Coffin Corner

10) Strengthening Fragile Families
“Fatherhood, Marriage, and Families Innovation Fund.” Rather than making grants to community-based organizations, the federal government would allocate ...
www.futureofchildren.org/.../events/events-10262010.pdf

9) In economic downturn, an uptick in couples living together before marriage
Washington Post
The only thing missing, it seems, is the marriage. "We plan on getting married," Peltier said, "when money permits." It's a common story growing more common ...

And 6 Smart Ways to Stop Money Stress in Your Marriage
San Francisco Chronicle
No wonder Parade's 2008 survey on marriage found that money was the leading cause of marital fights. But with the economy plagued by a deepening recession, ...

8) Why Empathy Really Matters
hitched
Why it's important to not only show empathy for your children to see, but express it toward one another to help strengthen your marriage. ...

And idealist.org - Technical Research Assistant/Analyst (0102-79)
... and analyzing data for a large-scale, multi-site, multi-year rigorous test of marriage education programs for low-income married couples. ...

And http://www.mdrc.org/

and http://www.lovematterstome.org/

7) New taskforce aims to get fathers more involved
Sun-Sentinel
The Fatherhood Task Force of South Florida began work just a few months ago. Chairwoman Holly Zwerling leads the task force. She is a longtime marriage and ...

And Press Releases - News Room - Johanns Applauds Grant Funding To ...
Johanns Applauds Grant Funding To Support Fatherhood Initiative In Nebraska. WASHINGTON. Sen. Mike Johanns (R-Neb.) today applauded grant funding that will ...

6) Visiting expert to reveal marriage pitfalls UQ News Online The ...
Professor Markman and his team's researchbased marriage education program PREPPrevention and Relationship Enhancement Program has been used and tested in a ...

5) Interactive Mapping from the USDA: Who Gets Food Stamps? » and http://www.carseyinstitute.unh.edu/

4) November is Military Family Month

 http://cs.mhf.dod.mil/content/dav/mhf/QOL-Library/MHF/257960.html

And http://www.healthymarriageinfo.org/collections-by-topic/in-the-military-relationships-and-marriage-

3) http://familyscholars.org/2010/11/03/daddys-little-girl/ and http://familyscholars.org/2010/11/04/an-introduction-and-a-new-look-at-divorce/

And Children whose parents split are NINE times more likely to commit crime | Mail Online

2) Better Marriages Fiesta July 7-10, 2011 in Albuquerque, NM

 Proposals are now being accepted for presenting a workshop, offering training, exhibiting and/or advertising. Forms are available at http://www.bettermarriages.org/?register . Simply click on Presenter and Exhibitor Forms to submit your proposal online before November 15.

1) Smart Marriages®: Hatching / Bill Coffin / Marriage Fiesta Nov 15 ...
By Diane
Bill Coffin, Special Assistant for Marriage Education at the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) at Health and Human Services (HHS) since 2002, has announced that he will retire at the end of December, 2010. ...

And next year I’ll have more time for surfing http://web.resourceshelf.com/go/resourceblog/61655 and Interactive: Visualizing NFL Statistics »

And going back to school http://chronicle.com/article/The-Invisible-Curriculum/125197/

And days like http://stats.washingtonpost.com/cbk/scoreboard.asp?conf=-1&day=20101116

And If I Only Had Time « Marriage.com.au

Bill Coffin

Special Assistant for Marriage Education

ACF/HHS

370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC  20447

(202)260-1550(o);

Bill.Coffin@acf.hhs.gov

…We, Government Leaders, invite colleagues and citizens from every political party to engage in renewed

efforts to pursue laws and public policies that promote the well-being of marriages and families…(Excerpt from http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/proclamation/)

A Guide to Low-Cost Curricula and Resources: Marriage and Relationship, Fatherhood and Parenting,
and Financial Education available at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/pdf/curricula_resources_guide_121509.pdf

 http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage 

http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/doc/ACF_Curriculum_Assessment_Guide.doc

http://learning.hhs.gov/elearning/cop.asp

Why Marriage Matters, 26 Conclusions from the Social Sciences

#1 Marriage increases the likelihood that fathers and mothers have good relationships with their children.

#26 A child who is not living with his or her own two married parents is at greater risk for child abuse.

http://center.americanvalues.org/?p=7

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