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‚‚‚‚‚‚‚Lessons From Family-Strengthening Interventions: Learning From Evidence-Based Practice Margaret Caspe, Consultant M. Elena Lopez, Consultant Harvard Family Research Project October 2006 For more information on the topic of this paper, email hfrp_pubs@gse.harvard.edu Abstract: The purpose of the brief is to help educators, service providers, and local evaluators in schools, intermediary and community-based organizations, and social service agencies become more effective by highlighting the best program and evaluation practices of family-strengthening intervention programs. At a time when evidence-based practice matters, this brief adds value to the field by reviewing programs proven by substantial research and evaluation to be effective. © President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. May not be reproduced whole or in part without written permission from Harvard Family Research Project. Harvard Family Research Project Harvard Graduate School of Education 3 Garden Street Cambridge, MA 02138 Website: www.hfrp.org Email: hfrp@gse.harvard.edu Tel: 617-495-9108 Fax: 617-495-8594 ‚‚‚‚‚‚‚Introduction 1Families make a difference in the academic and social lives of children and youth. For this reason, many schools and community-based social service organizations have designed and implemented family-strengthening intervention programs. A family-strengthening program ...