Shift - "skills for helping families thrive" is part of the healthy marriage grant funding and provides relationship skills classes for couples, using the coupletalk and third option curricula. -…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Relationship Research Foundation, Inc. a Cooperative Agreement for $1,498,000 on September 30, 2025, under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086).

The recipient will implement the SHIFT project, delivering evidence-based relationship education to adult couples across six California counties: Orange, San Diego, Imperial, San Francisco, San Mateo, and Marin. The program uses the 12-hour COUPLETALK curriculum supplemented by the Third Option workshop, providing communication skills training, conflict resolution instruction, and emotional intimacy development. Services will be delivered at 285 locations through partnerships with Catholic Dioceses and Protestant churches. The project will serve 1,620 couples over the five-year grant period and will provide coaching, childcare, and light meals to support participation in counties with high divorce rates.

The performance period runs through September 30, 2030.

Shift - "skills for helping families thrive" is part of the healthy marriage grant funding and provides relationship skills classes for couples, using the coupletalk and third option curricula. - relationship research foundation will implement the shift project providing evidence-based relationship education through the 12-hour coupletalk curriculum and supplementary third option workshop. The project will serve adult couples across six california counties (orange, SAN diego, imperial, SAN francisco, SAN mateo, and marin), delivering services at 285 locations through partnerships with catholic dioceses and protestant churches. Services include communication skills training, conflict resolution instruction, and emotional intimacy development, supported by coaching, childcare, and light meals to enhance participation. The project will strengthen marriages and improve family stability for 1,620 couples over the five-year grant period, addressing areas with high divorce rates.