Healthy
Marriage Initiative
The
Healthy Marriage Initiative (HMI) helps couples who have chosen
marriage for themselves gain greater 
access
to marriage education services, on a voluntary basis, where they
can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain
a healthy marriage. Research demonstrates the strong correlation
between family structure and a family’s social and economic
well-being. Congress recognized the fact that two-parent, married
families represent the ideal environment for raising children
and incorporated marriage, as well as family formation and fatherhood,
as key components in welfare reform legislation in 1996.
The HMI also includes targeted strategies, such
as the African American Healthy Marriage Initiative, the Hispanic
Healthy Marriage Initiative and the Native American Healthy Marriage
Initiative, to address the unique cultural, linguistic, demographic
and socio-economic needs of children and families in Hispanic,
Native American and African American communities.
Funding opportunities under the HMI are made in
conjunction with other ACF programs. Those eligible to apply for
funding include, but are not limited to, faith-based and community
organizations, State or local governments, independent school
districts, Native American Tribal organizations, non-profits having
501(c)(3) status with the Internal Revenue Service and for-profit
organizations.
| Contact
Information:
Office
of Marriage Education
370 L’Enfant Promenade, S.W.
6th Floor West
Washington, D.C. 20447
Telephone: 202-401-4802
Fax: 202-401-5706
Website: www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/
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Keywords:
healthy marriage; family formation; fatherhood. |
