Embedding Job and Career Advancement Services in Healthy Marriage Programs: Lessons from Two Programs in PACT

This brief describes how two federally sponsored Healthy Marriage programs—which primarily aim to improve the relationships of parenting couples—integrated a focus on job and career advancement into their services. It also explores the role these services played in meeting the needs of couples and engaging them in services. The findings are from the multicomponent Parents and Children Together (PACT) evaluation of selected 2011 grantees, sponsored by the Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation in the Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Among other research questions, PACT is documenting the design and operations of Healthy Marriage programs and will analyze their effects on couples’ lives.