Path youth success initiative will provide healthy relationship education and life skills training to 600 youth annually (3,000 total over five years) across six high schools in northwest indiana

Path Inc. received an $818,162 Cooperative Agreement award from the Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families under the Healthy Marriage Promotion and Responsible Fatherhood Grants program (CFDA 93.086), effective September 30, 2025, through September 29, 2030. The PATH Youth Success Initiative delivers evidence-informed healthy relationship education and life skills training to 600 youth annually (3,000 total over the five-year project period) ages 14-18 across six high schools in northwest Indiana, serving Porter, Lake, and Newton counties. The program utilizes three core curricula—Love Notes 4.1, Money Habitudes, and the YES Success Sequence—to help participants develop healthy relationship skills, improve financial literacy, and create plans for long-term economic stability and successful futures.

Services are delivered through classroom-based workshops across Portage Township Schools, Union Township School Corporation, School City of Hobart, River Forest School Corporation, South Newton School Corporation, and Porter Township School Corporation. Path Inc. leverages partnerships with local schools and workforce development organizations to connect youth participants to community resources supporting economic stability. The cooperative agreement structure reflects the Administration for Children and Families' portfolio approach to strengthening families through skills-based education and wraparound support services.

The project will serve youth ages 14-18 in porter, lake, and newton counties through evidence-informed curricula including love notes 4.1, money habitudes, and the yes success sequence. The project will help youth develop healthy relationships, improve financial literacy, and plan for successful futures. Through partnerships with local schools and workforce development organizations, path will deliver classroom-based workshops and connect participants to community resources that support long-term economic stability. Services will be delivered in portage township schools, union township school corporation, school city of hobart, river forest school corporation, south newton school corporation, and porter township school corporation.