The REFRAME project aims to deepen understanding of the needs and experiences of Black fathers, families, couples, and youth served by Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood (HMRF) programs and identify research priorities and program strategies to ensure program services can effectively support their needs.
The project will explore how HMRF grantees can work to address the barriers and circumstances created by racial inequity through HMRF programs, including making HMRF programming more equitable for Black fathers, families, couples, and youth, and providing a compassionate, solutions-based space that appropriately reflects on the strengths and resilience of Black families. The contract will engage with stakeholders, experts, and communities; synthesize evidence on pertinent topics on how racism and historic disparities affect Black fathers, families, couples, and youth in HMRF programs; identify future research priorities to support ongoing work in this area; develop resources on how HMRF programs can ensure their services are equitable and reflective of the needs of Black families; and synthesize current evidence on the strengths of Black men, families, and youth and positive contributions to their families and communities. Insight Policy Research is a subcontractor to MEF on this project.