Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation

Arizona Friends of Foster

Children Foundation

[AFFCF]

Directory of Organizations Aiding Arizona Foster Children

ARIZONA FRIENDS OF FOSTER CHILDREN FOUNDATION (AFFCF)

DIRECTORY OF ORGANIZATIONS AIDING ARIZONA FOSTER CHILDREN

Compiled by AFFCF Board Member Benjamin R. Norris

All information shown has been provided by the named entities, either on a website or otherwise. Information has been

edited to consume less space. Last updated: 8/20/2015.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Government Agency] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2

National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

National/Statewide Advocacy Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . 31

Statewide Professional Organizations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

County-Specific Organizations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Apache County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Cochise County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Coconino County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Gila County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Graham County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Greenlee County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

La Paz County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Maricopa County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Mohave County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Navajo County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Pima County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Pinal County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Santa Cruz County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Yavapai County. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Yuma County . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Indian Tribes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116

Defunct Organizations/Organizations No Longer Providing Services to Foster Children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Government Agency]

Arizona Department of Child Services (“DCS”, formerly “CPS”)

Child Abuse Hotline

Tel.: 888-767-2445 TDD 602-530-1831

Secondary Tel.: (888-SOS-CHILD) TDD 800 530-1831

Arizona Department of Child Safety

Tel.: 1-602-255-2500

Email: DCSDirector@azdes.gov

Address: P.O. Box 6030, S/C CH010-23A, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6030

Records Coordinator: Ruben Ruiz, 602-364-4319/DCSRecordsRequest@azdes.gov

REGIONS

Central Region – Eastern Maricopa County (from central Phoenix to the east) and Pinal County

Northern Region – Apache, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo and Yavapai Counties

Pima Region – Pima County

Southeastern Region – Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee and Santa Cruz Counties

Southwestern Region – La Paz County, Western Maricopa County (from the west to central Phoenix), and Yuma County

INVESTIGATIVE OFFICE LOCATIONS

Apache County:

1200 W. Cleveland, Ste. 2, St. Johns, AZ 85936, 928-337-9150

Coconino County:

1300 W. University Avenue, Ste. 100, Flagstaff, AZ 86001, 928-637-1900

1057 Vista Avenue, Page, AZ 86040, 928-608-4245

Cochise County:

595 S. Dragoon Street, Benson, AZ 85602, 520-586-8322

1140 F Avenue, Douglas, AZ 85607, 520-805-6567

820 E. Fry Boulevard., Sierra Vista, AZ 85635, 520-224-5976

256 S. Curtis Avenue, Willcox, AZ 85643, 520-384-4616 x120

Gila County:

605 S. Seventh Street, Globe, AZ 85501, 928-425-3101

100 N. Tonto Street, Ste. 100, Payson, AZ 85541, 928-468-9807

Graham County:

333 N. 8th Avenue, Safford, AZ 85546, 928-428-3036

Greenlee County:

None.

La Paz County:

1032 S. Hopi Avenue, Parker, AZ 85344, 928-669-8387 x200

Maricopa County (Central Region; from central Phoenix to the east):

11518 E. Apache Trail, Ste. 109, Apache Junction, AZ 85120, 480-373-2080

2328 W. Guadalupe Road, Gilbert, AZ 85233, 480-545-1901

225 E. 1st Street (CAFV), Mesa, AZ 85201, 480-644-4075

3443 N. Central Avenue (Closers), Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-771-8178

3550 N. Central Avenue, 3rd Fl. (East Phx), Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-774-9500

4000 N. Central Avenue, Ste. 400 (N. Central), Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-265-0612

4635 S. Central Avenue (South Mountain), Phoenix, AZ 85040, 602-771-0640

5038 S. Price Road, Ste. 14, Tempe, AZ 85282, 602-771-0460

Maricopa County (Southwestern Region; from the west to central Phoenix):

290 E. La Canada Boulevard, Avondale, AZ 85323, 623-932-8000

6010 N. 57th Drive, Glendale, AZ 85301, 623-842-6200

2333 N. Pebble Creek Parkway, #A200 (SWAC), Goodyear, AZ 85395, 623-333-7920

8990 W. Peoria Avenue, Peoria, AZ 85345, 602-771-0013

13450 N. Black Canyon Highway (T-Bird), Phoenix, AZ 85029, 602-774-5820

1860 N. 95th Lane, Ste. 200 (W101), Phoenix, AZ 85037, 602-774-9700

1925 W. Pinnacle Peak Road, Phoenix, AZ 85027, 623-500-5801

3221 N. 16th Street (Foster/GH/Closers), Phoenix, AZ 85016, 602-264-1360

3310 N. 19th Avenue (AHIT/YAP/ICWA), Phoenix, AZ 85015, 602-771-7070

3443 N. Central Avenue, Ste. 110 (OCWI), Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-771-8178

Mohave County:

