage curriculum when planning to provide marriage education services in the community. It begins by listing questions to consider when selecting the most appropriate curriculum for a specific audience, and then offers an assessment guide to help practitioners systematically analyze a curriculum or compare curricula. […]

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Getting Free/Low Cost Media Coverage for Your Program

The success of every healthy marriage initiative depends on getting the word out about the program. In addition to making the community aware of the services offered, quality marketing helps recruit participants. While some organizations will have a media or advertising budget, many will not. This Tip Sheet provides ideas on how to get free […]

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The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative: A Process Evaluation. Final Report

In the late 1990s the State of Oklahoma, recognizing the economic and social consequences of its high rates of divorce and non-marital childbearing, undertook an innovative strategy to strengthen families. At the direction of the Governor, the state initiated an effort to reduce divorce and decrease non-marital childbearing. This pioneering effort became the Oklahoma Marriage […]

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The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative: The Promise and Challenge of Using Volunteers to Provide Community-Based Marriage Education

The goal of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI) is to make information about the skills needed to build and sustain healthy marriages broadly available throughout the state. To pursue the mission of changing the culture of marriage and divorce, OMI leaders decided to engage the support of grass-roots volunteers in communities across the state. By […]

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Designing a Marriage Education Demonstration and Evaluation for Low-Income Married Couples

In recent decades, there has been a widening gap between higher rates of marital instability for economically disadvantaged couples and lower rates for nondisadvantaged couples. In addition, out-of-wedlock birth rates have risen, while evidence has grown that children fare better, on average, when raised by both of their parents in stable low-conflict households. All of […]

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The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative: Using Research to Guide the Development of an Evolving Statewide Initiative

This brief describes how the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative has used research in planning, ongoing operations, expansions, and evaluation of outcomes. It also discusses the creation and use of a research advisory group and the development of strategies for incorporating research in the context of a dynamic, evolving, broad-based initiative. (Author abstract)

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Piloting a Community Approach to Healthy Marriage Initiatives in Three Sites : Chicago, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, and Jacksonville, Florida

This report documents the results of implementation research in three of the Office of Child Support Enforcement Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CHMI) pioneer sites: Boston, Massachusetts, Jacksonville, Florida, and Chicago, Illinois. It focuses on the three initiatives? roles in supporting healthy marriage and child support activities and presents a description and analysis of the early […]

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