Links
There are many organizations providing marriage education programs and services. This page will list those organizations that have requested placement and are approved by the coalition. We will also list the sites of those organizations who produce the marriage education programs we endorse and promote for use in the coalition.
We will also provide PDF documents about relevant marriage and relationship issues. (You will need the Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for free at: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html )
This page will be updated frequently due to the incredible growth in marriage education programs and services.
2006 Smart Marriages Conference, Atlanta
| Organization | Description | Wed Site(s) |
| California Healthy Marriage Coalition | We are members of this coalition of coalitions throughout California. The CHMC seeks to lower California's divorce rate by 15% over five years. | www.camarriage.com |
| Smart Marriages | Diane Sollee organizes an annual internatiional conference of marriage education programs and organizations. The leading experts in this field present at this conference every year. The 2009 Smart Marriages Conference in Orlando brouchure can be found online at: http://www.smartmarriages.com/download.brochure.html | www.smartmarriages.org |
Living Mission Ministries | A non-demoninational minstry of marriage education for couples, youth, women, and men. They also have a Spanish language web site, Para ver en Espanol | www.livingmission.net
www.misionparavivir.net
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Institute for American Values | "The Institute for American Values, founded in 1987, is a private, nonpartisan organization that contributes intellectually to strengthening families and civil society in the U.S. and the world." | http://www.americanvalues.org/html/r-wmm.html |
Life Innovations | The company began in 1980 as a result of several research projects at the University of Minnesota in which Dr. David Olson developed a set of inventories for couples known as PREPARE/ENRICH. Because of the demand for the inventories, Dr. Olson began the company PREPARE/ENRICH (now called Life Innovations) to provide these helpful tools to counselors and clergy members. | http://www.prepare-enrich.com/ |
| Opportunities Unlimited | "Designing Dynamic Stepfamilies: Bringing the Pieces to Peace" | |
| Description | PDF Link |
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead described the statistics about the marriage habits and attitudes of young women today at the 2006 Smart Marriages Conference. She gives courage and suggestions for life long, healthy marriages for them. | /Documents/MESSAGE ON MARRIAGE TO YOUNG WOMEN.pdf |