2601 Highway 95, Bullhead City, AZ 86442, 928-704-7776

432 Main Street, Fredonia, AZ 86022, 928-643-7754

519 E. Beale Street, Kingman, AZ 86401, 928-753-5056

228 London Bridge Road, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403, 928-854-0315

Navajo County:

2500 E. Cooley Street, Ste. 410, Show Low, AZ 85901, 928-532-4382

319 E. Third Street, Winslow, AZ 86047, 928-289-3312

Pima County:

1455 S. Alvernon Way, 2nd Floor (MSC), Tucson, AZ 85711, 520-872-9468

2329 E. Ajo Way, (OCWI), Tucson, AZ 85713, 520-243-6402

2750 S. 4th Avenue, Bldg. A (Madera), Tucson, AZ 85713, 520-741-2505

3000 E. Valencia Road, Ste. 130, Tucson, AZ 85706, 520-620-3642

6363 S. Country Club Road (Tucson S.), Tucson, AZ 85706, 520-740-1882

6840 E. Broadway Blvd., Ste. 102, Tucson, AZ 85710, 520-721-3097

800 E. Wetmore Road (Tucson N.), Tucson, AZ 85719, 520-887-7577

Pinal County:

555 W. Main Avenue, Casa Grande, AZ 85122, 520-858-8880

1155 N. Arizona Boulevard, Coolidge, AZ 85128, 520-858-8605

Santa Cruz County:

1843 N. State Drive, Nogales, AZ 85621, 520-281-1947

Yavapai County:

1500 E. Cherry Street, Ste. B, Cottonwood, AZ 86326, 928-649-6844

1000 Ainsworth Drive, Ste. C-320, Prescott, AZ 86305, 928-759-1900

3274 Bob Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314, 928-759-1845

Yuma County:

1185 S. Redondo Center Drive, Yuma, AZ 85365, 928-247-8660

FOSTER CARE AND ADOPTION

ETV (Education and Training Voucher) Program Coordinator: (855) 220-8200/ariz[email protected]rg

Foster Care & Adoption: (877) 543-7633/FosterAdop[email protected]ov, P.O. Box 6123, Site Code 940A, Phoenix, AZ

85005-6123

Resource Home Recruitment and Adoption Program Manager: 602-542-2357

Adoption Subsidy Program Supervisor (Counties: Apache, Coconino, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Yavapai, Yuma):

Kimberlee Brown, 602-771-6461/KimberleeBrown@azdes.gov

Adoption Subsidy Program Supervisor (Counties: Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Pima, Pinal):

Linda Cunningham, 520-885-8002/LCunningham@azdes.gov

Title IV-E Program Specialist: Minerva Gant, 602-255-2641/mg[email protected]

Adoption Registry Specialist: Julia Gillespie, 602-255-2638/JGillespie@azdes.gov

Statewide Independent Living Program Specialist: Barbara Guillen, 602-771-5886/bguillen@azdes.gov

Statewide Independent Living and Youth Services Manager: Beverlee Kroll, 602-255-2609/[email protected]ov

Adoption Subsidy Program Supervisor (Counties: Apache, Coconino, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai,

Yuma): Donna Murdy, 602-771-6462/DMurdy@azdes.gov

Statewide Adoptions Manager: Julie O'Dell, 602-255-2623/[email protected]ov

Adoptions Specialist and Children's Heart Gallery Coordinator: Janine Ramirez, 602-255-

2635/JanineRam[email protected]ov

Adoption Policy Specialist: Susetta (Sue) Schmelz, 520-784-2569/SSchmelz@azdes.gov

PREVENTION AND FAMILY SUPPORT

Statewide Healthy Families Arizona Program Coordinator: 602-264-3376 x3316

Statewide Behavioral Health and Appeals Coordinator: Mike Carr, 602-264-3376 x3309/MCarr@azdes.gov

Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T Provider, Southwest, Central, Pima Regions: Brenda Deuel, 602-685-6023 [Fax: 602-685-

6060], FFReferr[email protected]

Statewide Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T. Program Coordinator: Jeanine Diaz, 602-264-3376 x3319/ JeanineDiaz@azdes.gov

