Marriage Initiative

A Community Marriage Initiative is a collaborative way for organizations, leaders and individuals from all walks of life to create a community marriage policy that encourages preparation for marriage, strengthens existing marriages, and helps even the most troubled couples restore health in their marriages. It establishes guidelines to maintain a marriage safety net for on-going education and support of couples in any age and stage of marriage.

The Tri-County Marriage Initiative is a grass-roots coalition of citizens from Oakland, Macomb, and Wayne counties with a common interest in supporting marital health. We recognize the many positive benefits that healthy marriages provide our families and our communities, and we understand the important need for education and support to stem the tide of divorce. Marriages that provide for the healthy development of persons are much too important to leave to chance. Therefore, we will work to educate and empower everyone in our communities to prepare for, to strengthen, and to restore health in marriages. While the Tri-County Initiative upholds the ideal of the two-parent family, it is not intended to imply criticism of individuals who are members of single-parent families nor to imply that abusive situations should be endured.

To view the Tri-County Marriage Initiative brochure, click on the link below:

Tri-County Marriage Initiative

References

1. U.S. Bureau of the Census, 2003
2. Waite & Gallagher, 2000
3. Marriage & Family: Corporate America's Business 2006
4. Ibid
5. National Healthy Marriage Resource Center, NHMRC FACT SHEET, 6/2005
6. Family Facts.org Finding ID 8926
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8. Why Marriage Matters, Second Edition 2005
9. The Taxpayers Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing, 2008
10. 2005 American Community survey
11. Why Marriage Matters, Second Edition 2005