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THEY PICKED US!!!!!! 

We are very excited to announce that we've been awarded a Federal Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood grant for 2011-2012! $60 million was awarded to 61 organizations across the nation, and we are one of four recipients in California. The grant will allow us to grow our Flourishing Families Program, and to serve many, many more families who did not qualify for the program before. We are thrilled to receive this grant. 


In the last five years we have helped 735 couples form healthy, stable, safe families.  These couples were unmarried, low-income, and had an infant when they enrolled in the program. We will continue to serve unmarried parents, and we will be adding a class for single parents and a class for married parents. Participants will need to be low income parents to qualify. This grant will make it possible for us to reach 900 more families in the next year.  We will help kids grow up with parents who love them and each other, and have the skills to make their family last. 


In addition to the two new classes, all families in our Flourishing Families Program will receive job development support- something we have previously been unable to provide. This will help families gain economic stability and self sufficiency.  


And we need your help! We will be looking for instructors, class assistants, playcare providers for the children, and more. We have some paid and some volunteer positions. We will be sending more information out soon.

 

Thank you to all of you, our community, who have made this possible! 


 
 
 
 
 
 
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There's Still Time . . . | FTF eNews October Vol.1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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First Things First eNews
  October 2011    Volume 1         

FTF Classes

Maximize Your Marriage*

A seminar for couples  

in distress    

 

October 22 

Saturday

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

St. John UMC
3921 Murray Hills Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37416

 

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Dinner or Lunch provided by First Things First

 

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FAM U  

(Family University)  

 

* Funding for this project was provided by the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant: 90FM004801. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children  

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December 3, 2011

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January 28, 2012
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Chattanooga's Great Date Night

There's Still Time . . .          

Chattanooga's Great Date Night happens this Tuesday, October 11 from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Chattanooga Convention Center.  There are only a few days left for you and your date to get in on the fun and excitement! You'll see Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter Michael O'Brien perform with his full band, and you'll laugh and learn with relationship expert Mark Gungor! Dan and Bubba Cathy from the founding family of Chick-fil-A will also be on hand, and you could win one of our amazing door prizes too, like an incredible cruise, weekend getaways, free Chick-fil-A for a year and much more. This date night is absolutely FREE but registration is required.

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Let's Talk Month

Sex is Not a Dirty Word            

October is Let's Talk Month, a national initiative that supports parents in their efforts to talk to their children about sexuality and healthy relationships.  
It isn't always easy to talk to your kids about sensitive topics like sex, but it is important to start talking and keep the communication lines open. Pop culture has a way of making sexuality seem "dirty" or embarrassing to discuss openly.  Sex is much more than just chemistry between two people. That's why it is crucial that kids get the facts of life from someone they trust . . . YOU. Your family depends on you for information about your beliefs, values and expectations.  Believe it or not, your kids want to know what you think. Also, research shows that young people who feel connected to their family and clearly understand their family's values concerning sexuality are more likely to avoid risky behavior.

For tips and ideas on how to start the dialogue with your kids, click here.  
 

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Saturday, December 3!   

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Highlights from AEI Event: Marriage and Babies: Good for Business? October 4

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Marriage and Babies: Good for Business?

Tuesday, October 4, 2011, 10:30 a.m - 12:00 p.m.

PARTICIPANTS
• W. BRADFORD WILCOX, National Marriage Project
• NICHOLAS EBERSTADT, AEI
• JONATHAN LAST, The Weekly Standard
• KARLYN BOWMAN, AEI

SUMMARY
A new report by the Social Trends Institute, "The Sustainable Demographic Dividend," looks at the relationship between marriage, fertility and economic trends. On Tuesday, a panel of experts gathered at the American Enterprise Institute to discuss the report’s findings in these areas and the related implications for American society. W. Bradford Wilcox, the director of the National Marriage Project and an author of the report, summarized the report’s argument, stating that certain sectors of the economy should act in their own self-interest to promote marriage and increase birth rates. He also noted that marriage has positive effects on society as a whole, highlighting that men are more likely to be productive when married and children are more likely to stay out of jail and avoid teenage pregnancies when their parents are married. Jonathan Last, a senior writer for the Weekly Standard, dissected the forecast of the ideal fertility rate, which describes how many children people would like to have, on average, in a perfect world. He pointed out that the ideal fertility rate in the United States is still relatively high at 2.6, which predicts stable, if not increasing, birth rates. AEI’s Nicholas Eberstadt addressed some unanswered questions, including the effect of birth rates on the macroeconomy (outside of the specific sectors addressed in the report) and the example of Scandinavia, which seems to be an exception to the correlation between traditional marriages and successes in health and education.

