Support for Families

Have you ever wondered if the politicians in Columbus and Washington, D.C. are aware of how many problems parents and families face in today's society? And, if they are aware, do they care or are we on our own?



We constantly hear about the BBBBBBillions of $$$ spent on spinach, a bridge to nowhere in Alaska and other pork, to say nothing about the Pentagon. But families are struggling every single day with divorce, trauma, out of wedlock children with poverty stricken single mothers. Is anybody trying to help us with some small amount of tax monies?

Yes, some people do care and have managed to strengthen families in Ohio. Go to http://www.beechacres.org/main/MarriageEnrichment.aspx and read about the Beech Acres Parenting Center that has received two grants to promote healthy families and committed couples. One of the grants is from Ohio and the other is from the Federal Government.

Beech Acres has a comprehensive set of programs to help parents and children and are managing these grants. Several local agencies develop programs alongside Beech Acres to also offer care, training and support for families.

The Committed Couples Workshops on June 2 and June 9 at Love and Faith Fellowship Church on Hopper Hill Road are being supported by the Federal Grant through Beech Acres. We are looking for 20 faith based groups in Clermont County and 20 faith based groups in Hamilton County to each send one couple to be trained who are already interested and active in helping couples and families increase their commitments to each other.

Funding for this project in Clermont County was partially provided by the Beech Acres Parenting Center & United States Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Grant: 90-FE-0100. In Hamilton County the funding was partially provided by the Ohio Strengthening Families Collaboration Initiative.

Committed Couples Training
Life Way Ministries
A faith based non profit 501 c 3 charity
11161 Kenwood Road
Cincinnati, 45242
Gary Sweeten, Ed. D.
513-300-5065
www.garysweeten.com
http://committedcouples.blogspot.com
Ron Peake,
513-260-0877

If you are interested in attending or in sending a couple to be trained contact us. Anyone may attend but the grants only cover couples from Clermont and Hamilton Counties