Our Federal Sponsors

US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.
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Great information on why the Federal Government cares about your marriage and family

National Healthy Marriage Resource Center
www.healthymarriageinfo.org
Tons of tips, tools, statistics, and articles on the healthy marriage intitiative as well as sections designed for couples, individuals, and providers.

Our Curriculum

Married and Loving It!
www.marriedandlovingit.org
Who doesn’t want to be Married and Loving It? Whether you are engaged, newly married, in the middle of raising your family or in the empty nesters stage of life, Married and Loving It! will help you learn the skills needed to strengthen your relationship! Learn to: Improve  YOUR  COUPLES communication skills; Your Love Language; Strategies to effectively deal with financial issues in your marriage; To address anger and conflict resolution; and much more!

5 Love Languages
(abbreviated version)
www.fivelovelanguages.com
This book and workshop will teach participating couples how to learn, both their and their partner’s “Love Language”.  The Five Love Languages is one of the most powerful curriculum and  can help breathe life into marriages. You can also check out this book in our Lending Library!

Empowering Couples
(abbreviated version)
www.prepare-enrich.com
Communication is the vital and essential link to every aspect of your relationship. How effectively couples deal with anger and conflict is critical to their relationship growth.  Without effective conflict resolution skills, a couple’s relationship may become stagnant and may decrease in vitality. Learn tips on improving your communication and resolving conflict in your relationship.

The First Dance
http://www.thefirstdance.com
Finally, wedding advice that directly addresses the complex maze of planning a wedding and helps you “Take Back Your Wedding”!  This book and class will focus on family emotion, loyalty, couple, parent and in-law dynamics that bubble up in wedding planning. The First Dance wants to help you see the larger picture of your upcoming wedding and to use the issues faced in planning a wedding to really help strengthen your marriage. The First Dance is the 2007 winner of the Modern Bride Magazine’s Trendsetter award!

PREPARE PreMarital Education
www.prepare-enrich.com
PREPARE/ENRICH is a PreMarital Education and Inventory program that examine major relationship issues a couple may experience.  These inventories must be administered by a trained PREPARE/ENRICH Counselor and include 4-6 feedback sessions in which the counselor facilitates discussion between the couple based on their inventory results. You can learn more about the inventories and the topics discussed here. This is also the home of the new PreMarital Tool, Prepare to Last!

The Power of Two
www.poweroftwo.org and www.po2.com
The Power of two is a new approach to communication skills education. There are fun interactive online activities that teach the skills for successful relationships. You’ll laugh so much you won’t know you’re learning!

Power of Two games teach nitty-gritty dialogue, anger management, and conflict resolution skills. While the stories in these initial games focus on teens, younger couples and expectant couples, the skills the games teach apply to meeting challenges in all life stages.

How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk
www.nojerks.com
John van Epp is working to teach a way to build a healthy relationship that keeps you head and your heart working together. The How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk program is designed to provide singles with a plan for pacing a relationship and exploring the key areas that foreshadow what that partner will be like in marriage. The Relationship Attachment Model (RAM) is a key ingredient and will help you reduce the number of jerks and jerkettes you allow into your life.

Love U2 – Increasing your Relationship Smarts
www.dibblefund.org
Increasing your Relationship Smarts is a course designed to give youth, grades 8-12, the skills they need to improve their dating game! Students will learn low risk dating strategies,  the difference between a crush and the real thing, how to handle rejections, the importance of friendship when dating, how to know if they are compatible, and much more!

Connections: Dating and Emotions & Connections:
Relationships and Marriage
www.dibblefund.org
Dating doesn't always come naturally. These courses help younger teens, grades 8-14, understand the challenges that arise in early relationships - and establish a strong foundation for later life. Teaching teens how relationships develop, effective ways to communicate, awareness of destructive patterns, how to deal with emotions, and other essential skills to help them deal with the enormous – and conflicting – pressures in their romantic relationships. Practical tools for understanding, managing, and making wise decisions are presented here.

Other Links

Smart Marriages Conference
www.smartmarriages.com
This delightful conference is held yearly at a new location around the state. Leaders in the Healthy Marriage Industry, Authors, Speakers, and marriage education providers are all present at the conference of the year. View the speakers, download MP3’s of last year’s conference speakers, check out the courses you can Teach-Out-Of-the-Box, and register to become certified in several curriculum at this yearly event. This is one you don’t want to miss!

