Integrating healthy relationship and marriage education (RME) into child welfare services is a relatively recent initiative. Guided by the theoretical work in child welfare training evaluation, the current study describes the development and testing of a new RME training for child welfare professionals. Based on data collected from 272 trainees, results from structural equation modeling indicate a linear association between learner attitudes and newly acquired knowledge and skills to perceptions of training usefulness, which, in turn, influenced implementation of RME skills with clients. Implications for the delivery and evaluation of programming, in general and specific to RME, are shared.KEYWORDS family engagement, evidence-based practices, research methodology Considerable resources have been expended in the past 25 years to develop, implement, and evaluate various training initiatives and programs aimed at providing child welfare professionals with the knowledge and skills they