10) Marriage: America's Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty | The ...
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And Collapse of Marriage Spurs Explosion in Poverty
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And http://www.census.gov/newsroom/releases/archives/income_wealth/cb10-144.html
9) Community Partnerships: Improving the Response to Child Maltreatment
This manual offers guidance on how diverse community agencies, organizations, and individuals can work together to form a web of support for families and create safe, healthy environments where children can thrive. The manual describes the benefits of community partnerships, outlines the steps for establishing and sustaining partnerships, and demonstrates how to measure results. In the appendices are valuable resources such as checklists, sample forms, and success stories. www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanuals/partners
The entire User Manual Series is available at www.childwelfare.gov/pubs/usermanual.cfm
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7) http://www.futureofchildren.org/
6) Fragile Families
Volume 20 Number 2 Fall 2010
5) Executive Summary (67.8 kb)
3) Article Summaries ,e.g., Marriage and Fatherhood Programs
Phillip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan and Virginia Knox
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2) Anyone else ever argue about how to load the dishwasher? --BC
Shortcuts: For the Dishwasher’s Sake, Go Easy on the Detergent
1) http://earthalerts.manyjourneys.com/web/
Bill Coffin
Special Assistant for Marriage Education
ACF/HHS
370 L’Enfant Promenade, SW Washington, DC 20447
(202)260-1550(o);
…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.