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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
  • Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative
  • 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