Starting a Community Healthy Marriage Initiative.
In addition to celebrating marriage in the community we need to create institutions that help to maintain and support marriage as well. These steps will guide you in your efforts to build a Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CHMI) in your community and help develop potential for receiving government resources.
1. Write your strategic plan.
2. Develop a working team.
3. Volunteers increase your capacity.
4. Plan at least one meeting every six months to recruit new supporters.
5. Develop a strategy and capacity for delivering marriage education and support services: a) identify and organize marriage education and preparation services in the community, b) distribute information on services available, c) locate the needed facilities, and d) develop training programs to expand capacity.
6. Sponsor at least two Marriage Celebration activities every six months.
This 6-step plan will help lay the groundwork for a Community Healthy Marriage Initiative and help your coalition compete for government funding opportunities.
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