TANF Set Asides| Legislative rationale | Community Marriage Marketing / AAHMI Conference - 5/1/07

Tue May 1 23:37:12 EDT 2007

- A BIG TANF TAH DAH!
- THE LOGIC AND RESEARCH SUPPORTING PREMARITAL EDUCATION LEGISLATION
- COMMUNITY MARRIAGE IDEAS FROM FIRST THINGS FIRST CHATTANOOGA
- ON-LINE REGISTRATION FOR AAHMI MARRIAGE RESEARCH & PRACTICE CONFERENCE

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- A BIG TANF TAH DAH!

Georgia and Alabama have recently been added to the list of states that have
set aside TANF funds for marriage skills-building programs.  Georgia
allocated $100,000 in TANF funds and Alabama just announced allocation of
$200,000 a year. Francesca Adler-Baeder was the driving force behind the
Alabama effort. And a MAJOR TANF funding bill for marriage education,
spearheaded by Maggie Russell, is in the pipeline in Texas. It's passed the
House, has cleared committee in the Senate, and is on its way to the
Senate for a vote. Clearly it only takes one person to galvanize a team!

There are now TANF marriage education set-asides in Utah, New Mexico, New
York, Alabama, Georgia, and North Carolina.  How about your state?!

VISIT http://www.family.us to register to participate in coaching calls and
attend Chris Gersten's workshop in Denver to learn the steps to success:

> 320 - Friday, June 29, Denver
> Getting State Money: The 1% Solution
> Chris Gersten
> Learn how to access state marriage money  how to open doors and build
> relationships with state and federal elected and appointed officials.

Or, listen to this session from the Atlanta conference and get on board.

>> #756-516 - order as a download or CD at 800-241-7785 or at
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>> Getting State Money: The 1% Solution
>> Chris Gersten, Krista Sisterhen, Mary Myrick
>> Learn how to access state marriage money - how to open doors and build
>> relationships with state and federal elected and appointed officials.

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- THE LOGIC AND RESEARCH SUPPORTING PREMARITAL EDUCATION LEGISLATION

Another print and save! Use this article when you testify in your state or
even to talk to local policy folks or journalists.  And, Bravo Professor
Hawkins. It's great that this article made it into the Journal. - diane

> Diane,
> An article I wrote that summarizes the logic and research that supports
> premarital education legislation will be published the next Journal of Law and
> Family Studies. It also gives estimates of the public savings from such
> legislation based on an illustrative state (Utah). I received permission from
> the Journal editor to post a pdf on my web site:
> http://fhss.byu.edu/Faculty/ajh3  I encourage individuals to send it to
> legislators who may be interested or to use it as background if they're called
> to testify.  
> Alan Hawkins, PhD, CFLE
> Professor of Family Life
> Brigham Young University
> (801) 422-7088  [voice]

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- COMMUNITY MARRIAGE IDEAS FROM FIRST THINGS FIRST CHATTANOOGA

As Julie Baumgardner, Director, would say, please steal these ideas!  Taken
from the Chattanooga FTF newsletter:

> Date Night 
> The next date night is May 19th at River Street Deli from 6-8:30 p.m. Couples
> will learn Greek-style cooking tips and enjoy a specially prepared meal. The
> cost is $50 a couple and includes dinner. Space is limited. Call . . .
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> Calling all working couples...
> Working 40 hour plus work weeks can reak havoc on your marriage. FTF has
> designed a lunch time retreat to give you time to reconnect and work on your
> marriage. 
>  
> Love Is In The Air teaches couples skills that enable them to reach new depths
> of understanding each other.
>  
> This seminar, held from noon to 1 p.m., is free and lunch will be served. Sign
> up to attend at either of these locations:
>  
> Thursdays (May 10-31) at Carrabba's Italian Grill (Hamilton Place)
>  
> Wednesdays (May 16-June 6) at the First Things First office (downtown, 620
> Lindsay Street)

Julie will present several times in Denver including a Grassroots Marriage
Rally, a Sunday Keynote, and a full-day Marriage Marketing training  all
with the goal of equipping you with the best and most exciting community
changing and marketing tools available.  - diane

> 917 One Day - Monday, July 2, Denver
> First Things First: Marketing Marriage Education to the Community
> Julie Baumgardner, MS, Rozario Slack, DMin
> Implement educational, media-savvy strategies using both paid and free
> advertising that will increase participation, change attitudes and behaviors
> and reverse the epidemic of family breakdown in your community.
> $50 spouse discount. Click for more information:
> http://www.smartmarriages.com/firstthings.htm

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- ON-LINE REGISTRATION FOR AAHMI MARRIAGE RESEARCH & PRACTICE CONFERENCE
June 19-21, Univ of NC, Chapel Hill. Sponsored by the African American
Healthy Marriage Initiative. Info, progam, and on-line registration at:
http://www.aahmi.org or contact

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