Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative

Healthy Marriages Matter for Alabama!

 The Alabama Children’s Trust Fund is a proud partner in coordinating the Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (ACHMI), along with Auburn University’s Department of Human Development and Family Studies. ACHMI is funded by a 5-year grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Family Assistance. Primary community partners are Family Resource Centers throughout Alabama. For many years, relationship/marriage education has been the “missing link” in prevention and family life education programs.  ACHMI is focused on changing that in our State.

ACHMI’s goal is to strengthen Alabama families by:

 ·   Raising public awareness about the importance of healthy marriages for the well-being of children, families and communities.

·   Increasing access to healthy marriage resources for all Alabama citizens – married, non married, and youth.

·   Training community members and professionals to offer research-based educational programs that strengthen relationships and marriages. 

 There is mounting research evidence that the trends of increasing marital and family instability have a negative impact on children, adults, families, and their communities. The research is clear: healthy relationships and marriages, and resulting family stability, benefit the physical, social, and emotional well-being of adults and children. 

  For more information about this important initiative, please go to the Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative website at www.alabamamarriage.org .

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Alabama Community Healthy Marriage Initiative Info

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