Stronger Families (formerly Families Northwest) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting healthy relationships and safe, thriving communities by strengthening families. Through advocacy, resources, and training, Stronger Families serves as a leading cultural voice on the benefits of marriage and healthy families.

• Stronger Families is the nation’s #1 training organization for Prepare-Enrich, a successful program for leaders who prepare engaged couples for marriage. To date, over 700 leaders have been trained by Stronger Families in this valuable tool.
• The daily radio show - Family Matters - featuring Stronger Families’ President, Jeff Kemp, reaches 2 million weekly listeners, and is heard on over 75 radio stations around the country.
• Over 47,000 adults in the past five years have attended Stronger Families-sponsored training, marriage-strengthening events, and community forums.
• In the past five years, Stronger Families has launched seven new community marriage and family organizations throughout the region.
• Over 13,000 people subscribe to Turn the Tide – Stronger Families’ monthly e-newsletter.
• Through Stronger Families leadership, over 1,700 churches pledged participation in local Marriage and Family Agreements. This effort brings local pastors together under a common goal to lower local divorce rates.

The ART of Strengthening Families

ADVOCACY

• Stronger Families is a positive and credible advocate for healthy marriages and families.
• Stronger Families uses radio, television, public events, interviews, and the Internet to broadcast a message of hope about healthy marriage.

RESOURCES

• Stronger Families equips people with the trustworthy “next step” they need on the road to a healthy family.
• Stronger Families provides helpful resource lists identifying conferences, books, DVDs, and marriage intensive programs.

TRAINING

• Stronger Families is the #1 trainer in the nation in PREPARE-ENRICH, a great program for leaders who help engaged couples prepare for marriage.
• Stronger Families is the frontrunner in organizing leaders to start local marriage and family organizations.
• Stronger Families trains individuals and couples to be relationship champions through our Oxygen for Your Relationships seminar - people are equipped to grow in their relationships.