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Delaware Healthy Marriage Coalition Fact
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What is the Delaware Healthy Marriage
Coalition? What is the Delmarva
Regional Healthy Marriage Initiative?
The Delaware Healthy Marriage Coalition began in 2003. It includes faith-based organizations, such as the Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children and Families and Catholic Charities, the Cooperative Extension programs from the University of Delaware and Delaware State University, First State Community Action Agency, specialized domestic violence and substance abuse prevention organizations, key State agencies, and local congregations. The purpose of this coalition is to give couples who choose marriage for themselves the skills and abilities needed to form and sustain healthy marriages.
The coalition is now utilizing the skills and abilities gained from this experience, and the skills and abilities of its partner agencies and organizations, to provide training and technical assistance on healthy marriage and family strengthening to other faith-based and community services entities in its catchment area. The project is beginning with a data gathering, planning and model development phase. The applicant will map both assets and needs through mail and internet surveys, key informant interviews and focus group meetings. Based on the information gained through this phase, the Delaware Ecumenical Council on Children and Families and its partners will identify and catalog appropriate program service models that strengthen families and promote healthy marriages. This will include not only specific marriage preparation and support programs but also related prevention and intervention services addressing domestic violence, substance abuse, parenting, family caregiving, etc.
There will also be extensive training and technical assistance activities throughout the catchment area to develop local healthy marriage coalitions and family strengthening programs. This training and technical assistance will include local and regional workshops, mentoring for local and regional coalition leaders, and project-related publications and web sites. These activities will include assistance with organizational development as well as program development.
The result of this project will be a regional,
multi-state network of effective and sustainable healthy marriage and family strengthening coalitions.
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