Statewide Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T. Program Coordinator: Leanne Hawkins, 602-264-3376 x3315/

[email protected]ov

Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T Provider, Southeast Region: Lenor Maldonado, SEABHS (Southeastern Arizona Behavioral

Health Services, Inc., serving Cochise, Graham, Greenlee and Gila Counties), 928-428-4550 [Fax: 520-586-6118],

AFF_@seabhssolutions.org

Statewide Healthy Families Arizona Program Coordinator: Esthela Navarro, 520-281-1947 x249, enavarro@azdes.gov

Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T Provider: Northern Region: Antoinette Sablan, 928-774-9125 [Fax: 928-774-0697],

asablan@cc-az.org

INDEPENDENT LIVING (YOUNG ADULT PROGRAM)

Independent Living State Coordinator (Statewide Independent Living Coordinator): Barbara Guillen, 602-771-5886/Cell

480-521-1970 /bguillen@azdes.gov, 2328 W. Guadalupe Road, Building 1, Gilbert AZ 85233

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Apache, Coconino, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai): Laura Hughes-Stiverson, 928-759-

1776 [Fax: 928-775-4502], 3274 Bob Drive, Prescott Valley, AZ 86314

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Cochise, Gila, Graham, Greenlee, Santa Cruz): Mary Stierman, 520-459-2965,

msteirman@azdes.gov, 209 Bisbee Road Bisbee, AZ 85603

Independent Living Area Coordinator (La Paz, Mohave, Yuma): Maria Estrada, 928-782-3434 [Fax: 928-539-3190],

[email protected]ov, 350 W. 16th Street Suite #232 Yuma, AZ 85364

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Maricopa): Lisa Lucchesi, 602-771-7070 [Fax: 602-771-7044],

[email protected]ov, 3310 N. 19th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85015

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Maricopa): Mary Clare New, 602-771-7070 [Fax: 602-771-7044],

mnew@azdes.gov, 3310 N. 19th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85015

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Maricopa): Debra Richards, 602-771-7070 [Fax: 602-771-7044],

DRichards@azdes.gov, 3310 N. 19th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85015

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Maricopa): Mike Valles, 602-771-7070 [Fax: 602-771-7044], valles@azdes.gov,

3310 N. 19th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 85015

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Pinal): Tauna Row, 520-836-2351 x224 [Fax: 520-426-9023],

[email protected], 2510 N. Trekell Road Casa Grande, AZ 85222

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Pima): Michelle Orozco, 520-884-4755 [Fax: 520-884-1551],

[email protected]ov, 1700 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85719

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Pima): Ana Contreras, 520-884-4755 [Fax: 520-884-1551],

[email protected]ov, 1700 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85719

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Pima): Rose Diaz, 520-884-4755 [Fax: 520-884-1551], [email protected]ov,

1700 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85719

Independent Living Area Coordinator (Pima): Virginia (Ginger) Van Winkle, 520-884-4755 [Fax: 520-884-1551],

vvanwinkle@azdes.gov, 1700 E. Broadway, Tucson, AZ 85719

COMPREHENSIVE MEDICAL AND DENTAL PROGRAM

Member Services: 602-351-2245; (secondary): 800-201-1795; CMDPMemberServices@azdes.gov

Comprehensive Medical and Dental Program: 602-351-2245; (secondary) 800-201-1795; P.O. Box 29202, Phoenix, AZ

85038

Provider Services: CMDPProviderServices@azdes.gov

Behavioral Health: CMDPBHC@azdes.gov

Medical Services: CMDPNurse@azdes.gov

Member Services: CMDPMem[email protected]ov

NATIONAL YOUTH IN TRANSITION DATABASE

National Youth in Transition Database: NYTD@azdes.gov

HEALTHY FAMILIES ARIZONA

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Cochise): Kelly Foster, 520-458-7348 x18

Healthy Families Arizona - Parenting AZ (Coconino): Teresa Honahni, 928-283-4217

Healthy Families Arizona - Coconino County Health Department (Coconino): Barbara Wightman, 928-679-7237

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Graham): Michelle Pursley, 928-428-7231 x27

Healthy Families Arizona - Southwest Development (Maricopa): Elizabeth Nunez, 602-247-4725

Healthy Families Arizona - Social Services Interagency Council (Mohave): Della Gray, 928-453-5800

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Mohave): Jo Harper, 928-753-4410

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Mohave): Eve Villamor, 928-758-9300

