Project: TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE FOR THE HEALTHY MARRIAGE AND RESPONSIBLE FATHERHOOD INITIATIVE

Sponsor: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families through the Lewin Group
Status: In process
IPS Staff: Burt S. Barnow
Purpose and Approach

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services awarded a number of grants to states and local areas to support initiatives fostering healthy marriages and responsible fatherhood behavior. This project assisted grantees with technical and program management tools to support activities that foster healthy marriages. A key component involves working with sites to help them structure their programs so that the impact on the number of healthy marriages in the area and improved child support outcomes can be evaluated.

Results
IPS staff worked with grantees in Norfolk, Virginia; Chicago, Illinois; and Lakewood, Washington to help them develop management information systems so that the sites can track the numbers and characteristics of participants served, the activities and services received, and the project outcomes. The sites used the advice provided by IPS staff in developing their own management information systems.

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