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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.

Visit our Special Collection: Healthy Dating Leads to Healthy Marriage for resources for youth, parents and service providers on this important topic.

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How Welfare Undermines Marriage and What to Do About It.

Historically, marriage has played a critical role in the raising of children. In most cases, the economic benefits of marriage are substantial. Marriage among families with children is an extremely powerful factor in promoting economic self-sufficiency: the ability of families to support...
The Family Environment and Adolescent Well-Being.

This brief summarizes data on the impact of the family environment on adolescent well-being. Findings indicate: 65% of adolescents have parents who say they can communicate very well with their child about things that really matter; less than half of adolescents eat meals with their families at...
Household Search for and Perceptions of Early Care and Education: Initial Findings from the National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE).

This brief uses new, nationally representative data from The National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) —funded by the Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE) in the Administration for Children and Families (ACF), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services—to describe...
Thriving Children, Successful Parents: A Two-Generation Approach to Policy.

A two-generation approach to public policies brings together worlds that are often separated (focusing only on children or only on parents) to modify or create new policies that focus on the needs of parents and children together. Two-generation policies reflect strong research findings that the...
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