Decreasing divorce in US Army couples: Results from a randomized controlled trial using PREP for Strong Bonds.
Published 2022Findings from a large, randomized controlled trial of a couple education program are presented in this brief report. Married Army…
Are Federally Supported Relationship Education Programs for Lower-Income Individuals and Couples Working: A Review of Evaluation Research.
Published 2022ACF has funded hundreds of community-based organizations to provide relationship education services to youth, young adults, cohabiting parents, and married…
An RCT of Dating Matters: Effects on Teen Dating Violence and Relationship Behaviors
Published 2022This study presents results from a randomized controlled trial of Dating Matters, a comprehensive, multicomponent dating violence prevention model for…
Addressing toxic stress and trauma in Native Communities: The promise of home visiting
Published 2022American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) children face a disproportionately high risk of exposure to adversity during childhood, but also…
A Roadmap for Collaborative and Effective Evaluation in Tribal Communities
Published 2022Many Tribal communities have experienced deep, intergenerational trauma. Evaluation activities have generally been imposed on Native communities by funding agencies…
A Family-Strengthening Program for Low-Income Families: Final Impacts from the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation
Published 2022The Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation was launched in 2003 to test the effectiveness of a skills-based relationship education program…
Pathways-To-Outcomes: How Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education Program Activities May Lead to Intended Outcomes
Published 2020The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) directed Mathematica to create a set of Healthy Marriage and Relationship Education (HMRE)…
Empowering Families: Implementation of an Integrated HMRE, Employment, and Financial Literacy Program for Low-Income Couples
Published 2020Findings on The Parenting Center’s experiences designing and implementing Empowering Families, a program developed to offer integrated HMRE and economic stability services to couples raising children together.
Online Programs Improve Relationship Functioning for Distressed Low-Income Couples: Results From a Nationwide Randomized Controlled Trial
Published 2020This study investigated the effectiveness of OurRelationship and ePREP, two web-based interventions for low-income couples.