Poverty handling program designed to elevate family from poverty so they reach the welfare. One of the method to handle poverty is through empowerment through ability and potentiality development and empowerment. The empowerment meant to enhance women role or wives to support family economy productive on cassava and banana crackers in Playen subdistrict, Gunungkidul regency. The research was done to know family empowerment program to fulfil family needs. Data were gathered through interview and documentary analysis techniques. Data analyzed through qualitative descriptive technique. The finding showed that women (wives) were able to enhance family welfare. That meant economic productive skills could add family income to fulfill family needs especially base needs. It Is recommeded that the Minister of Soslal Affairs and related Institution should always monitor in each women empowerment activity as one of strategies to address problem in enhancing sosia! welfare poor families.