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Family, Relationship, and Marriage Education Works (FRAMEWorks) Grants (Adults)
A strong family has many significant implications for the health and well-being of both adults and children. More than 30 years of research show that when children are living with their married, biological parents, they have better physical, emotional, and academic well-being (Anderson, 2014, Sandstrom & Huerta, 2013). Studies have shown that people live longer, have less stress, and are more financially stable in a healthy family environment where both parents are present, share the responsibility of the household, and raise the children (Acs, G. and Nelson, S., 2004).
OFA’s FRAMEWorks grants are intended to help families achieve these outcomes, while also helping individuals improve their relationship skills and their paths toward economic stability and mobility.
OFA identifies these elements—family, relationship and marriage education, together with gainful employment—as the scaffolding upon which healthy families are built and sustained. Grants will provide a broad array of healthy marriage promotion activities and services designed to integrate skills-based healthy marriage education, along with additional services to address relationship skills and job and career advancement opportunities, for adults (age 18 and older).
Currently, OFA funds 30 organizations across the country. The FRAMEWorks grantees can provide a range of activities including:
References
Acs, G., & Nelson S. (2004) What do “I Dos do? Potential benefits of marriage and cohabiting couples with children. (The Urban Institute, Assessing the New Federalism Policy Brief B-59).
Anderson, J. (2014). The impact of family structure on the health of children: Effects of divorce. Linacre Quarterly, 81(4). 378-387.
Sandstrom, H. & Huerta, S. (2013). The negative effects of instability on child development: A research synthesis. Low-Income Working Families Discussion Paper 3. The Urban Institute,