Healthy Families Arizona - Parenting AZ (Navajo): Sue Branch, 928-587-8155

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Pima): Lupe Ricardez, 520-321-3754

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Pinal): Laura Friedman, 520-518-5292

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Pinal): Clara Hill, 520-518-5292

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Pinal): Nicole Koesser, 480-845-1445

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Santa Cruz), Margarita Elias, 520-281-9303

Healthy Families Arizona - Verde Valley Medical Center (Yavapai): Susan Lacher, Tel.: 928-639-6566

Healthy Families Arizona - Yavapai Regional Medical Center (Yavapai): Bonnie Mari, 928-771-5651

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Yuma): Bertha Fuentes, 928-783-4003

Healthy Families Arizona - Child and Family Resources (Yuma): Patty Garcia, 928-783-4003

National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

Aid to Adoption of Special Kids

Main Office

2320 N. 20th Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85006

West Valley Office

15396 N. 83rd Avenue, Ste. A100

Peoria, AZ 85382

East Valley Office

175 E. Corporate Place

Chandler, Arizona 85225

General Switchboard: 602-254-2275

How to Help a Child (for those interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent): 602-930-4900

Fax: 602-212-2564

Email: info@aask-az.org

Website : aask-az.org

Contact: CFO Vicki Basehore, 602-930-4459 (office)/480-553-8374 (cell)/602-930-4559 (fax)/vbasehore@aask-az.org

CEO Ron Adelson

AASK initially provided foster care/adoption support to children with special needs and still does, but now also supports

all children in the Arizona foster care system. AASK primarily provides services in Maricopa and Pinal Counties.

Among the services provided are the following: (1) recruiting and training (both initial training and follow-up training)

for foster and adopt placements, through contracts with DCS and Indian tribes; (2) adoption/pregnancy counseling, for

pregnant women who know they want to give up the child for adoption; (3) training and matching volunteer mentors for

children in group homes; (4) a new program operates a “sibling camp” in Payson, so siblings can go to summer camp

together; besides the usual camp activities, siblings celebrate their birthdays together there, regardless of their actual

birthdays, because siblings are so often separated on their actual birthdays; (5) “Wendy’s Wonderful Kids” is a program

to find adoption placements; AASK works with Dave Thomas Foundation in this program; (6) AASK’s fastest growing

program helps kinship placements navigate the court system, behavioral health care and schools, and accompanies them to

kinship care meetings as needed; (7) the Home Community Based Services program matches placements with respite and

special needs care providers; (8) AASK’s Medically Fragile Foster Care program is for children in foster care who are age

0 to 5 years and have significant medical, physical or developmental needs such as substance exposure, genetic defects,

chromosomal disorders, failure to thrive, feeding issues and respiratory complications due to premature birth. AASK's

30-hour training and the advanced training courses provide the knowledge and skills foster parents need to provide this

specialized care; in addition, AASK has a registered nurse on staff who works with the family specialist to provide

support, education and resources to the foster families caring for children with special medical needs; and (9) for Spanish-

speaking foster children and families in Arizona, AASK has its Todos los Niños program, which serves the more than 38

percent of Latino children in Arizona’s foster care system; this program offers services aimed at placing Latino children

with families of the same heritage, and services through Todos Los Niños are offered in both English and Spanish.

Arizona Association for Foster and Adoptive Parents

1702 E. Highland Avenue #211

Phoenix, AZ 85016

Tel.: 602-274-4382

Kristine D. Jacober, President ([email protected]rg)

Linda P. Bee, CPA, Treasurer (linda.bee@azafap.org)

AAFAP is a non-profit, statewide organization that serves families who adopt children and provide foster and kinship

care. Working in partnership with child welfare professionals and the community, AAFAP’s purpose is to support,

educate, empower and provide a unified voice for Arizona’s foster and adoptive families, with the goal of increasing the

well-being and stability of Arizona’s most vulnerable children.

