Wyoming Healthy Marriage Initiatives helps couples, who have chosen marriage for themselves, gain greater access to marriage education services, on a voluntary basis, where they can acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain a healthy marriage.

1-866-WYO-FAMS

Click here for more information on State of Marriage events

FOCCUS Events

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The Catholic Diocese of Cheyenne will be hosting a training on the FOCCUS premarriage inventory program, including the use of mentor couples

March 31st, 9am-3pm in CASPER--lunch included

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Marriage & Family Coalition and Agreement Events

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Marriage and Family Coalitions, comprised of faith and community
leaders, are joining together to promote lasting marriages and to encourage
healthy families in our county and across Wyoming. They are deeply troubled
by our country's epidemic of marital instability and divorce and feel it
must be directly addressed by faith and community leaders. Each of us is in
a unique position to dramatically affect these issues, touching the lives of
those interested in marriage, engaged or already married couples and
families. Their purpose is to enrich marriages and to significantly reduce
the divorce rate in their County and across Wyoming.

What is a Marriage & Family Agreement (MFA)? A MFA is a set of agreed upon guidelines or principals for pre-marital preparation and community support for marriage.  The purpose of the MFA is to help couples develop the skills necessary to have healthy,
life-long marriages and to increase the likelihood that parents will stay
together.  MFAs are not designed to condemn single parent families nor do
they advocate for staying in an abusive relationship.  What they can do is
help couples prepare for the ups and downs that every marriage goes through
and better equip those couples to deal with them. Each MFA is unique to its
own community.

• Laramie County (Cheyenne) is currently leading the state in the development and implementation of a Community Marriage Coalition.  It was fully executed and signed by 40 pastors in November 2005.  Laramie County clergy are now working to provide ongoing maintenance and expand participation.  Click here to see Laramie County's Community Marriage Covenant
• Washakie County like Laramie County has an executed Marriage &  Family Agreement.  Work is underway to expand the scope and participation throughout the county.
• Natrona County’s (Casper) Marriage & Family Coalition committee has an executed  Marriage & Family Agreement. 
• Campbell , Park, Sweetwater, and Albany Counties each have an interest in forming a Marriage & Family Coalition committee and initial planning meetings have been held.

Wyoming Healthy Marriage Initiative uses training, technical assistance, demonstration projects, and community marriage policies to build a road map for successful expansion of the Marriage and Family Initiative statewide.