MapHabit launches Alaska care expansion with Vivo partnership

MapHabit has been selected as a subawardee in Alaska’s Rural Health Transformation Program and is launching Project ANCHOR to expand evidence-based home- and community-based services in rural communities. The effort starts in the Matanuska-Susitna and Kenai Peninsula Boroughs before scaling statewide, with Vivo adding virtual strength programming for older adults and people at risk of falls.

Why it matters: - Project ANCHOR is designed to widen access to care in rural, remote and frontier Alaska, where health access, caregiver support and workforce gaps are harder to close. - The project combines cognitive support and fall-prevention programming, two needs that can affect independence, safety and staffing across home- and community-based services. - The work is backed by federal funding through Alaska’s Rural Health Transformation Program, which gives the effort a path to scale beyond a local pilot.

What happened: - MapHabit was selected as a subawardee under the Alaska Rural Health Transformation Program, administered by the State of Alaska Department of Health. - The company is launching Project ANCHOR, short for Aging & Neurodivergent Care through Health, Outreach, and Remote Support. - The project will begin in the Matanuska-Susitna and Kenai Peninsula Boroughs, then expand statewide. - MapHabit is partnering with Vivo to deliver the program.

The details: - ANCHOR is a statewide, partner-led model built around two evidence-based home- and community-based services. - MapHabit Platform will provide AI-powered visual maps for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, traumatic brain injuries and Alzheimer's-related dementias. - Vivo will provide virtual strength programming for adults 55 and older and people at risk of falls. - MapHabit will deploy the effort with the Alaska Association on Developmental Disabilities, Independent Living Center Inc., Daybreak Incorporated, Alzheimer's Disease Resource Agency of Alaska, Inc. (Alzheimer's Resource of Alaska or ARA), Frontier Community Services Inc. and other HCBS organizations. - MapHabit said the project will help address Alaska’s HCBS workforce capabilities while expanding direct support for families. - The funding announcement notes that ANCHOR is supported by CMS of HHS through a subaward worth $1,241,085.55, as part of a larger $272,174,855.72 award to the State of Alaska Department of Health.

Between the lines: - The project ties two separate care gaps together: cognitive support for neurodivergent and aging populations, and virtual exercise aimed at reducing fall risk. - The partnership model suggests Alaska is trying to extend services through local organizations rather than build a single centralized delivery system. - MapHabit’s Alaska work has been building since 2022, when the company began collaborating with families, providers and community-based organizations with support from the Alaska Mental Health Trust and the Mat-Su Foundation. - The federal disclosure frames ANCHOR as part of a broader state transformation effort, not an isolated startup program.

What's next: - MapHabit will roll out ANCHOR first in the two target boroughs before widening to more parts of Alaska. - The company and Vivo say they plan to continue working with regional and HCBS partners to expand remote care delivery and health equity across the state. - More information is available at MapHabit and Vivo.

The bottom line: - MapHabit is using a new Alaska public-health award to pair digital cognitive support with virtual aging services, aiming to make rural care more reachable and more scalable.