fa Clinical Original Article <span style="font-size:12px;"><span style="font-family:Times New Roman;">Background: Divorce is the legal dissolution of marriage and the legal cancellation of duties and responsibilities of<br> marriage between couples, which has been growing recently in Iran. Preventing and decreasing divorce and its<br> complications are among the programs of the welfare organization. The present study aimed to explain the goals, service<br> model, challenges, and solutions for the improvement of this program.<br> Methods: A qualitative study was conducted in 2016 and selected 31 managers and experts from departments of the welfare<br> organization in provinces of Iran, 21 members of public mediators and beneficiary organizations, and 6 senior managers<br> and senior experts from the social deputy of the welfare organization using the purposive sampling method. Data were<br> collected by three methods, documentary analysis, focus group discussion, and in-depth individual interview, and were<br> analyzed using content analysis<br> Results: The divorce prevention and reduction program was designed in three stages, before marriage, during divorce, and<br> after divorce. The challenges of the program included multi-work with the involved organizations, insufficient information<br> by the mass media, mental exhaustion of couples and insisting on divorce, the lack of a coherent program in the Supreme<br> Council of the Cultural Revolution (SCCR), the lack of human resources, insufficient financial credits, and couples&#39;<br> unwillingness to consult after judicial registration. The suggested solutions to improve the program include coordination<br> with the comprehensive plan of the Supreme Council of the Cultural Revolution, eliminating inter-organizational multiwork<br> in the welfare organization, increasing financial credits, creating electronic files for applicant couples, following up<br> on the status of children within the divorce process, developing a divorce reduction protocol based on new approaches to<br> family therapy, implementation of educational programs, mandatory counseling before marriage, and approval and<br> amendment of some judicial laws.<br> Conclusion: Despite the growing trend of divorce in society and the implementation of the divorce prevention and reduction<br> program in the welfare organization, this program is facing personal, organizational, and national challenges. It is useful to<br> use strategies to modify the goal and structure, measures to finance and improve the service mechanism, attract cooperation,<br> and obtain permits to improve the current status.</span></span> Divorce,Family,Couples therapy,Prevention and control,Complications,Welfare Organization 10 14 http://jhd.goums.ac.ir/browse.php?a_code=A-10-33-2&slc_lang=fa&sid=1 Behzad Damari 1003194753284600182 1003194753284600182 No Department of Governance and Health, Neuroscience Research Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran Alireza Heidari 1003194753284600183 1003194753284600183 Yes Health Management, and Social Development Research Center, Golestan University of Medical Sciences, Gorgan, Iran Habibullah Masoudi farid 1003194753284600184 1003194753284600184 No Social Deputy, Welfare Organization, Tehran, Iran Arezou Zokaei 1003194753284600185 1003194753284600185 No Social Deputy, Welfare Organization, Tehran, Iran