New and Noteworthy

Marriage and relationship education is a relatively new and very dynamic field. Curriculum developers are designing new materials, local practitioners are starting new healthy marriage programs, and state, and local and national policymakers are considering how to strengthen marriage.

We at the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) are committed to keeping you up-to-date on everything that is new and noteworthy in the field.

Operational Issues for Healthy Marriage Programs
This how-to-guide goes in-depth on various operational issues for healthy marriage programs, such as scheduling, logistics, selecting a location and more.
What is the Relationship of Marriage to Physical Health?
This fact sheet explores the research related to the connection between marriage and health.
NHMRC National Media Campaign Research Partner Awarded
The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) is pleased to announce the selection of TRU as our research partner for the NHMRC's national media campaign about marriage. TRU is "the world leader in Tween, Teens and Twenty Something’s innovative research and strategic consultation." As an advocate for young people for the last 25 years, TRU has worked on a number of critical social-marketing issues, including: anti-tobacco and drug use, driver safety, sexual assault, crisis management, relationship abuse, internet safety, and pregnancy prevention. TRU is a part of Research International, the world’s largest custom-research firm, with offices in more than 50 countries. For more information, visit www.tru-insight.com.

For the full RFP, see www.mathematica-mpr.com

The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC) is compiling a list of healthy marriage and relationship education curricula to be prominently displayed on the NHMRC Web site. This list will be an excellent resource for marriage-education practitioners, Federally-funded healthy marriage grantees, and interested individuals and couples. If you would like to submit your curriculum for consideration as part of this list, please complete the attached form. Incomplete submissions will prevent your curriculum from being listed.

The NHMRC will accept new submissions for the curricula listing on a rolling basis throughout the year. To be considered for inclusion on the initial posting, please e-mail the completed form (make form prominent and a link to the actual form) to info@healthymarriageinfo.org or fax to 703-385-3206. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact us using the email address listed above or at 1-866-91-NHMRC or 1-866-916-4672.

Inclusion on the Web site does not constitute an endorsement or recommendation by the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, its funders or affiliates.

(Important Note: We are unable to list parenting education, fatherhood, abstinence education, and other non-healthy marriage and relationship curricula at this time.)

NHMRC Curricula Listing form (DOC - 84 KB)