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Partnering Head Start With: The Healthy Marriage/ Responsible Fatherhood Connection [PowerPoint Presentation]

This PowerPoint presentation provides information on the benefits of healthy marriages and father involvement for children and explains the goals of the federal Healthy Marriage initiative. It cites statistics that indicate 45% of children raised by divorced mothers and 69% raised by never-married mothers live in or near poverty. It discusses culturally competent strategies for […]

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09 Jan
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Marriage and Relationship Education: Tips for Practitioners Working with Adoptive Couples

Adoption professionals and those in the marriage and relationship education (MRE) field are becoming more aware of the special issues adoptive couples face in their marriages. Practitioners from both disciplines may want to consider ways to bridge these two fields together by offering MRE classes in adoptive-parent training at both public and private adoption agencies […]

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09 Jan
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What Works in Marriage and Relationship Education? A Review of Lessons Learned with a Focus on Low-Income Couples

Economically disadvantaged children are more likely to grow up in unstable single-parent households and have much less access to the financial and emotional support of their noncustodial parent (typically the father). Family instability places children at risk for a number of negative outcomes and plays a large part in the growing disparities of income and […]

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09 Jan
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Conceptualizing and Measuring “Healthy Marriage” For Empirical Research and Evaluation Studies: A Review of the Literature and Annotated Bibliography (Task Three)

Marriage and couple relationships constitute an area of intense interest for researchers as well as policymakers. One of the goals of the Healthy Marriages study is to inform current discussions regarding the measurement of aspects of the quality of marital relationships. This literature review and annotated bibliography represent several products of Child Trends’ project to […]

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09 Jan
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Formation and Maintenance of Two-parent Families (Chapter VII of TANF Fifth Annual Report to Congress)

Many States are now implementing new programs to directly help families form and strengthen healthy marriages by making support services available to their clients who want and might benefit from them. Arizona, Michigan, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Utah are among the States that have used TANF funds for strengthening marriage. Nationally, States and localities are […]

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09 Jan
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Marriage Handbook: For Married Couples or Those Planning to be Married

To help married couples or those planning to be married on the path to building a lasting and happy marriage, the Arizona State Legislature passed a law in April 2000 recognizing the importance of marriage. This legislation includes the development and distribution of a free marriage handbook. The purpose of this handbook is to provide […]

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09 Jan
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CES Marriage and Couples Educational Resource Package

Designed for Cooperative Extension System (CES) educators, this resource packet contains materials for promoting marriage and couples workshops and training sessions. Information is provided on marriage and couples’ education as a community priority and suggested roles for extension educators in marriage and couples’ education, including providing direct education, serving as a community catalyst, and promoting […]

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09 Jan
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The Alabama Department of Child Abuse Prevention – The Children’s Trust Fund 2007-2008 Evaluation Report

The Alabama Department of Child Abuse Prevention (DCAP) — The Children’s Trust Fund (CTF) has a more than 25 year history as the only state agency explicitly focused on educating our communities about child abuse and neglect and providing prevention programs. DCAP is focused on supporting family-strengthening community programs and investing upfront in efforts to […]

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09 Jan
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Intimate Partner Violence

Estimates from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) indicate that in 1998 about 1 million violent crimes were committed against persons by their current or former spouses, boyfriends, or girlfriends. Such crimes, termed intimate partner violence, are committed primarily against women. About 85% of victimizations by intimate partners in 1998, about 876,340, were against women. […]

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