Family development promotes healthy, self-sufficient families where children can thrive. It encompasses topics such as the encouragement of family formation, active involvement of fathers, and the support of healthy marriages. Family development programs were initially developed to improve the lives of children in low-income families and have expanded to address how all families can benefit from involved fathers and strong marriages.
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Regulations, Forms & Other Useful Documents
Building Bridges between Healthy Marriage, Responsible Fatherhood, and Domestic Violence Programs: A Preliminary Guide
Author(s): Theodora Ooms, Jacqueline Boggess, Anne Menard, Mary Myrick, Paula Roberts, Jack Tweedie, Pamela Wilson
Sponsoring organization: Center for Law and Social Policy
Discusses how healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood programs can work together with domestic violence programs to help support healthy family relationships.
Date: 12 / 2006
Forty-three Percent of Rural Families Can Claim a Larger Credit with EITC Expansion
Author(s): Marybeth J. Mattingly
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Reports that rural families are poised to benefit from recent expansions to the federal Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC).
Date: 2009
Implementing Healthy Marriage Programs for Unmarried Couples with Children: Early Lessons from the Building Strong Families Project
Author(s): M. Robin Dion, Sarah A. Avellar, Heather H. Zaiveri, Alan M. Hershey
Sponsoring organization: Administration for Children and Families
Documents early lessons from the Building Strong Families (BSF) project, which investigates whether interventions can help interested, romantically involved, unwed parents build stronger relationships and healthy marriages and ultimately enhance child well-being.
Date: 07 / 2006
Marriage and Child Wellbeing
Entire issue focused on marriage as a public policy issue impacting the well-being of children. Covers the major issues in the debate over marriage, including healthy marriage initiatives, the relationship of marriage to family income, barriers to marriage, and other topics.
Journal citation: Future of Children Volume 15 Issue 2
Date: 2005
Overview of Rural Family Economic Success: Earn it, Keep it, Grow it
Sponsoring organization: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Discusses that parents who have access to economic opportunities and who are supported by strong informal networks and accessible services are more likely to provide better futures for their families.
Date: 2006
Rural Children Are More Likely to Live in Cohabiting-Couple Households
Author(s): William O ’Hare, Wendy Manning, Meredith Porter, Heidi Lyons
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Focuses on the recent trends among cohabiting households with children in rural America using data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Date: 06 / 2009
Rural Children Now Less Likely to Live in Married Couple Families
Author(s): William P. O’Hare, Allison Churilla
Sponsoring organization: Carsey Institute
Reports that the percentage of rural children living in married-couple families has dropped below that of children in metropolitan areas.
Date: 2008
Journals
Children's Voice
Designed for readers - both professional and lay advocates - throughout the child welfare field who work with children, youth, and families or are concerned about the issues that affect them.
Organizations
Administration for Children and Families (ACF)
Federal government
Funds state, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families. Operates the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (TANF). It is part of the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services.
Center for Family Policy and Practice (CFFPP)
National organization
Conducts policy research, technical assistance, training, litigation and public education in order to focus attention on the barriers faced by never-married, low-income fathers and their families.
Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR)
Academic/Research
Works to inform and stimulate the debate on public policy issues of critical importance to women and their families.
National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Network (NERMEN)
National organization
Works to provide research-based resources and promote partnerships to advance the knowledge and practice in relationship and marriage education.
National Fatherhood Initiative
Nonprofit/Foundation
Works to improve the well being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers.
Office of Family Assistance (OFA)
Federal government
Oversees the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Program. Provides assistance and work opportunities to needy families by granting states the federal funds and wide flexibility to develop and implement their own welfare programs.
Article Searches & Bibliographies
RAC Documents Search: Family Development
PubMed Search: Rural Families
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