Research Indicates a Happy Parental Relationship is Positive for Children Regardless of Income, Marital Status, or Race/Ethnicity

From: Carol Emig <webmaster@childtrends.org>
Date: April 8, 2011 10:21:27 AM PDT
Subject: Research Indicates a Happy Parental Relationship is Positive for Children Regardless of Income, Marital Status, or Race/Ethnicity

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____________________________________________________________ April 8
, 2011

 

A new Child Trends brief finds that relationship quality between parents is consistently and positively
associated with better outcomes for children and families. This brief, Parental Relationship Quality and Child Outcomes across Subgroups, notes that the positive association holds across many subgroup comparisons, including income, marital status, parental education, and race/ethnicity
. These analyses were completed using data from the 2007 National Survey of Children's Health.  

 

Specifically, positive parental relationships are linked to:
  • reduced child behavior problems,
  • better child social competence,
  • greater child school engagement,
  • fewer child internalizing (depression) problems,
  • better parent-child communication, and
  • reduced feelings of aggravation by the parent
    . 

"Our research indicates that happy couple relationships are quite consistently related to better outcomes for children and families across all types of groups in the population," lead author Kristin A. Moore said. "Programs and policies that are able to improve relationship quality could have positive implications for children."
 
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ACF corrected the award date and start date to 9/29/11at http://www.acf.hhs.gov/hhsgrantsforecast/index.cfm

Published to Grants.gov
Field-Initiated Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grants ACF 04/05/2011 93.086
Community-Centered Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grants ACF 04/05/2011 93.086
Community-Centered Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Strategies for Ex-Prisoners ACF 04/05/2011 93.086
Community-Centered Responsible Fatherhood Strategies for Re-Entering or Recently Released Fathers ACF 04/05/2011 93.086
Family Violence Prevention and Services Discretionary Grants: National and Special Issue Resource Centers ACF 04/05/2011 93.592
Field-Initiated Responsible Fatherhood Grants ACF 04/05/2011 93.086
National Center on Program Management and Fiscal Operations ACF 04/05/2011 93.6
Pathways to Responsible Fatherhood Grants ACF 04/05/2011 93.086
Preferred Communities Program ACF 04/05/2011 93.576 03/31/2011
National Resource Center for Marriage and Relationship Education

Grant Opportunity this summer

Community-Centered Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grants

Most Recent Update: 04/01/2011 10:53:48 AM
    Community-Centered Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grants 
Summary:
Funding Opportunity Number: HHS-2011-ACF-OFA-FM-0193
Forecast ID Number: ACF-2011-FCAST-0082
Fiscal Year: 2011
Funding Opportunity Title: Community-Centered Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Grants
CFDA Number: 93.086
Funding Activity Category: Income Security and Social Services (ISS) 
Funding Instrument Type Code(s): Cooperative Agreement
Cost Sharing / Matching Requirement: No 
Recovery Act:  
Affordable Care Act (ACA): No
 
Estimated Funding Information:
Estimated Funding: $28,000,000
Expected Number of Awards: 35
Estimated Award Ceiling: $2,500,000
Estimated Award Floor: $800,000
 
Estimated Milestone Dates:
Estimated Post Date: 06/14/2011
Estimated Application Due Date: 08/13/2011
Estimated Award Date:  
Estimated Start Date: 11/30/2010
 
Eligibility:
Eligibility Category:
  • State governments
  • County governments
  • City or township governments
  • Special district governments
  • Independent school districts
  • Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
  • Native American tribal governments (Federally recognized)
  • Public housing authorities/Indian housing authorities
  • Native American tribal organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
  • Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education
  • Private institutions of higher education
  • For profit organizations other than small businesses
  • Small businesses
    		•
    Additional Eligibility Information:
    Faith-based and community organizations that meet eligibility requirements are eligible to receive awards under this funding opportunity announcement. Individuals, foreign entities, and sole proprietorship organizations are not eligible to compete for, or receive, awards made under this announcement.
     
    Description:

    The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Family Assistance (OFA) is announcing the solicitation of applications to competitively award cooperative agreements for demonstration projects that support "healthy marriage promotion activities" as enacted by The Claims Resolution Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-291).

    Cooperative agreements awarded under this Funding Opportunity Announcement will support programs that have the capacity and proven track record of providing a broad range of marriage and relationship education (MRE) and skills training to low-income populations. 

    To address the multiple barriers faced by individuals, couples/partners, and families, projects will provide MRE skills and job and career advancement activities designed to change behaviors of individuals and move families towards economic self-sufficiency.   ACF is particularly interested in funding organizations that are located in the community of the targeted population, and that provide a broad array of services.

     

     
     
    Federal Agency Contact Information:
    Federal Agency: Department of Health and Human Services
    Name: Michele Walters
    Email Address: michele.walters@acf.hhs.gov
    Phone: (202) 401-5726
    OpDiv: Administration for Children & Families
    Sub OpDiv: Office of Family Assistance
    Division: TANF Bureau