Purpose & Activities of the Utah Marriage Commission

What does the Utah Marriage Commission do?

  

• Promote coalitions and collaborative efforts to uphold and encourage a strong and healthy culture of strong and lasting marriages and stable families
•  Contribute to greater awareness of the importance of marriage and leading to reduced divorce and unwed parenthood in the state
• Promote public policies that support marriage
• Promote programs and activities that educate individuals and couples on how to achieve strong, successful, and lasting marriages, including promoting and assisting in the offering of:
  • Events, classes, and services, including those designed to promote strong, healthy, and lasting marriages and prevent domestic violence
  • Marriage and relationship education conferences for the public and professionals
  • Enrichment seminar
• Actively promote measures designed to maintain and strengthen marriage, family,
  and the relationships between spouses and parents and children
• Support volunteerism and private financial contributions and grants in partnership with the commission and in support of the commission's purposes and activities for the benefit of the state
• Regularly publicize information on premarital counseling and education services available in the