The federally-funded Healthy Marriage & Family Formation Project enhances the capacity of child welfare professionals and community service providers capacity to address healthy marriage and family formation issues as a way of improving safety, permanency, and well-being outcomes for children and families in Colorado, Wyoming, and Kansas. The project is also working to identify and promote systemic responses to barriers that might prevent implementation of the project principles. This literature review assessed documents related to key areas deemed relevant to the project, including teen parents, fatherhood; family structure; marriage education and enrichment; domestic violence, and issues relevant to low-income populations. Each topic area is summarized with major points that emanate from the literature. Individual articles are further categorized and summarized for a brief and informative synopsis. (Author abstract)