Recent activities by the faculty of the Department of Child and Family Studies include:

• Randy Chatelain is currently serving as the Chair of the Utah Governor’s Commission on Marriage
• Chloe Merrill was elected to serve as President of the Association of Affiliated Councils of the National Council on Family Relations. She also serves as a National Board Member of the National Council on Family Relations
• Paul Schvaneveldt is currently serving as the Vice-Chair of the International Section of the National Council on Family Relations
• Children's School teachers Sherrie West and Amy Cox have written two activity books for teachers of young children: Sand and Water Play and Literacy Play are available through Gryphonhouse Publishers
• Paul Schvaneveldt has been named the director of the Family Literacy Project and established a new partnership with the Ogden Head Start to promote literacy activities with the parents of children enrolled in Head Start.
• Paul Schvaneveldt, along with Mary Ellen Lykins and Jeff Tesch at the Ogden Head Start, were recently awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to provide marriage education to the parents of head start children in Ogden. The Healthy Marriage project was awarded over $200,000 over the next five years and will serve both single parents and married couples.

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• Outcome assessments