Candidates for IFS Friday Five

1. Tips for Creating a Motivating and Supportive Environment for Staff Success in Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Services

OPRE/ACF

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/tips-creating-motivating-and-supportive-environment-staff-success-healthy-marriage-and

OR

Four Tips to Recruit Spanish-Speaking Immigrant Men into Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Programs 

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/report/four-tips-recruit-spanish-speaking-immigrant-men-healthy-marriage-and-relationship

OR

REFRAME: Centering the Strength of Black Voices in Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs




2. The Social Breakdown: The Poverty of Family, Community, and Religious Life in America

Thursday, May 4, 2023 | 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM ET

https://www.aei.org/events/the-social-breakdown-the-poverty-of-family-community-and-religious-life-in-america/



3. Fatherhood and Marriage: Does Strengthening Fatherhood Depend on Renewing Marriage in America?

With W. Bradford Wilcox | Ian Rowe, 

Richard Reeves

https://www.aei.org/events/fatherhood-and-marriage-does-strengthening-fatherhood-depend-on-renewing-marriage-in-america/



4.  What’s the Plan? Cohabitation, Engagement, and Divorce 

by Scott M. Stanley & Galena K. Rhoades

https://ifstudies.org/ifs-admin/resources/reports/cohabitationreportapr2023-final.pdf

OR

New DU Study Highlights Risks of Living Together Before Engagement

Emma Atkinson




5. Divorce Rates: Exploring the Influential Factors and Trends

JACOB MASLOW

https://www.legalscoops.com/divorce-rates/



6. How premarital sex could impact your marriage

 Lois M. Collins

https://www.deseret.com/2023/4/19/23687280/premarital-sex-impact-marriage-wheatley-institute-byu



7. The Next Issue in Family-Focused Public Policy

Paid family leave is getting serious bipartisan attention.

By 

https://thedispatch.com/article/the-next-issue-in-family-focused-public-policy/




8. State-level Data for Understanding Child Welfare in the United States
Sarah Catherine Williams
Rachel Rosenberg
Valerie Martinez
https://www.childtrends.org/publications/state-level-data-for-understanding-child-welfare-in-the-united-states

9. National Fatherhood Initiative, Virginia Department of Behavioral Health partner for new program

Hayley DeSilva


https://www.beckersbehavioralhealth.com/behavioral-health-mental-health/national-fatherhood-initiative-virginia-department-of-behavioral-health-partner-for-new-program.html




10. Toolkit: Elevating Family Input in TANF and Child Support Programs: Resources for Program Staff, Leaders, and Families

https://www.acf.hhs.gov/opre/toolkit/toolkit-elevating-family-input-tanf-and-child-support-programs-resources-program-staff


Thanks
Bill