AK thrive will provide healthy relationships and marriage education/ skills to parents in the anchorage school district catchment area. - the association of alaska school boards will implement the…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded the Association of Alaska School Boards a cooperative agreement totaling $1,472,160 on September 30, 2025, under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086) to deliver the AK THRIVE initiative.

The Association will implement an 18-hour workshop series delivered over 3.5 weeks in partnership with the Anchorage School District. The curriculum covers communication, conflict resolution, emotional management, and parenting skills, along with family-strengthening activities. The program targets low-income families, both married and unmarried, within the Anchorage School District catchment area. Over the five-year project period running through September 29, 2030, the program expects to serve 810 individuals, with 540 completing at least 90 percent of workshop sessions.

Place of performance is Juneau, Alaska. The cooperative agreement is part of the federal program's broader goal to strengthen families through skills-based healthy marriage and relationship education combined with services addressing relationship and employment advancement.

AK thrive will provide healthy relationships and marriage education/ skills to parents in the anchorage school district catchment area. - the association of alaska school boards will implement the AK thrive program in partnership with the anchorage school district to provide healthy marriage and relationship education/skills to parents. The program will deliver 18-hour workshop series over 3.5 weeks, including curriculum-based workshops on communication, conflict resolution, emotional management, and parenting skills, along with family-strengthening activities. The project will serve low -income families, both married and unmarried in the anchorage school district catchment area. The program expects to serve 810 individuals over the five-year project period, with 540 completing at least 90% of workshop sessions.