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Description The goal of Supporting Healthy Marriage is to improve marriage education programs for low-income couples.

Supporting Healthy Marriage studies various policies and programs that are aimed at helping couples strengthen and maintain healthy marital relationships. These programs provide instruction and support to improve relationship skills, as well as links to services that can help low-income couples reduce strains on their relationships caused by problems with employment, health, or housing insecurity.
Goal / Mission The goal of Supporting Healthy Marriage is to improve marriage education programs for low-income couples.
Results / Accomplishments Early results on impacts of the Supporting Healthy Marriage program are expected in 2012.
Categories Social Environment / Family Structure
Organization(s) MDRC
Date of Implementation 2007
Location Country: USA
Primary Contact Virginia Knox
(212) 340-8678
Virginia.knox@mdrc.org
http://www.supportinghealthymarriage.org/descri...
Target Audience married couples, low-income
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