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.
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Stakeholder Resource

This Institute for Family Studies resource focuses specifically on marriage penalties within the federal tax code. The piece outlines arguments for reform and discusses how tax policy interacts with means-tested benefits.

Podcast

Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs (HMRF) programs are part of the Administration for Children and Families strategy to help interested adults and youth build stronger relationships, marriages, fathers, child engagement, and…

Report

This Heritage Foundation report analyzes data on important trends related to marriage, childbearing, divorce, cohabitation, and abortion, and offers insights on these trends. The report includes five key findings about family life…

Stakeholder Resource

This HeadStart.gov webpage discusses the benefits of support groups and activities for fathers to build parenting skills and connect with other fathers. It provides tips for organizing support groups and offers a practice scenario.

Reports / Testimony to Congress

This written testimony submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability discusses how marriage penalties may arise across multiple public assistance programs. The testimony outlines arguments about the broader societal…

Report

Given young adults’ high desire for marriage, understanding the truth of how loving and lasting marriages are formed can help the rising generation have confidence in their own ability to pursue this path in their own lives. Helping young people…