Candidates for Friday Five

1. Empty home syndrome
Joanna Roughton

http://www.mercatornet.com/family_edge/view/empty-home-syndrome/19006





2. Exploring Social Support Networks among Low-income Fathers
What types of social support networks do low-income fathers in responsible fatherhood programs have? Explore this brief 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/resource/the-role-of-social-networks-among-low-income-fathers-findings-from-the-pact-evaluation?





3. Healthy Children e-magazine

https://www.healthychildren.org/English/tips-tools/e-magazine/Pages/default.aspx







4. Pick one or more from www.healthymarriageandfamilies.org.

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Foundational skills such as communication, conflict resolution, and self-control are essential at home, on the job, and at school. Learning them can assist participants in strengthening their families and achieving economic self-sufficiency. Some ideas on helping participants to develop these skills include:
  ·  Print our Tips for Healthy and Effective Communication and Tips for Healthy Conflict Management handouts and make them available in your office and waiting area.
  ·  Visit our Virtual Training Center to learn how to integrate communication and conflict resolution education into your services.
  ·  Learn how states and counties have successfully integrated healthy marriage and relationship education into their safety-net programs in order to promote economic self-sufficiency.







5. Today, America’s Promise Alliance released “Barriers to Wellness: Voices and Views from Young People in Five Cities,” a study designed to tap into young people’s perspectives by engaging them not only as partners, but as leaders in community health research. 

http://www.gradnation.org/report/barriers-wellness?





6. A Sidekick for Self-Actualization: How Our Partners Make Us Great

http://www.scienceofrelationships.com/home/2016/11/14/a-sidekick-for-self-actualization-how-our-partners-make-us-g.html





7.How Data-Driven Justice is Changing Lives and Saving Resources

http://www.socialsolutions.com/blog/data-driven-justice-changing-lives-saving-resources/





8. Light Research Hasn't Slowed Pre-K Expansion


HAYLEY GLATTER
 

​http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/10/light-research-hasnt-slowed-pre-k-expansion/505553/​




9. Innovation Network, 2016 State of Evaluation in the Nonprofit Sector (October 2016)

http://www.innonet.org/media/2016-State_of_Evaluation.pdf





10. We know student debt is delaying marriage — but why?

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/we-know-student-debt-is-delaying-marriage-but-why-2016-11-16



Thanks Alysse