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What Do Teens Think of Their Parents’

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. What Do Teens Think of Their Parents’ Relationships?

The quality of their parents’ relationship has important implications for youth. Past work has shown that parents’ marital hostility is associated with behavioral and emotional problems in their children (Buehler et al. 2007; Sturge-Apple et al. 2006). Some work suggests that it is worse for children for their parents to remain in a conflict-r
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Foundations for Strong Families 201: Healthy

Foundations for Strong Families 201: Healthy Relationships and Financial Stability

This is the second of two briefs that examine the interplay between education and skills-building programming for lower income individuals and families in the areas of marriage and relationships, financial literacy, and asset development. It explores how communication, marriage and divorce, money management, credit and debt, children and child su
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Foundations for Strong Families 101: Healthy

Foundations for Strong Families 101: Healthy Relationships and Financial Stability

This is the first of two briefs that examine the interplay between education and skills-building programming for lower income individuals and families in the areas of marriage and relationships, financial literacy, and asset development. This brief provides an overview of existing programs and practices. It highlights opportunities for collabora
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Talking about Money and Credit in Relationships

Foundations for Strong Families 201. Talking about Money and Credit in Relationships

Many Americans frequently see or hear about how credit can increase family funds or solve money problems, whether by opening a new credit card through an application received in the mail or in advertisements about how people who have credit troubles can access new lines of credit. While talking about credit has become an everyday phenomenon in the
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Introduction

Foundations for Strong Families 201. Introduction

Changes in the housing and credit markets during the past year have led to increased recognition that developing comprehensive family-based money and credit strategies is critical in the short-term to weather financial storms, but also for long-term financial health of the children. Financial stability strongly interacts with family relationships.
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Foundations for Strong Families 201

Foundations for Strong Families 201

This is the second of two briefs that examine the interplay between education and skills-building programming for lower income individuals and families in the areas of marriage and relationships, financial literacy, and asset development.  It explores how communication, marriage and divorce, money management, credit and debt, children and child s
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Financial Education

Foundations for Strong Families 101. Financial Education

Financial education programs seek to equip individuals with the information, knowledge, and skills to manage their household finances and navigate the financial services marketplace. Financial literacy skills taught in these programs include money management, goal setting, budgeting, and retirement planning. Investment and savings, bank products a
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What Do Marriage and Family Strengthening

Foundations for Strong Families 101. What Do Marriage and Family Strengthening Programs Do?

Marriage and family-strengthening programs seek to develop participants’ relationship skills (e.g. communication, problem solving) in order to develop and sustain healthy relationships, marriages and families.
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Introduction

Foundations for Strong Families 101. Introduction

Family and finances are key sources of strength and self-sufficiency that interact in the lives of most Americans. However, many face ongoing problems and stress because of family and financial instability, especially in these uncertain times. Families in low-income communities may face greater difficulties in accessing resources to build strong f
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Appendix C Marriage Education, Financial Literacy

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Appendix C Marriage Education, Financial Literacy and Asset Development Small Group Discussion Questions

10:00 am – 10:30 am: Small Group Discussion Objectives : Identify field and research experience in the 3 fields, knowledge gaps, and current collaborations. Discussion Questions
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Appendix A Agenda for the Marriage Education,

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Appendix A Agenda for the Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable

Tuesday, February 5, 2008
701 13th Street N.W., Suite 750
Washington, DC 20005
 
Hosted by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation and RTI International
8:30 am to 9:00 am Registration
9:15 am to 9:30 am Introduction of participants
9:30 am to 10:00 am Overview of the project
10:00 am to 10:30 am Small group discussions
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Foundations for Strong Families: Stable

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Foundations for Strong Families: Stable Relationships and Families 201

The second brief in the series builds on the complementary features of marriage education and financial education presented in the previous brief. Entitled, “Foundations for Strong Couples: Healthy Relationships and Financial Stability 201,” the brief highlights a specific topic on which the marriage education and financial education fields ca
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Participants’ Experiences and Perspectives

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Participants’ Experiences and Perspectives

The roundtable began with a discussion of participants’ experiences researching and working with individuals, families, and couples. Attendees varied in their experience working with marriage education, financial education, and asset building. Their perspectives ranged from experience with research, to program development, implementation, and/or
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Marriage Education

Marriage Education, Financial Literacy, and Asset Development Roundtable Meeting Summary. Marriage Education

Parents’ marital status is a key correlate of child wellbeing. The economic and social benefits of marriage for children’s well-being have been well documented through rigorous scientific research. Some of these benefits are related directly to married families’ higher income, while others are the result of family stability and other social
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Implications for Potential Funders

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners. Implications for Potential Funders

Successful implementation is a key prerequisite for building program models that can be rigorously tested. Strategies for program development suggested by the MFS-IP evaluation include:
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Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons

Five Years Later: Final Implementation Lessons from the Evaluation of Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners

The Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Reentering Fathers and Their Partners Initiative (MFS-IP) represented a groundbreaking effort to recognize and respond to the impact of incarceration on families and the crucial role of family support in reentry success. No one program model was required for
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How Did Study Sites Educate Participants and

Performance Improvement 2013-2014. How Did Study Sites Educate Participants and Staff About Domestic Violence, Establish and Execute Partnerships With Domestic Violence Expert Organizations, and Screen Participants For Domestic Violence?

This study examined the ways in which study sites educated participants and staff about domestic violence, established and executed partnerships with domestic violence expert organizations, and screened participants for domestic violence. Researchers developed and discussed the procedures and programs developed to protect and support participants
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What Was the Implementation Strategy Of A Couple-

Performance Improvement 2011-2012. What Was the Implementation Strategy Of A Couple-Focused Employment Programs?

Researchers tested a program model for couples that emphasized joint employment planning, relationship support, and engagement of the couple in dialogue, planning, and education focused on family economic self-sufficiency and healthy relationships.
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What Interventions Best Help to Strengthen the

Performance Improvement 2011-2012. What Interventions Best Help to Strengthen the Families of Unmarried Couples with Children?

Researchers documented the design and implementation of a voluntary intervention for couples, the Couples Employment Project. The project  is operated by the Center for Urban Families (CFUF) in Baltimore, Maryland. The program addresses both employment and relationship issues at the same time. It emphasizes joint employment planning, relati
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Performance Improvement 2011-2012

Performance Improvement 2011-2012

This report, Performance Improvement 2011-2012, the 17th in this series, summarizes the key findings from studies completed during the two fiscal-year period ending September 30, 2011.
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