Specific services provided in the past include: “Tax Tips for Foster and Adoptive Parents” seminar each January; “By

Kids for Kids” Clothing drive and boutique each February; in 2014, “Night of Knights and Princesses” sponsored by the

Fountain Hills High School FCCLA brought together 400 children and adults for an evening of Renaissance fun; the

Christmas in July event (because children don’t only come into foster care over the holidays), provides toys and an

afternoon of ‘cool’ fun for nearly 200 children; “Trauma training” class is held in the spring and fall for ‘sold out’ classes

of more than 150 foster and adoptive parents; AZAFAP partners with Helen’s Hope Chest, Jose’s Closet, Clothes for

Keeps and storage rooms across the state to make clothing and supplies available to families for their children in foster,

adoptive and kinship placements; Michele Wright and Goodman’s Furniture in Tucson provide a clothing exchange each

month for children in group homes and families in Tucson; the annual AZAFAP Family Camp adventure in the Fall, a

“Adventureland Family Camp” brings together foster and adoptive families from across the state for a weekend of

networking, support, dancing, hiking, fishing and fun; Alpha Kappa Psi Fraternity at Arizona State University sponsors

picnics in the spring and fall that bring together more than 1000 adults and children for fun, networking and support;

volunteers refurbish more than 750 bicycles and give them away to children in foster care during the holiday season, and

an additional 280 children receive toy in the annual AZAFAP holiday toy and bike drive.

In addition, AZAFAP engagers in awareness activities and other similar efforts such as the following: AZAFAP board

members participate on the DCS Oversight Committee, and continue to provide input and support to DCS and legislators

in decisions regarding children in foster care and the loving families who care for them. In 2014, in partnership with the

Faith Opportunity Zone, more than 300 parents, children, agency workers and child welfare advocates celebrate foster

care awareness month in May, by tying 16,000 blue ribbons(one for every child in foster care), on the trees along

Washington Ave. (the ribbons stayed up for the entire month of May).

Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence

3205 S. Rural Road

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-730-7126

E-mail: info@azafterschool.org

Website: azafterschool.org/directory

This is a free website with a comprehensive, state-wide, bilingual searchable directory of out-of-school time (OST)/

afterschool/summer programs by location, services, ages of the youth served, and other criteria. There are 1,500 programs

in the Directory, including school-year and highlighted summer sites.

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Services offered are listed below county-by-county.

Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation

1645 E. Missouri Avenue, Ste. 220

Phoenix, AZ 85016

602-252-9445

Website: AFFCF.org

Executive Director: Kris Jacober

Program Coordinator: Kyle Tarr

Administrator: Kim Searles

AFFCF is a local 501(c)(3) organization that provides children in foster care in Arizona with awards for social, athletic

and educational opportunities that are not funded by the standard Department of Child Safety allowances or in any other

way. In brief, AFFCF will provide or pay for:

• Athletic Registration and Equipment (sign-up/registration fees, soccer cleats, etc.)

• Apartment set-up (for youth aging out of foster care; covers things such as pots and pans, dishes, towels, shower

curtains, rugs, cleaning supplies, lamps, small appliances, etc.)

• Bicycles

• Camp (up to one week of summer camp or other camp per child per year)

• Citizenship/Immigration (fees for green card or immigration physicals, but not attorney fees)

• Class pictures (once a year per child)

• Clothing (special event clothing only, e.g. prom, 8th grade graduation, Quinceañera, etc.)

• Graduation Expenses (i.e., cap, gown, ring, yearbook, and other related expenses)

• Instrument Rental (in 12-week funding periods; once initial request is approved, renewals can also be processed in 3-

month increments)

• Lessons (12-week funding periods for gymnastics, karate, music, swimming, etc.; once initial request is approved,

renewals can also be processed in 3-month increments)

• Optical Expenses (may be considered if DES will not fund; contacts can be considered for one-time only, and

documentation is required that states a specific, special need for the youth)

• School Field Trips (class trips to Catalina Island, etc.)

• Scooters, Skates and Skateboards

• Theme Park Admissions (only for parks outside Arizona)

• Tutoring Services (12-week funding periods; renewals are considered only if documentation is provided of what steps

have been taken to compel the school to provide services for free)

For the most part, AFFCF will consider paying 100% of the cost of these items. AFFCF does have limits on how much it

can pay for any one item, but AFFCF will work with foster placements and providers of goods/services in an effort to

cover 100% of the costs. AFFCF assistance requires submitting an award application and receiving approval from

AFFCF before purchase; AFFCF cannot reimburse for anything paid for prior to receiving approval. Applications must

be made for each individual child, so a placement with more than one child should submit a separate application for each

child. To apply, visit the AFFCF website at AFFCF.org, click on the “General Awards” tab, and then click on “Award

Application” (or contact AFFCF by mail or phone). AFFCF also is the go-to source for information on how to obtain

goods and services for children in foster care that DCS does not cover, so even if AFFCF does not provide a particular

good or service itself, AFFCF can help locate a provider if one exists.

