Healthy Relationships Resource Guide. Portland Metro Area

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1 Healthy Relationships Resource Guide Portland Metro Area

2 Northwest Family Services Name: Northwest Family Services Phone: Website: Mission Statement: Equipping people with vital skills for a lifetime. How often are your services offered?: Year-round. What area(s) do you offer services? : Greater Portland Metro Area and Northern Willamette Valley. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Couples (dating, engaged & married), parents, teens, fragile families, singles. Cost?: Depending upon the program: free - $40. Professional counseling is based on a sliding fee schedule Services are available in English and Spanish (except counseling). Our approach is designed to incorporate culturally appropriate, evidence-based strategies that focus on skills to enrich and support individuals, families, and couples. Programs for adults include healthy relationship courses, parenting classes, and financial stability seminars. NWFS offers skill-based workshops and seminars for adults who are single or couples. Youth services include case management, in-school and after-school programs, leadership training, socio-dramas, and positive youth development. Curricula for educators and community leadership training is provided as is counseling services with licensed professionals. How can other organizations access your services?: Visit: Call: What curricula is used?: PREP/El Matrimonio Si Vale Love and Logic/La Familia Si Vale la Pena Bring Baby Home FACTS/Datos Connections - Prepare-Enrich - Preparándonos para el Futuro/P.I.C.K. a Partner Sólo para Mujeres. 2

3 Better Dads Name: Better Dads Phone: Website: Mission Statement: Better Dads is an organization dedicated to helping people in the community by offering education in parenting and family relationships. We fundamentally believe that good fathers and good men make a critical difference in our society. However, we recognize that people who have grown up without a positive male influence in their lives do not understand how to pass that legacy on to the next generation. To address this issue we provide a variety of educational seminars and workshops. Are your services open to the public?-y/n: Yes How often are your services offered?: Monthly or as needed. What area(s) do you offer services? : Nationwide. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Fathers, mothers (single and married), fatherless boys, parents, grandparents, and wives. Cost?: Varies. We present seminars & workshops for strengthening parenting skills and relationships, offer marriage workshops, and mentor. How can other organizations access your services?: Contact through , phone, or website. What kind of partnerships would be mutually beneficial?: Corporate (private businesses) or community service (social services, schools, justice system, DOC, churches, or governmental) partnerships. 3

4 Central City Concern, Esperanza Juvenil Name: Central City Concern, Esperanza Juvenil Phone: Website: Mission Statement: The mission of Esperanza Juvenil is to promote the wellbeing of Latino youth and their families through accessible, culturally-competent addictions and family services. How often are your services offered?: Open. What area(s) do you offer services? : All of Multnomah County e.g. schools, homes, probation officers etc. What are your targeted demographic(s)?: Latino youth 14-20, who have drug and/or alcohol use.. Cost?: Free. We offer our services to the youth and their families. We provide education to the parents on how to understand their child s substance and how to maintain sobriety. We also provide intensive case management surrounding the family. We will also starting a family education group. How can other organizations access your services?: What kind of partnerships would be mutually beneficial? Partnerships are welcome, but keep in mind that we serve Latino families. 4

5 Between Us Name: Between Us Phone: ext Website: - follow links to pregnancy support. Mission Statement: The purpose of Between Us is to educate and equip teens, singles, and couples with practical skills that develop, grow, and maintain healthy relationships. How often are your services offered?: Call for scheduling information and to set up an appointment. What area(s) do you offer services? Entire metro area of Portland. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Teen groups. fragile couples, engaged, and married couples. Presently working under a five year federal Healthy Marriage Initiative grant in Partnership with NWFS from the Dept. of Health and Human Service Administration for Children and Families. The grant project is to provide relationship and marriage education services to Oregon, Multnomah, Marion, Washington, Clackamas counties. How can other organizations access your services?: Call the Between Us program Rebecca What curricula is used?: PREP Prevention Enhancement Educational Curricula The Love U 2 series for teens follows the PREP curricula. Love Think aka - How to Avoid Marrying a Jerk/ Jerkette is the program offered for singles. Is the program offered evidence based?: Yes, it is based on PREP. 5

