Family-Strengthening Intervention Programs: Evidence-Based Practice Review

A brief from the Harvard Family Research Project reviews family-strengthening intervention programs proven by substantial research and evaluation to be effective. The purpose is to help educators, service providers, and local evaluators in schools and community organizations become more effective by highlighting best program and evaluation practices. The document is copyrighted by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.

Use Cases

• Identifying effective program models based on the review of proven interventions
• Informing evaluation practices for family-strengthening programs based on highlighted best practices
• Supporting evidence-based decision-making for social service agencies based on the reviewed research

Strengths

• Focuses on programs proven by substantial research and evaluation to be effective
• Produced by the Harvard Family Research Project, an authoritative institution

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; field semantics must be inferred after download

Provenance

Source

Harvard Family Research Project, Harvard Graduate School of Education

Collection Method

Review and synthesis of existing program evaluations and research