Supporting Healthy Marriage
A Good Idea
Description
The goal of Supporting Healthy Marriage is to improve marriage education programs for low-income couples.
Supporting Healthy Marriage studies various policies and programs that are aimed at helping couples strengthen and maintain healthy marital relationships. These programs provide instruction and support to improve relationship skills, as well as links to services that can help low-income couples reduce strains on their relationships caused by problems with employment, health, or housing insecurity.
Supporting Healthy Marriage studies various policies and programs that are aimed at helping couples strengthen and maintain healthy marital relationships. These programs provide instruction and support to improve relationship skills, as well as links to services that can help low-income couples reduce strains on their relationships caused by problems with employment, health, or housing insecurity.
Goal / Mission
The goal of Supporting Healthy Marriage is to improve marriage education programs for low-income couples.
Results / Accomplishments
Early results on impacts of the Supporting Healthy Marriage program are expected in 2012.
About this Promising Practice
Organization(s)
MDRC
Primary Contact
Virginia Knox
(212) 340-8678
Virginia.knox@mdrc.org
http://www.supportinghealthymarriage.org/descripti...
(212) 340-8678
Virginia.knox@mdrc.org
http://www.supportinghealthymarriage.org/descripti...
Topics
Community / Social Environment
Organization(s)
MDRC
Date of implementation
2007
Location
USA
Additional Audience
married couples, low-income