LIVESTREAM: How Marriage Will Decrease Crime and Poverty, Increase Graduation
Marriage and Family Collapse is Driving Child Poverty, Violence, and Educational Decline – Join Our Livestream to Hear from Aaron Baer and Brad Wilcox
COLUMBUS–The 2025 Hope and a Future report from Center for Christian Virtue (CCV), in partnership with Brad Wilcox and the Institute for Family Studies, reveals the disastrous effects the decline of marriage and the collapse of the family have had on Ohio and America.
Dive Deeper Into the Report
Wednesday, February 19, 10:00 to 11:00 am
Aaron Baer
Center for Christian Virtue
David Mahan
Center for Christian Virtue
Peter Range
Center for Christian Virtue
Brad Wilcox
Institute for Family Studies
The 2025 Hope and a Future report measures how the decline of marriage and the rise of homes without married fathers have led to dramatic increases in child poverty, violence in our communities, and crashing educational outcomes. The report also proposes practical and attainable solutions for lawmakers, churches, and marketplace leaders to help right the course. Learn more during this informative livestream!
More About the Report
CCV commissioned the Institute for Family Studies and Professor Brad Wilcox, the Melville Foundation Jefferson Scholars Foundation University Professor of Sociology at the University of Virginia, to conduct the research in the report.
The report includes the first edition of the Family Structure Index by CCV and the Institute for Family Studies, which ranks all 50 states according to the health of their family culture.
The Index analyzes demographic and fertility data to investigate which states have the strongest, most stable, and most sustainable families, thereby increasing the prospects for happy and healthy children.
Ohio ranks below national average at 29th on the new Family Structure Index from CCV and IFS, while Utah ranks at the top, and Rhode Island ranks last.
The full Family Structure Index is available at CCV.org/FamilyIndex. The Hope and a Future report is available as a free digital download at CCV.org/Hope.
For more information, contact CCV at 513-733-5775 or contact@ccv.org. For media inquiries, email media@ccv.org.
As Ohio's largest Christian public policy organization, Center for Christian Virtue seeks the good of our neighbors by advocating for public policy that reflects the truth of the Gospel.
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