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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Healthy Marriage Project

Communities in which marriages and relationships thrive

Through relationship skills training and marriage education programs the Healthy

Marriage Project fosters emotionally, socially and economically healthy relationships

throughout the lifespan

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Healthy Marriage Project

Participants

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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Healthy Marriage Project

SERVICE TO TANF

RECIPIENTS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Healthy Marriage

Project

SERVICE TO TANF

RECIPIENTS

AGENCIES THAT SERVE

TANF RECIPIENTS

County Department of Human Assistance

Women Infants and Children (WIC)

CalWorks

County Department of Mental Health

Native TANF

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Healthy Marriage

Project

SERVICE TO TANF

RECIPIENTS

AGENCIES THAT SERVE

TANF RECIPIENTS

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Healthy Marriage

Project

SERVICE TO TANF

RECIPIENTS

AGENCIES THAT SERVE

TANF RECIPIENTS

TANF RECIPIENTS BECOME A RESOURCE

PLUSES Wages are subsidized Similar Life Experiences Affinity with Participants May be bilingual May be bicultural

POSSIBLE MINUSES Minimal work experience Lack of support systems Transportation issues Many appointments Changing availability

HMP offers free and low-cost classes to TANFrecipients in a four county area

HMP provides differentiated training to directors, managers, supervisors and case workers in TANF services agencies

HMP provides expert input to TANF program developers who are planning future services

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

Healthy Marriage

Project

SERVICE TO TANF

RECIPIENTS

AGENCIES THAT SERVE

TANF RECIPIENTS

TANF RECIPIENTS BECOME A

RESOOURCE

A time when all TANF recipients routinely look forward to participation in relationship skills training and or marriage education as part of their road to recovery and a state of wellness that is nourished through satisfying and healthy relationships.