Healthy Families Resources

Fast Facts: Why Healthy Relationships Matter - Download [ PDF 65 KB]

Local:

Central Washington Comprehensive Mental Health
Lower Valley Crisis Center

Regional/National:

Families Northwest
Healthy Marriage Initiative - Department of Health and Human Services
National Healthy Marriage Resource Center
Prepare-Enrich: building strong marriages and healthy relationships - by Life Innovations
Smart Marriages - The Coalition for Marriage, Family & Couples Education

Articles

Benefits of Healthy Marriages - Download [ Word 105 KB]
How Do Children Benefit from a Healthy Marriage - Download [ Word 28 KB]
How Do Adults Benefit from a Healthy Marriage - Download [ Word 24 KB]
How Does the Community Benefit from a Healthy Marriage - Download [ Word 24 KB]
What is a healthy marriage? - Download [ Word 27 KB]

Abuse Risk Seen Worse As Families Change - Washington Post Article Investigates Child Abuse

Center for American Values - Study on the Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing

Divorce Can Be Bad for the Environment - Ecologists Study Efficiency of Divorce

Mutual Resentment Can Be Deadly - Washington Post Article

Reinventing Date Night for Long Married Couples - Washington Post Article

Relationship Rules - Psychology Today Article gives great tips for building a healthy love life with your spouse