Healthy Marriage Initiative

Healthy marriage and relationships projects (HMI) of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) seek to support the well-being of individuals, couples, families and children.  Projects in Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and Connecticut are funded by the ACF Offices of Child Support Enforcement, Refugee Resettlement, Family Assistance, Children’s Bureau and Head Start.  These programs engage participants in skills-based education to strengthen relationships, reduce conflict, improve problem-solving and teach foundational skills that support healthy marriages, couple and family relationships. 
Through the assistance of the Regional Office, any community or faith-based organization, social agency or interested individual can learn about and launch programs to support couples and families to form and sustain positive relationships. Regional Office staff offer assistance to groups and individuals by:

• Providing information about marriage education: effective programs and best practices;
• Consulting on how to access marriage education training, start a program or find funding, cultural adaptation issues and selecting a curriculum;and
• Facilitating meetings or seminars to help you start, design or sustain a marriage and family initiative in your organization or community.

Visit the Healthy Marriage Initiative website for more information on current ACF funding for healthy marriage, technical assistance, results of research and descriptions of effective marriage and family programs:
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/index.html

Primary Regional Healthy Marriage contact:

Josephine Hauer, Ed.D.
JFK Federal Building Room 2000
Boston, MA 02203
617-565-1123
email: Josephine.hauer@acf.hhs.gov