This brief highlights strategies that HMRE programs can use to improve their inclusivity for LGBTQ+ youth in the areas of (1) recruitment, outreach, and initial engagement; (2) program content and delivery; and (3) staff hiring and training.
This white paper explores how to make federally-funded healthy marriage and relationship education programs more inclusive for LGBTQ+ youth and adults. It presents key challenges and strategies related to LGBTQ+ inclusivity drawing on a literature review and focus groups and interviews with program directors,...
This brief highlights strategies that HMRE programs can use to improve their inclusivity for LGBTQ+ adults in the areas of (1) recruitment, outreach, and initial engagement; (2) program content and delivery; and (3) staff hiring and training.
This brief summarizes key themes and research priorities discussed at a technical work group meeting about Responsible Fatherhood (RF) programs. The meeting addressed the topics of fostering trust among fathers who participate in RF programs and recruiting and retaining young fathers in services.
This brief summarizes key themes discussed at a technical work group meeting about Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) programs. The meeting addressed the topics of fostering trust among HMRE program participants and making HMRE programs more inclusive for LGBTQ+ youth.
This brief describes how HMRE and RF programs might influence child well-being and provides recommendations for evaluators who want to measure child well-being in their studies.
This report is the third in a series on the implementation and impacts of an HMRE program delivered to students in two Atlanta-area high schools. It documents the study methods and presents program impacts based on follow-up data collected around three years after students enrolled in the study.
The brief offers strategies for engaging community members in each step of the research process. It identifies common challenges and potential solutions to ensure community voices are reflected in evaluation decisions. The brief includes a template that HMRF researchers can use to create a handout for...
This paper provides practical guidance to HMRF researchers on how to engage community members in designing and conducting evaluations of HMRF programs.
This report shares findings on the impacts of an HMRE program delivered to students in two Atlanta-area high schools. The study compared groups of students who were offered two different versions of the curriculum against a control group of students who were not offered any HMRE programming.
The Office of Adolescent Health in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services funded a three-year study designed to better understand whether and how programs once supported by federal funding were sustained after their grant funding period ends.
Parents’ socioeconomic status (SES) is strongly correlated with the family arrangements in which children are raised, with children in higher-SES households more likely to be raised by both parents.