Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

This webpage provides resources to support TANF programs in supporting positive outcomes for families by providing strategies to align and partner with Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) programs.
Young daughter with her mother, father and dog, enjoying together in park.
Webinar / Webcast

Community-based programs can play an important role in helping fathers build parenting skills, strengthen family relationships, and become more involved in their children’s lives. National Fatherhood Initiative will host a webinar on November 5,…

Stakeholder Resource

The Alabama Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Initiative (AHMREI) offers free relationship education classes and online resources for adults, couples, and youth across Alabama. Its materials cover practical skills such as communication…

Stakeholder Resource

As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes more common in education and training, researchers are exploring how it can support the development of relationship education (RE) curricula. This National Alliance for Marriage and Relationship Education (…

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The NRFC Virtual Collaborative Community (VCC) offers human service providers a place to learn more about engaging fathers and strengthening fatherhood-focused services. Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) practitioners can connect…

Podcast

This I Am Dad podcast examines a practical question for fatherhood programs: what helps fathers participate consistently enough to benefit from services? The conversation explores the difference between incentives and supports, the barriers that…

Stakeholder Resource

This Office for Planning, Research and Evaluation guide outlines referral considerations for fatherhood programs working with individuals affected by domestic violence. It describes different types of services, including domestic violence…