In June 2014, the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN) launched to promote rigorous evaluation of fatherhood programs. The FRPN will announce its first grant awards to researcher and program/practitioner teams this fall. The FRPN plans to provide free technical assistance to fatherhood programs interested in evaluation. If your program also provides services to fathers […]

Teen parenting, poor refusal skills, early sexual involvement, and family complexity characterize the experiences of many youthful offenders. When teens and young adults are incarcerated, they often return to society still lacking healthy relationship skills necessary for successful family reunification and job retention.    Relationship Smarts Plus and Love Notes curricula are about the building […]

Many young adults believe that sex—and losing one’s virginity—is secondary to having a healthy relationship, according to a new survey from The National Campaign and MTV’s It’s Your (Sex) Life.  Among the other finding from the new report,  Virgin Territory: What Young Adults Say About Sex, Love, Relationships, and the First Time: 78% of young […]

Last month, the Fatherhood Research and Practice Network (FRPN) – www.frpn.org – launched to promote rigorous evaluation of fatherhood programs serving low-income fathers.     Over the next three years, the FRPN will award grants to projects evaluating fatherhood programs. The purpose of these grants is to increase the number and quality of evaluations of […]

Webinar: Engaging Latino Children and Teens | February 27, 2013 11 am EST The webinar presented by Andrew Behnke, Ph.D., will include: •       Effective Practice and Education on Engaging Latino Children and Teens. •       Examples of Programs and Practice •       Future Directions Andrew Behnke is an Associate Professor and Human Development Specialist at North Carolina […]

The mission of the Minnesota Couples on the Brink Project is to develop, disseminate and evaluate best practices to help couples at high risk for divorce who are uncertain whether to divorce or to try to rebuild their marriage, and to enhance the capacity of therapists, lawyers, clergy and other professionals to work effectively with […]

2012 National Conference on Family Relations Annual Conference "Families and Health" October 31, 2012 – November 03, 2012 Hyatt Hotel, Phoenix, Arizona Read More.

Every year, an estimated 10 million girls are married before they turn 18. Every day, more than 25,000 girls are robbed of their childhood. Child marriage is a global problem that cuts across countries, cultures, religions and ethnicities. It denies girls their rights to health, to live in security and to choose when and whom […]

The State of Our Unions monitors the current health of marriage and family life in America. Produced annually, it is a joint publication of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values. The full report is available here. This document includes […]

This essay, beginning on page 47 of The State of our Unions 2012 report, seeks to address the following issues: 1. Can we successfully deliver marriage and relationship services to disadvantaged individuals, mothers and fathers who generally have not had access to such services and who face many barriers to participation? Will they attend? Do […]