Start with heart: delivering evidence-based relationship and parenting education to underserved families in southeast louisiana to promote family stability and well-being - start corporation will…

The Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families awarded Start Corporation a $1,499,994 cooperative agreement on September 30, 2025, under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086).

Start Corporation will implement the PREP 8.0 curriculum to deliver 12-hour relationship education workshops to married, engaged, co-parenting, and romantically involved couples across 15 parishes in Southeast Louisiana. Workshops will be held at five established clinic locations in Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Tammany, and Orleans Parishes. The program will serve 1,260 individuals (630 couples) over the five-year period of performance, focusing on communication, conflict resolution, and emotional safety skills. To reduce participation barriers, Start Corporation will provide free childcare, transportation, and meals to participants. Services will be delivered in-person at trusted community facilities throughout Southeast Louisiana.

The award period runs from September 30, 2025 through September 29, 2030. Place of performance is Houma, Louisiana.

Start with heart: delivering evidence-based relationship and parenting education to underserved families in southeast louisiana to promote family stability and well-being - start corporation will implement the prep 8.0 curriculum to strengthen relationships among married, engaged, CO-parenting, and romantically involved couples through 12-hour workshops delivered at five established clinic locations in terrebonne, lafourche, ST. Tammany, and orleans parishes. The program will provide services to adult couples, focusing on communication, conflict resolution, and emotional safety skills, with free childcare, transportation, and meals to reduce participation barriers. Services will be delivered across 15 parishes in southeast louisiana, with in-person workshops at trusted community facilities. Over five years, the program will serve 1,260 individuals (630 couples), providing relationship education and wraparound supports to promote family stability and long-term well-being.