To impart practical relationship skills to engaged, married, and seriously dating couples. The Fresno County Healthy Marriage Coalition (FCHMC) came into existence as an extension of Marriage Mentoring Ministries, Inc. A California Publice Benefit Non-Profit Corporation, and exists to provide an innovative and culturally sensitive program designed to promote the elements and benefits of healthy marriages and by helping strengthen existing marriages. The FCHMC, which will be a growing collaboration of local agencies and organizations, will also help couples that choose to marry gain greater access to marriage education services that enable them to acquire the skills and knowledge necessary to form and sustain healthy marriages in order to lower poverty and strengthen the family unit, thus contributing to a healthier community in Fresno County.