6 Northwest Marriage Institute Name: Northwest Marriage Institute Phone: Website: Mission Statement: The Northwest Marriage Institute exists to serve the community by providing quality education in marriage and related subjects, and to provide professional pre-marital and marriage counseling. Our goal is to ensure access to affordable education and counseling by providing professional services to all people regardless of their ability to pay. We believe that every problem can be resolved and every troubled marriage can be saved. To this end we will promote successful, proven principles for every day life. The Northwest Marriage Institute is a non-profit service available to all people regardless of their beliefs. How often are your services offered?: Free marriage workshops once or twice a month, fee-based Christian Counseling as our schedule permits. What area(s) do you offer services? : Clark County, Washington. We also welcome couples outside of our county. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Low-income couples specifically, but couples of all income levels are welcome. Cost?: Marriage workshops are free. Providing free marriage workshops, mostly in retreat settings, whereby we pay for the workshop, the hotel stay, and dinner. We also provide free marriage workshops to churches and civic groups. We brought the Spanish version of Laugh Your Way to a Better Marriage to Vancouver last year and will do so again in We also are providing a Spanish translator for our July 12, 2008 free marriage workshop and will have one or two of these for Hispanic couples in How can other organizations access your services?: We accept referrals from other organizations. We are available to bring our workshop to the different organizations if they will provide 25 couples for us to teach. 6

7 AWARE, Inc. & Illusions Name: AWARE, Inc. & Illusions Phone: Website: or Mission Statement: Empower teens by equipping them with the knowledge and strategies for healthy choices regarding sexual activity. Encourage parents by providing support and resources to help their children make healthy choices. Equip the community by nurturing a culture that supports abstinence as a healthy choice. How often are your services offered?: We give presentations as requested. We have products for sale in our ILLUSIONS: Uncovering the Truth About Pornography line as seen on What area(s) do you offer services? : Clark, Cowlitz and Yakima Counties in Washington State. Illusions has been sold nationally and internationally What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Teens and Parents of Teens, as well as anyone that wants to learn more about the dangers of pornography and its addictiveness. Yakima serves low income families. Cost?: Presentations are free. Product varies from $12.50 for brochures, $35.00 for discussion guide, $ for Facilitator s Guide. Please see for more information. Our presentations all focus on sex within marriage as being the healthiest choice. Marriage is presented in a very positive way. We go into details about building healthy relationships and that the family is better in the context of a healthy relationship including marriage. How can other organizations access your services?: They can call AWARE at as well as visit our websites at and What kind of partnerships would be mutually beneficial?: We currently belong to WATE, a Washington state abstinence education organization. We also are linked with partnerships that help to promote our Illusions products, such as Med Institute, and community organizations. 7

8 Families Northwest Name: Families Northwest Phone: Website: Mission Statement: Advocacy, resources, and trainings to help families and marriages succeed. How often are your services offered?: Each month. What area(s) do you offer services? : Churches and neighborhoods. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Pre-marital, marital, college, community leader training. Cost?: Range from $30 to $175 depending on what training you attend. Advocating a marriage culture in the media; offering trusted resources to singles, married, divorced, and remarried couples through our website; offer Prepare/Enrich and Relationship Champions trainings on a regular basis. How can other organizations access your services?: Website, Families Northwest Network, attend a training. What kind of partnerships would be mutually beneficial?: Partnering with ethnically diverse groups. 8

9 Every Marriage Matters Name: Every Marriage Matters Phone: Website: Mission Statement: Every Marriage Matters is a facilitator in the community bringing together faithbased, governmental and business entities that we might vitalize marriage and family. Through both secular and faith-based programs, we provide a resource center for marriage and family building assets, and for their community support. How often are your services offered?: Our website is available all the time; we send out a monthly e-newsletter to everyone who asks for it; we host events in the community through-out the year What area(s) do you offer services? :Clackamas County. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : pre-marital and married couples. Cost?: There is no cost to receive our newsletter; web access is open to everyone at no charge; event prices vary and are posted on our site Every Marriage Matters was founded June 2001 with the signing of the Clackamas County Marriage Policy. With this Policy, leaders from 157 of the 300+ churches in the county agreed to minimum standards for marriage within their congregations. Presently 173 churches are signatories to the Marriage Policy. These standards include a focus on premarital preparation, nurture of existing marriages, and a focus on assisting couples going through distress. An increase in the health of marriage could be measured indirectly by a reduction in the divorce rate. The Clackamas County divorce rate fell by 17 per cent during our first 5 years. As a matter of reference, over this same period, the US divorce rate dropped 10%. Since that time we have remained a resource to the community linking non-profit agencies, churches, businesses and educational entities to foster community support for strong marriages and families. How can other organizations access your services?: Via our web site we have a current events listing of seminars, retreats, special speaker engagements, training sessions and marriage celebrations What curricula is used?: Our Executive Director is a trainer in the use of the FOCCUS Premarital Inventory and, with his wife, facilitators of the PREP program. Is the program offered evidence based?: PREP is evidence-based. FOCCUS is a best-practices program 9

