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Mississippi Healthy Marriage Initiative

Helpful Links

General Relationship Education Resources

Smart Marriages www.smartmarriage.com
National Extension Relationship and Marriage Education Network   www.nermen.org

Healthy Marriage Resources

National Healthy Marriage Institute www.healthymarriage.org
National Healthy Marriage Resource Center www.healthymarriageinfo.org
African American Healthy Marriage Initiative www.aahmi.net
Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/healthymarriage/about/hispanic_hhmi.htm
Native American Healthy Marriage Initiative
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/ana/programs/NAHMI/Index.html    
Oklahoma Marriage Initiative www.okmarriage.org

Resources for Troubled Relationships

Beyond Affairs Network  www.beyondaffairs.com

Relationship Violence

The National Teen Dating Violence Hotline (1-866-331-9474) www.loveisrespect.org
American Domestic Violence Crisis Line (1-866 USWOMEN)www.866uswomen.org
Family Violence Prevention Fund www.endabuse.org
Stop Family Violence www.stopfamilyviolence.org
National Center on Domestic and Sexual Violence www.ncdsv.org
National Network to End Domestic Violence www.nnedv.org
National Organization for Victim Assistance www.try-nova.org
National Resource Center on Domestic Violence www.nrcdv.org
National Sexual Violence Resource Center www.nsvrc.org
Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN)www.rainn.org

Youth/Teens

Society for Research in Child Development  http://www.srcd.org  
Society for Research on Adolescence http://s-r-a.org
National Abstinence Clearinghousehttp://abstinence.net/
Not Me Not Now  http://notmenotnow.org/
Why kNOw Abstinence Education  http://whyknow.org/
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy http://www.stayteen.org/default.aspx

Fatherhood

National Fatherhood Initiative  http://www.fatherhood.org 
Center for Successful Fathering http://www.fathering.org/
National Center for Fathering www.fathers.com
National Responsible Fatherhood Clearinghouse www.fatherhood.gov

Stepfamilies

National Stepfamily Resource Center  http://www.stepfamilies.info/
The Stepfamily Foundationhttp://www.stepfamily.org/

Parenting

Family Education http://www.familyeducation.com/home/

Grandparenting

Grandparents raising grandchildren http://www.raisingyourgrandchildren.com/

Marriage and Family Research Centers

Children, Youth, and Families Education and Research Network www.cyfernet.org
Marriage and Family Research Institute, University of Central Florida http://mfri.ucf.edu/
National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University www.nccp.org
National Marriage Project, Rutgers University http://marriage.rutgers.edu
National Poverty Center, University of Michigan http://www.npc.umich.edu/

Marriage and Family Organizations

Alternatives to Marriage Project http://www.unmarried.org/
Annie E. Casey Foundationhttp://www.aecf.org/
Child Trends http://www.childtrends.org/
Children’s Defense Fund http://www.childrensdefense.org/
Council on Contemporary Families http://www.contemporaryfamilies.org/
Family Research Council http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?c=HOME
MDRC http://www.mdrc.org/
Urban Institutehttp://www.urban.org/

Healthy Marriage Initiative Grantees in Mississippi

Community Action Partnership www.mshealthymarriageinitiative.com

Professional Organizations

American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy http://www.aamft.org
National Council on Family Relations http://www.ncfr.org
National Association of Social Workers www.socialworkers.org

U.S. Government

Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services http://aspe.hhs.gov/_/index.cfm
Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services  http://www.acf.hhs.gov/
U.S. Census Bureau Families and Living Arrangements  http://www.census.gov/population/www/socdemo/hh-fam.html