This project, for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the U.S. Department of Labor was a multi-site, multi-year effort to rigorously test programs designed to enhance employment, family functioning, and child well-being outcomes for current or former welfare recipients or other low-income parents who are hard to employ. Project activities included site recruitment, technical assistance, implementation and process analyses, impact analyses, and cost-benefit analyses. MEF was a subcontractor to MDRC under this contract.