For Families

How healthy is your family?

A free 2-minute assessment across five dimensions of family wellness — plain-language results, local resources, and content to help you keep building.

Why This Exists

Data about families should reach families.

There is more public research on family health than most people will ever know. Researchers study it. Funders talk about it. Reports get published. And almost none of it reaches the families it's actually about.

Good & Well Institute was built to change that — not with another pamphlet, but with tools that give you a real picture of where your family stands and what to do about it. In plain language. For free. In about two minutes.

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I want all of ya'sss to be well.

Marc's grandmother — the reason GWI exists
What "well" actually means

Wellbeing isn't one thing. It's connection, purpose, health, financial breathing room, opportunity, and safety — all at once, all affecting each other. We measure all five.

Free Tool

Take the Family Wellness Assessment.

Five honest questions. One per dimension. About two minutes. At the end you get a wellness score across all five areas — plus plain-language interpretation and a direct link to local resources near you.

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Answer 5 questions — one for each dimension of family wellness. No right or wrong answers. Just honest ones.
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Get your results — a score for each dimension, a plain-language summary, and a clear picture of where your family is right now.
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Find resources near you — we connect you to 211, the national helpline for local health and human services, so you can take a real next step.
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Question 3 of 5  ·  Emotional & Physical Health
How would you describe your family's overall physical and mental health right now?
We're really struggling right now
One or more of us is having a hard time
Some challenges but we're managing ✓
Generally healthy with some stress
We're doing well across the board

Every community has resources. 211 finds them.

211 is the national helpline for health and human services — housing, food, mental health, childcare, utility help, and more. Free, confidential, available 24/7. The assessment links you there automatically, but you can search anytime.

Search 211 →

Real Findings

What the data shows about family health in America

These aren't abstract statistics. Every number is a family trying to hold things together.

1 in 3
U.S. adults feel lonely
Feeling disconnected doesn't just hurt — it affects physical health, not just emotional wellbeing. And it's far more common than anyone talks about.
40
%
Of families live paycheck to paycheck
Working families, two-income households, people doing everything they were told to do. The math just doesn't always add up anymore.
1 in 5
Adults report poor mental health
Mental health doesn't stay inside one person — it moves through the whole family. And it's far more common than we talk about.
21
M
Households lack reliable broadband
No internet means no homework help, no telehealth, no job applications. An invisible gap with very real consequences for kids, careers, and care.
19
M
People live in food deserts
Not just food insecure — food inaccessible. When the nearest grocery store is miles away and there's no reliable way to get there, the problem isn't willpower.
2 min
To know where your family stands
That's what we're here to give you. The same intelligence that used to require a research team — plain language, free, whenever you need it.

Start with two minutes. See what you learn.

The assessment is free, takes about 2 minutes, and gives you a real picture of where your family stands. No account required until you want your results emailed to you.

Take the Assessment → Search 211 Resources