James Huguley’s Parent Heart program arose from the realization, he says, that parents who need extra help, particularly African-American parents, can usually find more help for their kids than for themselves.
“If you are targeting youth, you need something that will approach the whole family,” says Huguley, a School of Social Work associate professor. Now Parent Heart has been named Startup of the Year by the Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship for 2025, and Huguley has been working with them to move the program toward commercialization. Read more in the University Times.