According to the National Marriage Project, between 1960 and 2009, the divorce rate in the United States doubled; between 40 and 50 percent of newly married couples will either separate or divorce. These numbers have lasting effects on not only our local communities, but also our nation and world. Here are some of the impacts this has on our future generations:

• Children from divorced homes suffer academically. They experience high levels of behavioral problems. Their grades suffer, and they are less likely to graduate from high school.2
• Kids who have divorced parents are substantially more likely to be incarcerated for committing a crime as a juvenile.3

• Because the custodial parent's income drops substantially after a divorce, children in divorced homes are almost five times more likely to live in poverty than are children with married parents.4
• Teens from divorced homes are much more likely to engage in drug and alcohol use, as well as sexual intercourse than those from intact families.5
• Children from divorced homes experience illness more frequently and recover from sickness more slowly.6 They are also more likely to suffer child abuse.7
• Children of divorced parents suffer more frequently from symptoms of psychological distress.8 And the emotional scars of divorce last into adulthood.9

20These statistics feel overwhelming and hopeless. Invite, Inc. provides immense hope to this challenge.

Through the past 20 years, we have created a program that can take as little as 5 sessions, and it has a 93% success rate in keeping families together. The 93% success rate includes marriages and relationships that are already divorced or are in the process of separation.

The Invite, Inc. process is easy to follow, and allows all participants to have healing and resolution with past traumas. By healing past traumas, participants are able to discontinue any further behaviors that are destructive. Ending destructive behaviors allows couples to have true intimacy with each other, as well as providing their children with a healthy and loving environment. 

If this need were not addressed, families across the nation would fail at providing future generations with the health that is required to build strong communities. Because of the work Invite, Inc. completed thus far, we are able to assist individuals, couples, and families in creating a healthy environment. This directly impacts how well future generations do in their education, their mental health, their physical health, and their fiscal health. Invite, Inc. is able to stop the dysfunctional behaviors that would otherwise be overlooked or ignored.