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The Resource Center's virtual library collects material from a wide array of organizations available in a variety of formats to build a knowledge base around healthy marriage and relationship education, integration into safety-net service systems, and related topics for couples, educators, policy makers, public service agencies, and other safety-net stakeholders.

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Are Homeless Families Connected to the Social Safety Net?

This brief examines whether families experiencing homelessness are connected to the benefits and services of the social safety net. We found that--while participation rates varied by program--for most safety net programs, homeless families in our sample reported rates of participation greater...
Engaging Low-Income Fathers in Home Visiting: Approaches, Challenges, and Strategies.

Home visiting programs have a long history in the United States and abroad as a tool for supporting vulnerable families by encouraging positive parenting, promoting child development, and improving maternal and child health. Although programs have traditionally targeted pregnant women and...
Serving Young Fathers in Home Visiting Programs: Highlights from a Research Study.

Early childhood home visiting programs typically target pregnant women and mothers of young children, but increasing attention is being given to the practice of engaging fathers as well. The study aimed to understand how home visiting programs engage fathers, what fathers’ experiences are in...
Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality Measures: User’s Manual Brief.

This brief introduces the Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality (FPTRQ) measures for early care and education stakeholders. The brief introduces the constructs and elements included in the measures, the measures' reliability, how the measures might be used, and how to use them. If you...
Understanding and Measuring Providers' Teachers' Cultural Sensitivity With Families: Lesson Learned and Measurement Recommendations.

This brief describes the process of measuring cultural sensitivity in the Family and Provider/Teacher Relationship Quality project. Researchers measuring cultural sensitivity in other fields may also find the information contained within this brief useful. (Author abstract)
Providing Culturally Relevant Services: Programs in the Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative Implementation Evaluation.

This paper profiles programs that are being funded thorough the federal Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative, an initiative designed to address the unique cultural, linguistic, demographic, and socioeconomic needs of Hispanic children and families in the United States. Statistics are provided...
Child and Partner Transitions among Families Experiencing Homelessness.

This brief explores child and partner separations among families experiencing homelessness.
Additionally, the brief examines: family separations and reunifications in the 20 months after being in emergency shelter and; the association between family separation and recent housing...
Do you have something you think is appropriate for the library? While library staff scour various resources seeking items for the collection, it is not possible for staff to have access to all marriage and family-related resources. This is where you can help by sharing materials created by your program so that they may be reviewed or used by program staff, resource families, or related professionals for the purpose of improving service delivery for families.

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