Programs and Initiatives in Wisconsin

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Adoption Resources Of Wisconsin
Adoption Resources of Wisconsin
Childrens' Bureau
6682 West Greenfield, Suite 310
Milwaukee, WI 53214
Ph: 414-475-1246
Adoption Resources of Wisconsin will provide an innovative in-depth program focused on strengthening the marital relationship between the parents of the adoptive child(ren). Four key components will be implemented and evaluated: 1) marriage education using a curriculum based on the research of Dr. John Gottman and others; 2) forgiveness therapy curriculum to help parents teach their adopted children the meaning and power of forgiveness in overcoming anger and associated behaviors that may impact the family; 3) respite care and peer support; 4) and for those who choose, connection to the faith-based community to support them through the lifelong journey of adoption. Based on the outcomes, the curriculum will be refined to maximize its effectiveness. This model can then be replicated to improve the success of adoptions from the public child welfare system across the country.

Creating Strong Families
WI Dept. of Workforce Development: BMRLS
Office of Refugee Resettlement
201 East Washington Avenue
P.O. Box 7946
Madison, WI 53707-7946
Telephone: (608) 266-3131
The Creating Strong Families program is designed to support and enhance family relationships among refugee families in Wisconsin, starting in the first year, with Hmong and Somali refugee groups residing in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and five counties in northeast Wisconsin—Outagamie, Winnebago, Brown, Sheboygan and Manitowoc.

Enhancing Tribal Marriages In Wisconsin
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa
Childrens' Bureau
The Red Cliff Healthy Relationship/Marriages project will provide relationship services to Native American parents and youth by implementing the OJIBWAY curriculum to families that are referred to the Indian Child Welfare Program. The OJIBWAY curriculum seeks to improve family communication and cohesiveness by addressing the needs of families in terms of reinforcing healthy lifestyles and sustaining positive development within families. The curriculum will address three primary areas via the use of 28 lesson plans: (1) promotion and enhancement of cohesiveness within the family group (2) promotion of healthy attitudes within families and (3) promotion of positive behaviors within families. The project will also serve young couples who are planning to marry and young couples who are pregnant. Other service approaches include the Red Cliff Wellness Curriculum and the Moral Reconation Therapy approach. The project will serve 10 to 20 families, 10 pre-marital couples and 10 pregnant couples per year.

Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council
Honoring Our Families
Administration for Native Americans
2932 Highway 47 N.
P.O. Box 9
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Phone: 715-588-3324
This is a five year project to establish focus groups at each of the 7 Tribal sites within the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council to provide guidance in curricula development, family recruitment and case management processes. An Interdisciplinary Family Case Management Team (IFCM) will be developed at each Tribal site to help strengthen healthy marriages and relationships of up to 10 families per site per year. The IFCMs will provide relationship and healthy marriage educational workshops and community events.

Healthy Marriage Education / Milwaukee Marriage Partnership
Center for Self-Sufficiency, Inc.
4465 N. Oakloand Ave #200
Milwaukee, WI 53211
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The program grant funds will be used to conduct a community-wide social marketing campaign that will reach 100,000 people; deliver marriage education to 800 high school-aged youth using "Keys to a Healthy Marriage" curriculum; deliver PREP to 48 TANF-eligible non-married pregnant women and non-married expectant fathers (including new parents); deliver PREP to 158 individuals through 10 one-day Healthy Marriage / relationship enrichment retreats per year; deliver PREP to 120 community college students through peer marriage educators; provide marriage education to a wide-range of people, including incarcerated individuals, engaged, non-married and married; provide marriage mentoring to at least 120 married or pre-marital couples; and provide marriage education to TANF-eligible non-married pregnant women and expectant fathers, to engaged couples, and married couples.

Healthy Marriage Initiative in Wisconsin
Foundation for a Great Marriage
1270 Main Street
Suite 246
Green Bay, WI 54302
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The program funds will be used to serve 11 of the 14 most populous counties and 57% of the population in Wisconsin, approximately 3.04 million people. Residents will be informed and given access to opportunities to learn the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain healthy marriages. FGM will use skills-based, research-validated resources and network with leaders in the healthy marriage movement. The allowable activities that will be implemented include: public adverting campaigns (particularly targeted to the Latino population), marriage education in high schools, pre-marital education and marriage skills training (particularly targeted to the Latino population), and divorce reduction programs. The project expects to provide marriage classes to a minimum of 1,620 couples over its five year span.