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Supplemental materials from the event are available on the AEI website.

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Jonathan Last
- Opinions on Families Are Changing

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- The Scandinavia Example

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Final Reminder: Flashes of Color Documentary Fundraising Event this Friday!

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Ruth Strand and Rick Johnson during shooting of the Flashes of Color trailer in Madison, Wisconsin

Greetings!

 

You are invited to the Flashes of Color documentary film fundraising event.

 

Attendees will view the Flashes of Color trailer with interviews and video footage from the film.

The evening will be hosted by Jan Benton, National Director of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability (NCPD). We will also have a talk by a special guest - Trish Stone, a mother and sister of people with disabilities - and a short presentation about the project and its goals.

 

Drinks and light appetizers will be served.  

Children welcome!

 

Flashes of Color, seeks to highlight the profound contributions of people with disabilities at a time when a "culture of perfection" is fueling a deep and deadly bias against them.   

St. mary's Lyceum

St. Mary's Catholic Church

Alexandria, VA

Please feel free to forward the Email to friends who may be interested in attending.

 

Where: The Lyceum at St. Mary Catholic Church

313 Duke St. Alexandria, VA, 22314.

 

The Lyceum is wheelchair-accessible.

  

Parking: Street parking available. Also three small church parking lots are available close to the Lyceum:  at the corner of Royal and Wolfe; the corner of Duke and 

Fairfax and on the 300 block of Pitt St. 

 

When: Friday October 7th, 2011, 6- 8 pm

 

Why: To raise funds for the Flashes of Color documentary film project, currently in production. The support of people who care about persons with disabilities, and who understand the "flashes of color" they bring to our lives, is essential to this project's success.

 

Please RSVP by replying to this email or by sending an email to danielallott@inaltumproductions.com

 

Find out more at: inaltumproductions.com/projects/current/

 

Pay at door. Cash and checks preferred. Checks payable to: American Values.*

 

Individuals $40 - Couples $70 - Students $35

All donations are tax-deductible.

 

For those who cannot attend but would still like to contribute to this important project, a check can be made out to American Values and sent to: In Altum Productions 7621 Provincial Dr. Suite 201, McLean VA, 22102.

          

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Evening's Schedule

 

6:00: Doors open, cocktails and hors d'oeuvres. Meet the Flashes of Color team.

 

7:00: Introduction to the evening

 

7:10: Viewing of documentary "sneak peek"

 

7:20: Testimonial by Trish Stone

 

7:30: Short presentation by the filmmakers, 

Jordan and Daniel Allott/Q & A

 

7:45: Conclusion and socialize

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ACF announces over $119 million in Grant Awards for Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

From: Robin McDonald [mailto:info@healthymarriageinfo.org]
Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 2:03 PM
To: Bill coffin
Subject: ACF announces over $119 million in Grant Awards for Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Monday, October 3, 2011

Contact: Kenneth J. Wolfe

(202) 401-9215

 

ACF announces over $119 million in Grant Awards for Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

 

HHS’ Administration for Children and Families, Office of Family Assistance (OFA) today announced $119,393,729 in grant awards to 120 grantees to promote healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood. Authorized by the Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (CRA), the grant awards will help fathers and families build strong relationships to support the well-being of their children.

 

“A strong and stable family is the greatest advantage any child can have,” said George Sheldon, HHS acting assistant secretary for children and families. “These grants support programs that promote responsible parenting, encourage healthy relationships and marriage, and help families move toward self-sufficiency and economic stability.”

 

The Healthy Marriage program awarded a total of $59,997,077 in grants, which include 60 Community-Centered Healthy Marriage grants and a National Resource Center for Strategies to Promote Healthy Marriage grant. The Responsible Fatherhood program awarded a total of $59,396,652 in grants, which include 55 Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood grants and four Community-Centered Responsible Fatherhood Ex-Prisoner Reentry Pilot Project grants.

 

These grants, administered by OFA, must have procedures in place to address issues of domestic violence and child abuse and neglect, and they must ensure that program participation is voluntary. HHS encouraged applicants to develop programs that emphasized providing comprehensive services to participants, including attention to the importance of employment and economic stability. 