Active Parenting and Active Parenting for Stepfamilies
www.activeparenting.com
This new video-based program helps couples work together to raise children. There are specific applications for the challenges in the stepfamily environment. The program also teaches how to use powerful communication and negotiation skills to strengthen marriage and family.

Marriage Mentoring: 12 Conversations
www.12Conversations.com
A new variety of Marriage Mentoring, these 12 Conversations are helping couples grow great marriages from the start. Mentoring is a fun way to share what is ahead in marriage. Whether a couple is newlywed or entering a new stage of marriage, the 12 Conversations program is a simple, encouraging way to strengthen marriages. Sharing stories over snacks, dessert or dinner encourages a friendship between the couples that will last beyond the guided conversations.

10 Great Dates
www.marriagealive.com
If you’re looking for an exciting, proven, award-winning program that is low-key, effective, easy-to-lead, and husband-friendly, this is it! The 10 Great Dates combines
fun dates and marriage education skills into a video curriculum designed to give couples time-out to build their marriage and enrich their relationship.

Designing Dynamic Stepfamilies
www.DesigningDynamicStepfamilies.com
Few challenges in life are more difficult than bringing the pieces of two broken families together. Past hurts, high hopes, pre-existing relationships, and different backgrounds can make this task incredibly tough.

Knowing what to expect and what is normal for a stepfamily can reduce the pressure of unrealistic expectations. Understanding the territory and the skills required to negotiate the journey can facilitate the new family's development and promote more lasting success. Designing Dynamic Stepfamilies can help!

Successful Stepfamilies
www.SuccessfulStepfamilies.com
Are you feeling stressed at home and longing for peace and harmony?  Successful Stepfamilies will help you find strength for your journey and answers to your questions.  Come see how to create safety in your marriage and how your family can be successful. 

Family Fun Magazine
www.familyfun.com
This great interactive online magazine is dedicated to family life. Recipes, activities, crafts, travel tips and more can be found here.

The Distance Parent
www.distanceparent.org
This site is dedicated to bettering the long distance relationships between parent and child. Whether it is due to divorce, work related separations, or military duty, this site has all the info you’ll need to stay connected. There are many fun mailing ideas as well.

Stepfamily Foundation
www.stepfamily.org
You can find the 10 steps for step-dads and step-moms, kids, young mothers, and grandparents to help form and sustain healthy stepfamilies.  It offers online counseling, questions and answer areas, and other links.

National Center for Fathering
www.fathers.com
Aiming to inspire and equip men to be better fathers, they offer practical tips on various topics such as step-dads, single dads, disciplining teens and more.

National Fatherhood Resource Center
www.fatherhood.org  
National Fatherhood Initiative is dedicated to improving the well being of children by increasing the proportion of children growing up with involved, responsible, and committed fathers. They provide information about father-related issues, including divorce, step-parenting, parental alienation, and child support. Educating and inspiring fathers, equipping and developing leaders in the fatherhood arena are their main missions.

Wyoming Children's Access Network
http://www.wycan.org
WyCAN provides educational seminars around the state on issues relating to co-parenting due to divorce or separation.

Wyoming Parent Education Network
www.wpen.net
WyPEN is a statewide project that serves the families of all children. Providing parents of infants, toddlers, and school age children with information to help them influence positively the social, emotional, and academic growth of their children. Working together with many other organizations, they help kids grow—at home and in school. Check out their amazing Fact Sheet Series!

First Things First
www.firstthings.org
FTF is dedicated to strengthening families in Tennessee through education, collaboration and mobilization. They are a community resource that collaborates with and is supported by a broad cross-section of community organizations, groups and individuals. Great articles, brochures, and updates are provided by this leader in Marriage and Family Relationships.

Think Marriage
www.thinkmarriage.org
Brought to you by Foundation for a Great Marriage, is a catalyst for change in Wisconsin. Improving families and  communities by encouraging and equipping healthy marriages. Fantastic facts, quotes, brochures and articles are worth checking into…or read their blog to keep marriage and family first in your mind.