Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative

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Purpose

The focus of this initiative is to help Hispanic couples to gain access to marriage education services, so that they can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain a healthy marriage for the overall well-being of their children. This Program is in response to the National Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative, and the couple's participation is entirely voluntary.

 Classes and workshops

  1. Elements of a Healthy Marriage
  2. Stages in a Couple’s Relationship
  3. Communication
  4. Anger Management
  5. Stress Management
  6. Peer Pressure
  7. Credit and Debt Management
  8. Values
  9. Problem Solving
  10. Self-esteem
  11. The Parenting Factor
  12. Media Influence
  13. How to Buy a Home
  14. Conflict Resolution
  15. Domestic Violence
  16. Effective Time Management

Outcomes and services:

  • Weekly sessions

  • 2 Hour interactive presentations

  • An approved curriculum covering 16 topics

  • Male & Female Presenters

  • Presentations by other community services

  • Early Childhood Education for the young ones who receive the
     same topics as their parents adapted to their age

  • Field trips

  • Refreshments

  • Mileage reimbursement

  • Certificate of completion

Place and schedules

The sessions of this group are open to current or past participants of the AVANCE Head Start and Early Head Start Programs. Parents enrolled with AVANCE Programs are encouraged to sign up.

Sessions are open to residents of the following zip codes only: 77038, 77022, 77076, 77018, 77080, 77092 and 77009

Place: Dacoma Center,
           4301 Dacoma St.
           Houston, TX. 77092

  Facilitators and contact information

 To enroll please call 713-812-0033

"A couple who make a good marriage, and raise healthy, morally competent children, are serving the world's future more directly and surely than any political leader, though they never utter a public word."
- Wendell Berry

We provide diverse additional services available to couples enrolled in the program: Child care, youth support, and also family orientation with Héctor Rodríguez. We also offer light meals or snacks and mileage reimbursement up to 12 miles