 

The marriage and fatherhood grants were awarded through a competitive process and aim to test promising strategies for supporting healthy relationships and marriages and for helping fathers meet their parenting and financial obligations to their children. Organizations receiving healthy marriage grants may provide a range of services including marriage education, divorce reduction, and marriage and relationship skills programs that may include parenting skills, financial management, conflict resolution, and job and career advancement.  Fatherhood program funding must be used to promote responsible fatherhood through activities that promote or sustain marriage and responsible parenting, and that foster economic stability. 

 

Today’s $119 million in grants are part of a $150-million fund established by Congress to promote healthy marriage and responsible fatherhood. The remaining funds are allocated for research, a responsible fatherhood clearinghouse and Tribal TANF - Child Welfare grants (as authorized by the legislation), training and technical assistance for all grantees and administrative costs.

 

For the complete list of grantees visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/news/press/2011/Grantawards2011.html.

 

For more information on the Office of Family Assistance visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ofa/.

 

For more information on Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood visit: http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/ and http://www.fatherhood.gov/.

 

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Relationship Enhancement Therapy Workshop Announcement

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Relationship Enhancement® Therapy with Couples and Families

November 4-6, 2011

Workshop Leader: Rob Scuka, Ph.D., Member of NIRE's Training Faculty

Rob is the author of Relationship Enhancement Therapy: Healing Through Deep Empathy and Intimate Dialogue.

Location: The workshop will be held in Bethesda, MD.

Workshop Description: The purpose of this three-day skills training workshop is to provide participants a comprehensive introduction to the theory and methodology underlying the RE model and to teach participants how  to conduct RE Therapy with couples and families, beginning with the intake interview and proceeding through all the phases of RE therapy.

Intensive Supervised Skills Practice: The workshop emphasizes the building of participants' therapeutic skills through a process that combines lecture, video, role-play demonstrations, and intensively supervised skill practice. The number of participants is limited in order to ensure frequent individual supervision when participants break into triads to practice the previously-demonstrated skills.

Workshop Objectives: Participants will learn:

  • How to structure an intake interview so as to minimize in-session conflict and maximize commitment to positive therapeutic engagement
  • How to teach clients the nine RE skills
  • How and when to use special RE therapy techniques of Becoming, Troubleshooting, Laundering and Double-Becoming to manage the clinical process
  • RE methods for crisis intervention
  • How to overcome power imbalances among family members
  • When and how to combine individual therapy of family members with RE couple and family therapy

Continuing Education: Upon completion, participants receive 20 CE credits for completing this workshop.

IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists.  IDEALS maintains responsibility for the program and its content.
IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the National Board of Certified Counselors to offer continuing education for National Certified Counselors. NBCC provider #5560.
IDEALS/NIRE is approved by the Maryland State Board of Social Work Examiners to offer Category I continuing education programs for social workers. IDEALS/NIRE maintains responsibility for the program and adhering to the appropriate guidelines required by the respective organizations.

Number of participants strictly limited to assure ample individual supervision.

Fee: $375 (includes RE Therapist Manual).

For further information, or to register, please call NIRE at 301-986-1479.

Visit our website at www.nire.org.

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Courageous Arrives In Theaters Today

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Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 5:04 AM
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Subject: Courageous Arrives In Theaters Today

September 30, 2011

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Courageous Arrives in Theaters!

Three years ago this weekend, Fireproof opened in theaters. Hearts were touched, lives were impacted, marriages were changed.

Today, COURAGEOUS takes to the big screen. What will happen this time around? Truly, only God knows. What we know is that He is able to do exceedingly, abundantly more than we can hope or imagine. And it starts this weekend.

New to COURAGEOUS?
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Honor Begins at Home

Four men, one calling: to serve and protect. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency help these dads draw closer to God ... and to their children?

Protecting the streets is second nature to these officers. Raising their children in a God-honoring way? That's courageous.

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Opening Weekend Matters

At a sporting event, it's the scoreboard. In school, it's grades. In business, it's the bottom line. In the movie industry, it's opening weekend.

This weekend is the key for COURAGEOUS. While our hope and prayer is that this film will have a long-standing impact on families and fathers for generations to come, Hollywood will judge it by how it does at the box office today, tomorrow, and Sunday.

Each ticket you buy for COURAGEOUS this weekend is a loud vote telling movie executives that this is the kind of movie you support. Are you ready to be COURAGEOUS?

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It's Show Time

Tony Dungy is a Super Bowl-winning coach. Tony Dungy is an All Pro Dad. Tony Dungy wants you to see COURAGEOUS this weekend.

» Watch and Share Tony's Game-time Call to Action

 


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