Helpful Website Resources for Premarital and Married Couples, and Families

CYFERnet – www.cyfernet.org

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Fighting for Your Marriage- the PREP Approach www.prepinc.com

 (Description provided by the handout).

Health and Age – www.healthandage.com

 (Description provided by the handout).

Marriage Alive – www.marriagealive.org

(Description provided by the handout).

Marriage and Couple Relationship Website – http://citnews.unl.edu/marriage/

(Description provided by the handout).

Marriage Builders – www.marriagebuilders.com

(Description provided by the handout).

Michele Weiner Davis – www.divorcebusting.com

(Description provided by the handout).

National Council on Family Relations – www.ncfr.org

(Description provided by the handout).

PREPARE/ENRICH Program – www.lifeinnovations.com

(Description provided by the handout).

Real Relationships- www.realrelationships.com

(Description provided by the handout).

Smart Marriages – www.smartmarriages.com

(Description provided by the handout).

Stepfamily Association of America – www.saafamilies.org

(Description provided by the handout).

Focus on the Family – www.focusonthefamily.com

Provides short and comprehensive articles on various topics relating to marriage. Offers podcasts, times for broadcasts, newsletters, online community and bookstore. One of the main selling points of this website is that you can create a personalized webpage and e-newsletter for your family.

Crown Financial Ministries – www.crown.org

Offers financial resources and tools for financial planning. Locate local budget coaches, read articles concerning financial “hot topics”, listen to free downloadable podcasts on finances. Sells financial literature for couples along with a newsletter.

Blended Families – www.blended-families.com/

Addresses the issues encountered by blended families through a myriad of literature, free newsletter, booking for seminars, remarriage coaching by trained professionals and teleclasses.

Parent Trust For Washington Children – www.parenttruts.org

Comprehensive advice index on a variety of parenting categories (i.e. child development, early learning, health safety, stress management etc…). Also an online video about planning for a family, other options are ideas for fun family activities, education resources (telephone support, new parent services, child and teen services, notifications of community events). Lists books and local classes.

FamilyFun.com – http://familyfun.go.com/

A site filled with fun activities that the whole family can participate in such as game ideas, crafts, how-to videos, travel resources etc…

National Healthy Marriage Resource Center – http://www.healthymarriageinfo.org/

Specializes in providing research, statistics, information about national programs, initiatives and provides an “online library for resources related to research and issues impacting Healthy Marriage.”

FindingStone Counseling Center: A Family Stress Test - http://www.findingstone.com/services/tests/familystresstest.htm

A measurement to help evaluate family stress levels.

Central Oregon Family Resource Center – http://www.frconline.org/about.html

Offers resources for parents and families living in Oregon, other resources are parenting education, community resources and referrals. 

Career Resource Websites

Career Resource Websites

Here's a list of websites and a brief description of them that can assist you when searching for a job or a career:

http://www.rileyguide.com/jsresearch.html - A website that provides basic information on how to get a job. The topics range from a salary guide, how to write a resume, to how to search the web for jobs and dealing with job loss.

http://www.findtherightjob.com/?campaign_id=13197369&gclid=CNecw6X9gLACFYcZQgodg1TUSw – An interesting website that collects basic info from a job hunter and then finds companies or schools in local area that fit the description of what the job hunter is looking for. From the generated list, you can click on a link and see a job opening and information on how to apply.

http://www.collegegrad.com/ - An easy to use website that provides listings of entry level jobs for recent graduates. It also provides additional features such as resume templates, articles on the job market, salary calculator, etc…

http://www.job-hunt.org/# - A comprehensive website on anything related to job hunting. Susan Joyce provides e-books on job hunting, a job search feature, job related articles, blogs on jobs, links for career coaches, and tutorials. This is an excellent site!

http://www.indeed.com/jobs?q=artist&l=98660&utm_source=publisher&utm_medium=organic_listings&utm_campaign=affiliate – A job posting site.

http://resumecompanion.com – A resume builder website.

http://www.monster.com/ - One of the best known job-hunting sites on the Internet, Monster has many job listings, from all over the U.S.

http://www.linkedin.com/ - A social networking site for professional. Helps to self-promote you as a professional and network with others in similar

http://www.onetonline.org/ - An extremely informative and helpful website. Helps people narrow possible career options using a many different ways to evaluate strengths and values. The website provides extensive information on fields of employments in terms of median wages, employment trends, industry info, state info, and more.

http://www.myskillsmyfuture.org/ - A cool website that helps people find jobs that meet their past job descriptions.

http://careeronestop.org – A helpful website with a step by step guide of building a resume.

http://www.mynextmove.org/ - A site connected to O-net, has an interest profiler, which can be helpful if not sure what interests are and how they are connected to jobs.

http://www.servicelocator.org/ - A website that helps in locating a job training site.

http://federalstudentaid.ed.gov/opportunity/index.html - A website that helps with finding the right school and getting aid and resources to get the education. Also contains many links to other helpful sites.