Research Websites
DollarWorks (Jean
Bauer)
An educational package that helps teach the basic elements of economic
literacy
Financial Security in Later Life (Marlene
Stum)
A curriculum to increase knowledge of issues regarding later life
financial security and help consumers assess their preparedness for later
life financial security and create a plan of action to meet their personal
needs and goals
Financing Long Term
Care (Marlene Stum)
A resource center for families making decisions about financing long term
care
Who Gets Grandma's Yellow Pie
Plate? (Marlene Stum)
Provides people with practical information about the inheritance of
personal property and improving family decision making through education and
research
Minnesota/Texas
Adoption Research Project (Hal
Grotevant)
A research project that focuses on the consequences of variations in
openness in adoption for all members of the adoption triad: birthmothers,
adoptive parents, and adopted children, and for the relationships within
these family systems.
Putting Family First (Bill
Doherty)
A resource site for the development of community-based projects that
strengthen families - the model stresses the importance of civic engagement
to strengthen family life and a vision of families creating public
initiatives
Rural Families Speak (Jean
Bauer)
The project assesses changes in the well-being and functioning of rural
families in the context of policies that reform welfare
Rural
Minnesota Life (Sharon
Danes & Martha Rueter)
Provides resources for rural families, businesses, and communities as
they meet the challenges of change
Teen-Link (Jodi
Dworkin)
A searchable database of resources on teen issues that was developed as a
means for educators, parents, teachers, youth and professionals working with
adolescents to obtain quick access to books, journal articles and web sites
addressing teen issues.