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.

FATHER Project, a program of Goodwill/Easter Seals Minnesota

Innovative Programs

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Innovative Programs

Using Active Listening to Build Stronger Two-Parent Households and Improve TANF Participant Outcomes

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This is the first video in a three-part series that aims to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs incorporate communication skill-building techniques from Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) programs that can…

Using Relationship Agreements to Build Stronger Two-Parent Households and Improve TANF Participant Outcomes 

Video

This is the second video in a three-part series that aims to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs incorporate communication skill-building techniques from Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) programs that…

Using the Speaker-Listener Technique to Build Stronger Two-Parent Households and Improve TANF Participant Outcomes

Video

This is the final video in a three-part series that aims to help Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) programs incorporate communication skill-building techniques from Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE) programs that can…

A Home for Every Child – Administration for Children and Families Child Welfare Spotlight

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In December 2025, the National Governors Association (NGA) hosted a conversation for the Human Services Policy Advisors network and Administration for Children and Families (ACF) Assistant Secretary Dr. Alex Adams to…