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Piloting a Community Approach to Healthy Marriage Initiatives in Three Sites: Chicago, Illinois, Boston, Massachusetts, and Jacksonville, Florida

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Title Page

Acknowledgments

List of Tables and Figures

Executive Summary

ES.1  Illinois Healthy Relationships and Marriage Initiative
ES.2  Relationships for Real Life
ES.3  Jacksonville Network for Strengthening Families
ES.4  Comparing the Initiatives

1. Piloting Community Approaches to the Healthy Marriage Initiative

1.1 The Community Healthy Marriage Initiative Demonstration and Evaluation
1.2 Methods for Obtaining Information

2. Illinois Healthy Relationships and Marriage Initiative; Chicago, Illinois

2.1 Introduction
2.2 Illinois Healthy Relationships and Marriage Initiative: Background, Planning, and Early Implementation

2.2.1 Project Goals
2.2.2 Birth of IHRMI: Built on Experience and Strong Working Relationships

2.3 Organization and Implementation of IHRMI

2.3.1 Illinois Policy Environment
2.3.2 Organizational Structure

2.4 Initial Operations and Services of the IHRMI

2.4.1 Recruitment Strategies: Roseland WIC Food and Nutrition Center
2.4.2 Recruitment Strategies and Site Selection: Diversey WIC Food and Nutrition Center
2.4.3 Intake and Screening
2.4.4 Curriculum and Programs

2.5 Linkages With Other Service Providers

2.5.1 Child Support Services
2.5.2 Employment Services
2.5.3 Domestic Violence Referrals
2.5.4 Media Campaign and Community Outreach

2.6 Participant Information

2.6.1 Workshop Participant Information
2.6.2 Management Information System (MIS) Data Highlights of Participant Characteristics
2.6.3 Participants’ Involvement in the Child Support System
2.6.4 The Employment, Earnings and Unemployment Insurance Benefits Patterns Among IHRMI Participants
2.6.5 Perspectives of Selected Participants

2.7 Conclusions

3. Relationships for Real Life; Boston, Massachusetts

3.1 Introduction
3.2 Relationships for Real Life: Background, Planning and Early Implementation

3.2.1 Project Goals
3.2.2 Birth of RRL: Drawing on Organizational Strengths and Strong Working Relationships

3.3 Organization and Implementation of RRL

3.3.1 Massachusetts Policy Environment
3.3.2 Restructuring the Initiative
3.3.3 Implementing the New Initiative
3.3.4 Organizational Structure

3.4 Initial Operations and Services of RRL

3.4.1 Recruitment Strategies
3.4.2 Intake and Screening
3.4.3 Curriculum and Programs

3.5 Links With Other Service Providers

3.5.1 Child Support System
3.5.2 Domestic Violence
3.5.3 Referrals to Other Services
3.5.4 Media Campaign and Community Outreach

3.6 Participant Information

3.6.1 Participant Characteristics and Experiences
3.6.2 Management Information System (MIS) Participant Data
3.6.3 Participants’ Involvement in the Child Support System
3.6.4 Participant Experiences

3.7 Conclusions

4. Jacksonville Network for Strengthening Families; Jacksonville, Florida

4.1 Introduction
4.2 Background, Planning, and Early Implementation

4.2.1 Project Goals
4.2.2 Birth of JNSF: Building a Coalition from the Ground Up

4.3 Organization and Implementation of JNSF

4.3.1 Florida Policy Environment
4.3.2 Organizational Structure
4.3.3 Organizational Changes

4.4 Initial Operations and Services of JNSF

4.4.1 Recruitment Strategies
4.4.2 Intake and Screening
4.4.3 Curriculum and Programs

4.5 Linkages with Other Service Providers

4.5.1 Child Support System
4.5.2 Domestic Violence
4.5.3 Media Campaign and Community Outreach

4.6 Participant Characteristics and Experiences

4.6.1 Workshop Participant Information
4.6.2 Management Information System (MIS) Data Highlights of  Participant Characteristics
4.6.3 Participants' Involvement in the Child Support System
4.6.4 Participants' Employment, Earnings, and Receipt of Unemployment Insurance Benefits
4.6.5 Perspectives of Selected Participants

4.7 Conclusions

5. Implementation Considerations and Lessons Learned

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