10 Marriage Ministries of Oregon City Evangelical Church Name: Marriage Ministries of Oregon City Evangelical Church Phone: Website: Mission Statement: Committed to loving God and to building, enriching and restoring relationships through Jesus Christ. How often are your services offered?: Premarital preparation as required. Date Night - monthly, second Friday evening. Offer seminars and classes regularly. Offer Marriage 911 workbooks (was Reconciling God s Way) for couples going through difficulty- as required. Provide Marriage Champion mentor couples regularly. Limited counseling- as required. What area(s) do you offer services? : Oregon City and surrounding area. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Seriously dating, engaged and married couples. Cost?: By donation, fees to cover materials costs. See above, How often How can other organizations access your services?: Contact by telephone. What curricula is used?: Love and Respect, PREP, FOCCUS and REFOCCUS, Marriage 911. Is this program offered evidence based or is it best practices?: PREP is evidence based; Love and Respect, Marriage 911 are best practices. 10

11 East Hill Church Name: East Hill Church Phone: ext Website: Mission Statement: Every couple connected to each other, to God, and to other couples; every family empowered to raise happy, healthy children. How often are your services offered?: Generally fall, winter & spring (not fall in 2008). What area(s) do you offer services? : Gresham, mainly at East Hill Church. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Married couples, pre-marital couples, families, parents of boys. Cost?: Varies. We offer classes in parenting skills (including Love & logic) and marriage issues (including communication & conflict resolution). We have a date night class with childcare at the church. We do pre-marital counseling and mentoring for couples getting married at our church. We offer monthly fun activities for married couples. We have support groups for single moms, parents of children with autism, and foster, relative and adoptive parents. We have great programs for children and youth during church services and mid week. How can other organizations access your services?: Check our web site. What kind of partnerships would be mutually beneficial?: Sharing of resources knowing what other classes are being offered in our area. 11

12 MarriageTeam Name: MarriageTeam Phone: Website: Mission Statement: MarriageTeam trains Christian couples to be marriage coaches and places couples who want coaching to strengthen or save their marriage. How often are your services offered?: Couple coaching services are done on a couple basis and are available when a couple calls for coaching. Coach training is done twice a year in the fall and spring and can be arranged on an as needed basis by calling MarriageTeam. What area(s) do you offer services? (: Portland and Vancouver. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : Pre-marital and married couples. Cost?: $160 for 8 two hour sessions with a couple s coach. There is a money back guarantee if the couple feels they did not get theirs money s worth from the coaching. We do not guarantee results, but we do offer money back if the couple is not satisfied with the coaching process. We provide marriage coaching services to seriously-dating couples and step families using faith based materials. How can other organizations access your services?: Call or fill out an application on line at What kind of partnerships would be mutually beneficial?: We accept referrals for couples who want affordable and effective coaching to improve their marriage. We also make referrals to various organizations for couples whose needs we cannot serve. 12

13 Aurem Cordis Name: Aurem Cordis. Phone: Website: Mission Statement: Aurem Cordis is my effort to promote the truth and beauty of the Gospel by encouraging others to submit themselves freely to the life-giving love of God and to become living witnesses to that love in the world. How often are your services offered?: As needed. What area(s) do you offer services? : Throughout the United States. What are your targeted demographic(s)? : All families, particularly fathers. Cost?: Flexible. Aurem Cordis helps families flourish and prosper spiritually within a culture averse to Christian values. We address the following major themes: Christian marriage as a reflection of God s life in the Trinity; the Christian family as a communion of persons and its place within the life of the Church; the spirituality of motherhood and fatherhood; the role of extended families; societies obligation to safeguard natural marriage; key elements to raising faith-filled children in a culture of death; society s disordered, self-centered view of sexuality that hinders and undermines authentic family life; managing the delicate balancing act of family, work, and recreation; the impact and challenge of assisted reproductive technologies; family crisis as a path to sanctity; and practical ideas that will foster and encourage better family communication, and a deeper, richer family spiritual life. How can other organizations access your services?: Contact through the website. What kind of partnerships would be mutually beneficial?: Working with faith-based organizations. 13