Healthy Marriages Healthy Relationships

Funded by a federal grant and local match, a community-based Healthy Marriages Healthy Relationships (HMHR) initiative teaches relationship skills and promotes healthy marriages to mostly low-income parents and expectant parents.  The goal is to strengthen marriages and parental relationships in order to improve the well-being of children.

The Grand Rapids, Michigan HMHR initiative...

• Involved ten community partners, actively consulting with all elements of the initiative
• Reached more than 4,200 low-income parents and expectant parents
• Utilized trained facilitators from within the community
• Engaged participants with research-based curricula
• Taught real-world skills, applicable in a variety of situations
• Assessed the program with both qualitative and quantitative studies View Final Report

For more information on the HMHR project, please contact Project Coordinator Marlene Olson at Marlene.Olson@pinerest.org.