The Center for Self-Sufficiency, Inc. is the lead agency for the Milwaukee Marriage Partnership (MMP), a coalition of diverse agencies committed to strengthening the institution of marriage. The Center for Self-Sufficiency, Inc. and its partners take a community-wide approach in promoting the value and benefits of healthy marriage and offer skills-based training and education to high school-aged youth, non-married pregnant women and expectant fathers, engaged couples and individuals interested in marriage as well as married couples. Program goals include:

- Decreasing the rates of out-of-wedlock births
- Increasing the rates of marriage overall
- Increasing the number of African Americans getting married

The Center for Self-Sufficiency, Inc. is making available the following services through a federal Healthy Marriage Education demonstration grant:

- Marriage, Relationship Skills & Budgeting Education for High-School   Aged Youth
- Marriage Education & Relationship Skills Development, including   Parenting Skills, Financial Management and Conflict Resolution
- Pre-Marital Education
- Marriage Enhancement Programming
- Marriage Mentoring
- Domestic Violence Information & Consultation
- Public Awareness & Education