Chicagoland Marriage Resource Center is dedicated to building a culture for marriage in the Chicagoland area. We want to strengthen marriages and significantly reduce the divorce rate within the
Chicagoland area.
Objectives:
The Chicagoland Marriage Resource Center is designed to be a community resource and clearinghouse for all marriage education activities and programs in the greater Chicago area. It is web-based to serve as a platform to offer and expand existing programs from a wide variety of providers with the objective of reaching the widest possible array of participants.
Immediate Objective:
To design, develop, and operate a comprehensive web-based resource center to serve as the umbrella structure to offer resources from:
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Faith-based organizations from various traditions.
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Governmental, social service, and other secular agencies; including institutions of higher learning.
These resources may include:
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Marriage education, marriage skills, and relationship skills programs.
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Pre-marital education and marriage skills training for engaged couples and for couples or individuals interested in marriage.
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Marriage enhancement and marriage skills training programs for married couples.
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Marriage mentoring programs which use married couples as role models and mentors in at-risk communities.
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Divorce reduction programs that teach relationship skills.
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Public advertising campaigns on the value of marriage, and the skills needed to increase marital stability and health.
Goals:
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Increase the number of premarital couples who are equipped with the skills and knowledge that will increase their chances of forming and sustaining healthy marriages.
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Increase the number of children who are raised by parents who have a healthy marriage.
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Increase the number of trained mentor couples who can help other couples through difficult times.
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Increase the number of trained marriage educators in the community, and the number of courses available to all sectors.
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Increase public awareness about the value of healthy marriages to men, women, children and the community.
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Increase public awareness about the skills and knowledge that will increase people's chances of having a healthy marriage.