Healthy Marriage Promotion in Wisconsin
Foundation for a Great Marriage
1270 Main street
Suite 246
Greenbay, WI 54302
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: The program funds will be used to serve 11 of the 14 most populous counties and 57% of the population in Wisconsin, approximately 3.04 million people. Residents will be informed and given access to opportunities to learn the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain healthy marriages. FGM will use skills-based, research-validated resources and network with leaders in the healthy marriage movement. The allowable activities that will be implemented include: public adverting campaigns (particularly targeted to the Latino population), marriage education in high schools, pre-marital education and marriage skills training (particularly targeted to the Latino population), and divorce reduction programs. The project expects to provide marriage classes to a minimum of 1,620 couples over its five year span.

HIAS Refugee Family Enrichment Program
Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS)
Office of Refugee Resettlement
This program helps strengthen marriages and family relationships within refugee communities by means of trainings on family communication skills and conflict resolution techniques. The curricula used are Active Communications and Active Money Personalities, which is culturally adapted to be used with ethnically diverse populations. Special classes on mentoring will utilize the "Marriage Mentoring - 12 Conversations" curricula developed by Dr. Ed. Grey.The program will be implemented by 12 local HIAS refugee resettlement affiliates in Atlanta (GA), Chicago (IL); Bergen County(NJ); San Diego (CA); Tucson (AZ); Cincinnati (OH); Pittsburgh (PA); Milwaukee (WI); Rockville (MD); Boston (MA); New York (NY) and in Columbus (OH).

Hispanic Multimedia Marriage Seminar
Laugh Your Way America, LLC
4701 Industrial Park Road
Stevens Point, WI 54481
The Hispanic Multimedia Marriage Seminar will provide marriage enhancement and marriage skills training programs to low-income married couples. Objectives of the Hispanic Multimedia Marriage Seminar are to help couples through marriage coaching and divorce reduction. Some of the activities that will take place are the viewing of educational videos, interactive role-playing and presentations on the changing roles of men in the Latino culture. A unique feature is that the staff will use humor as a basis for couples opening up as well as feeling more comfortable in the environment.

Infinite Relationships, LLC
951 Kimball Lane, Suite 206
Verona, WI  53516
(608) 848 - 8000
www.inrelationships.com
Owner:  Don Ferguson, Ph.D.
The center offers education and therapy for couples through seminars, weekend workshops, groups plus evaluation and therapy.  Weekend workshops include The Couples Workshop (couples communications), The Beginning: Preparing for Marriage (a pre-marital workshop), Recreating Your Relationship (mind-body and creative approaches to relationships), and Recovering from Infidelity.  We also offer the Bringing Baby Home™ program developed by Dr. John Gottman.  All programs are taught in small groups, by local presenters, in their areas of expertise.

Retrouvaille: A lifeline for couples with serious problems
501 Donovan Ct Cross Plains, WI 53528
608-798-1912
The word Retrouvaille™ (pronounced re-tro-vi with a long i.) is a French word meaning rediscovery. The program offers tools needed to rediscover a loving marriage relationship. Thousands of couples headed for cold, unloving relationships or divorce have successfully overcome their marriage problems by attending the program. The Retrouvaille Program consists of a weekend experience combined with a series of 6-12 post-weekend sessions over 3 months. It provides the tools to help put your marriage in order again. The main emphasis of the program is on communication in marriage between husband and wife. It will give you the opportunity to rediscover each other and examine your lives together in a new and positive way.

Wisconsin Alliance Healthy Marriage
Parents Plus, Inc.
105 High Street
Neenah, WI 54956
Use(s) of ACF Program Grant Funds: Parents Plus, Inc. plans to provide marriage education, marriage skills, and relationship skills programs that may include parenting skills, financial management, conflict resolution, and job and career advancement for non-married pregnant women and non-married expectant fathers. They will use a pilot program curriculum called "Keys to a Healthy Marriage" as a model to essentially reach out to 200 couples per year. They will provide 11-lesson class sessions of healthy marriage education classes within a classroom setting.