together in texas
For Couples For Providers
1 2 3
couple image
Search for Marriage Education Services
1 2 3

Healthy Marriage Links

What is a Healthy Marriage?

Defining the Concept - Child Trends (Downloadable pdf)

What is Marriage Education?

Does Marriage Education Work? - Center for Law and Social Policy (Downloadable pdf)

Domestic Violence Resources

Alianza (National Latino Alliance for the Elimination of Domestic Violence)

Asian and Pacific Islander Institute on Domestic Violence

Domestic Violence Resources on the NHMRC

National Domestic Violence Hotline (NDVH)

National Resource Center on Domestic Violence (NRCDV)

Texas Council on Family Violence (TCFV)

National Marriage Research Sites

African American Healthy Marriage Initiative (AAHMI)

Children, Youth and Familes Education and Research Network (CYFERnet)

Coalition for Marriage, Families and Couples Education - Smart Marriages

Marriage License Application Indexes from Texas Department of State Health Services

National Council on Family Relations

National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC)

National Survey of Marital Strengths (Downloadable pdf)

Reports from the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia

Texas Vital Statistics annual reports, which includes marriage and divorce statistics

The National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse (NRFC)

The State of Texas Children - Texas Kids Count (Downloadable PDF)

The Urban Institute

Partners

Building Strong Families (BSF)

Department of State Health Services - Texas Marriage Info

Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM)  

Texas Council on Family Violence

Texas Office of Attorney General - Family Initiatives

Resources

Better Marriages - Texas

Guides for Fathers in Child Protection Cases

Interactive site providing resources and practical relationship tools

Low-Income Mothers in Marriage and Relationship Education

National Association for Relationship and Marriage Education (NARME)

National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Network (NERMEN)

NHMRC Webinars and Resources

Online community about relationships and marriage from The National Healthy Marriage Resource Center (NHMRC)

Should you keep trying to work it out?

Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative Research Brief 1 – HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative Research Brief 2 – HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative Research Brief 3 – HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative Research Brief 4 – HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative Research Brief 5 – HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative Research Brief 9 – HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Healthy Marriage Initiative Research Brief 10 – HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Office of Attorney General - "When You Get Married" (Downloadable pdf)

The Institute for American Values - The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed   Childbearing: First-Ever Estimates for the Nation and All Fifty States

The Texas Family Guide to Personal Money Management

Twogether in Texas Baseline Report - HHSC (Downloadable pdf)

Texas Healthy Marriage Statutes

Statutes from Local Government Code Chapter 118 Sec. 118.011. FEE SCHEDULE & Sec. 118.018.
MARRIAGE LICENSE & Sec. 118.022. DISPOSITION OF MARRIAGE LICENSE AND DECLARATION FEES

Statutes from Texas Family Code Chapter 2 Sec. 2.013. PREMARITAL EDUCATION COURSES. & Sec. 2.204. 72-HOUR WAITING PERIOD; EXCEPTIONS