Stronger Families Mission Statement: "To bring life-changing skills to marriages and families so they can be strong and thrive. " Our vision is to see healthy marriages and strong families in every community. We believe that family breakdown is the blame for a number of serious societal issues America experiences today. As America's greatest assets, our Veterans and their families have already sacrificed so much to serve, they should not have to sacrifice their families as well. The need is great in this active and retired community, and the divorce rate among high-stress lifestyle couples, predominantly military and first responders, continues to grow since 9/11. Our goal is to keep these families healthy so they can contribute to healthy communities in America, and so others will continue to volunteer to serve in these most necessary civic positions in our society. Loss of family contributes to the loss of hope that many combat Veterans feel when they return home and separate or retire from the military. We believe this is one of the contributing factors to the high suicide rate.

We work directly with all of the branches of the US military via their Chaplains and/or Family Resource Coordinators. We are one of the recommended curriculums for the US Army "Strong Bonds" program. We work directly with military/Veteran non-profit organizations whose mission aligns with wellness and health for military/Veteran families. We work directly with cities' first responder units.

The Oxygen for Your Relationships curriculum is offered in both live and online learning formats. The Oxygen for Your Relationships curriculum is collaboration of the "best of the best" in the marriage and family realm. We deliver the curriculum by a certified instructor in a live workshop environment with couples, and then provide on-going learning tools and support via our website, www. StrongerFamilies. com. Members are given access to podcasts with award winning experts in related fields, further resources to enhance and/or revive their relationship, and ongoing support and community from others who have also graduated from the Oxygen program. Our National Training Director oversees all certified training efforts, to ensure our commitment to quality.

We currently administer surveys at the end of the workshops, which measure how the couple was feeling about their relationship when they arrived, vs. how they viewed things when they left. We also ask for feedback regarding program delivery methods and what they felt was effective and why. Much of the feedback tells us that couples realize they have a chance to work things out once they've been taught how to see each others' differences and embrace those as a strength in the relationship vs. a weakness. Because of our dedication to the navigation of conflict resolution and forgiveness to move on, most couples realize that they are capable of making things work if they will commit to it. We mostly rely on feedback from our attendees and from our program partners who also solicit feedback. RESEARCH CONFIRMS THAT MARRIAGE EDUCATION WORKS:*Communication Score pre-seminar: only 42% of couples said they could communicate clearly*Communication Score post-seminar: 61% of couples said they could now communicate clearly*Conflict Resolution Score pre-seminar: only 39% of couples said they could work through conflict in a healthy way*Conflict Resolution Score post-seminar: 65% of couples said they could work through conflict resolution in a healthy way*Marital Satisfaction Score pre-seminar: only 55% of couples stated they were satisfied in their marriage*Marital Satisfaction Score post-seminar: 72% of couples stated they would now be able to find more marriage satisfaction due to the tools and resources they received from the training. *Compilation of OXYGEN After Action Seminar Reports based on 207 participants

What we have accomplished:Live Learning:-151 Oxygen Certified Leaders Trained-6,481 Oxygen Attendees at Seminars in 28 States + 4 Countries Overseas-35 Military Installations Served-2,020 volunteer hours donated to program delivery-Customization of the Oxygen training program to fit military timing and topic needsOnline Learning:-10,421 online subscribers-104,130 podcast views-64,765 unique visitors to StrongerFamilies. com"It was like a light bulb went off. This is what we've been missing. If we didn't have the tools Stronger Families provides, I don't know where the relationship would be. We learned how to love one another, to communicate better, and to work things out the right way. " - Jeremiah & Catherin Causby, US Army couple