Like most marriage and relationship education curricula, the program for couples wehave the most working knowledge of grew out of experiences with mostly middle incomecouples (The Prevention and Relationship Enhancement Program: PREP). Further, anoverwhelming amount of research in the field of marriage and family that was not conducted bydemographers has used middle income samples. However, several factors have led to anincreased interest and likelihood that very low income people will receive various forms ofrelationship and marriage education: (1) The new and growing interest among government policyofficials to address issues related to family formation and family fragmentation, especially in thecontext of the changes stemming from the 1996 welfare reforms that emphasized theencouragement of two parent families and marriage, and (2) The growth of a marriage movementin the United States. These factors mean that, increasingly, marriage education is being providedto people who have not typically been the recipients of such services–recipients who may bemore economically disadvantaged and who are less likely to be married or to be married soon. Here, we first focus on broad issues that we have faced in the development or application of educational approaches for low income clients. Then, we will present some thought about work with low income couples. Finally, we will give the most space to describing thedevelopment of a new curriculum for low income individuals, not couples. Our purpose throughout will be to present conceptualization of major issues that arise in attempting to serve this population. (Author abstract).