Catalog of Research: Programs for Low-Income Couples

The Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation within the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Mathematica Policy Research conducted the Strengthening Families Evidence Review (SFER) to identify family-strengthening programs serving low-income couples with couple-based programming designed to enhance relationship or co-parenting skills. Compiling information from 54 studies of 39 programs, this catalog includes information on the program components, such as operations, and research conducted on the programs, such as study design. Each study is given a rating category based on the study's design, execution, and analysis.