MentorPRO Partners with Kittitas County Health Network’s Thrive Youth Mentor Program to Elevate Educational Success
Boston, MA – September 12, 2025 – MentorPRO, a research-driven mentoring software, is excited to announce a transformative partnership with Kittitas County Health Network’s Thrive Youth Mentor Program. This collaboration represents a mutual dedication to fostering educational success and a steadfast commitment to empowering young lives in Kittitas County, Washington.
At the heart of this partnership lies Thrive’s inspiring mission to help youth “THRIVE” by building resilience, trust, empowerment, and inspired futures. Through its embedded mentor-based model, the Thrive Youth Mentor Program plays an essential role in promoting academic achievement, nurturing social-emotional development, and strengthening young people’s commitment to their educational journeys.
MentorPRO’s decision to partner with Thrive reflects our commitment to evidence-based mentoring and the program’s alignment with proven strategies for youth development. Guided by the leadership of Dr. Jean Rhodes, Professor of Psychology at UMass Boston and Co-Founder of MentorPRO, our platform integrates decades of peer-reviewed research on relationship quality, goal-setting, feedback, and mentor training.
Our partnership equips Thrive with tools to support structured, consistent, and deeply relational mentoring—fostering emotional attunement, cultural responsiveness, clear expectations, and sustained support, all of which are anchored in the essential features of effective mentoring relationships MentorPRO. Through MentorPRO’s dynamic training pathways—ranging from gratitude-centered modules to single-session interventions—Thrive’s mentors can engage youth in meaningful, measurable ways from day one.
Together, MentorPRO and Thrive are poised to set a new standard in community-based mentoring: one grounded in research, delivered with fidelity, and rooted in hope. We are honored to support Kittitas County’s young people as they chart brighter educational paths and enter adulthood with confidence, resilience, and a sense of belonging.
About Kittitas County Health Network’s Thrive Youth Mentor Program
Thrive Youth Mentor Program, part of the Kittitas County Health Network, plays a pivotal role in empowering local youth by nurturing academic success, emotional resilience, and sustained motivation. Through structured, supportive mentoring relationships, Thrive builds trust, reinforces positive identity, and strengthens young people’s commitment to education—creating a foundation for brighter futures in Kittitas County.
About MentorPRO
MentorPRO is a leading evidence-based mentoring platform, co-founded by Dr. Jean Rhodes, that transforms decades of peer-reviewed research into scalable, technology-driven tools for mentoring programs. With a foundation in proven practice and powerful software design, MentorPRO empowers organizations to achieve measurable impact in the lives of youth and adults alike.
For more details on MentorPRO and our training resources, please visit MentorPRO Academy
