Family Bridges is a healthy marriage initiative program in the Chicagoland area that focuses on relationship-building skills designed for everyone in our community. Following are some quick facts about us:

• We partner with over 500 organizations in the Chicagoland area to host workshops, family retreats, couple’s retreats, marriage & family conferences and other family-friendly events throughout the year.
• Our workshops are offered daily throughout the Chicagoland area for couples, families, individuals and high school students.
• Our events are offered in both English and Spanish and are generally free or of minimal cost.
• Our educational materials are backed with years of research and have proven to be effective over and over again.
• We are federally funded by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.

Family Bridges: transforming communities by empowering families.

Family Bridges promotes thriving communities by delivering services to strengthen family relationships, while embracing their cultural and spiritual values.

Under the direction of the Meier Clinics Foundation, the Family Bridges, Chicagoland Healthy Marriage Initiative will:

o Help minorities access healthy marriage and relationship supports

o Develop new, culturally appropriate resources to help individuals prepare for, build, restore and maintain healthy relationships

o Reduce community barriers that keep individuals from using new and existing services

o Help individuals learn the importance of preparing for marriage

o Mobilize formal and informal community proponents of healthy marriages

o Develop effective methods for diverse organizations to work together in a culturally-competent and effective manner

o Support key goals of the ACF Healthy Marriage Initiative

 Healthy Marriages, Strong Families, Thriving Communities

Funding for this project was provided by the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant 90FE0011. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families.