AFFCF also provides some services to former foster youth who have turned 18, specifically:

• Driving lessons (for liability reasons, foster children cannot drive, but need to learn to drive as they become adults)

• A limited number of college scholarships

In Maricopa County, AFFCF has established its Keys to Success (“K2S”) program, designed to enable youth who are

likely to age out of foster care to support themselves once they turn 18. The Keys to Success program includes a four step

process: (1) investigating the youth’s personality, abilities, skills, interests and priorities; (2) matching possible careers to

the results of the investigation process; (3) researching potential careers to find top three fits; and (4) preparing a plan to

pursue the top career choice. AFFCF’s career development specialist works one-on-one with each youth, evaluating their

interests and skills, values and personality. Once a youth completes the career exploration process, he/she will work with

a volunteer who currently works with one of many companies across the Valley that are committed to hiring youth from

foster care. Once a youth secures employment, AFFCF follows up regularly with the employer and the youth.

AFFCF qualifies for the Arizona Qualifying Foster Care Charitable Organization tax credit; donations of up to $400 by

individuals or $800 for married couples may be eligible for a dollar-for-dollar reduction in Arizona income tax liability.

K2S Program Partnerships

Information on specific K2S partners is as follows (NOTE: For information on the K2S program in general and K2S

program partnerships in particular, contact AFFCF K2S director Diane Daily, at [email protected]/919-413-3468):

• AFFCF will identify and fund tutoring, classes and programs that help youth build skills and remove barriers to

achieving career goals; AFFCF also funds an interview clothing stipend of $150, and will provide tools or

equipment needed for employment and transportation, as needed. The application form is available at the

following web address: affcf.org/general-awards/award-application. Contact Kyle Tarr, 602-252-9445/

[email protected].

• Arizona Children’s Association (see separate entry for Arizona Children’s Association under each County and in

the National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies] section of this

Directory) facilitates the Independent Living Program contracted through DCS for the state of Arizona. DCS case

managers must complete referral forms and submit them to Arizona Children’s Association. Contact Megan

Conrad, Program Director-Central and Southwest Arizona, 1420 N. Greenfield Road Ste. 100, Gilbert AZ 85234,

602-579-6721/mconrad@arizonaschildren.org.

• Arizona State University (ASU)/Academic Affairs helps connect the K2S program to graduate students who may

be interested serving as K2S camp counselors and exploring ways service learning might contribute to the

operation and success of the program; ASU is working with the Nina Mason Pulliam Scholars program to reach

out to foster youth in that program and connect them to programs/services and engage them as potential camp

counselors and/or career coaches. Contact information: Cynthia Lietz, Dean of Student Affairs, 602-496-

0404/[email protected]du.

• Arizona State University (ASU)/Maricopa County Community Colleges Bridging Success Program (see the

separate Bridging Success entry in National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services

[Private Agencies] section of this directory). K2S is participating on the advisory council that has been convened

through the Bridging Success program to advise in the development of new and enhanced services that will

increase the numbers of youth completing Associates Degrees and/or transferring/graduating from four year

universities. The program is being designed with the intent for K2S be a primary conduit for youth to be engaged

in these services. The complete Education and Training Voucher (ETV) application is at the following web

address: fc2sprograms.org/arizona. For questions regarding youth support at ASU, contact Justine R. Cheung,

Bridging Success Coordinator/Arizona State University, 602-496-0535 (office)/ 602-758-9433 (cell)/

justine.cheung@asu.edu, or (for questions regarding youth applications or ETV funding at ASU) Chelsea

Ockrymick, Arizona State Coordinator with Foster Care to Success, 855-220-8200/az@statevoucher.org. For

questions regarding youth support at the Maricopa County Community Colleges, contact Stephanie Garman, 480-

731-8093/ stephanie.garman@domail.maricopa.edu.

• Camp Tonto Creek and Adventure Encounters runs the K2S Kick off Kamp, introducing youth to the K2S

program. Contact Tom Fraker, 480-220-6588/tom@tontocreekcamp.org . See also:

Camp Tonto Creek

Hc 2 Box 95b

Payson, AZ 85541

Website: tontocreekcamp.com

Tel.: 928-478-4241/844-411-2267

• DCS Young Adult Program (YAP) unit will participate in youth recruitment into the K2S program. The YAP

unit in DCS provides case management to all youth in care over the age of 16. The Independent Living program

at DCS/YAP provides support and services for youth age 16 to 21 who have a case plan of independent living,

and also coordinates the independent living program contract provided through the Arizona Children’s

Association. See the entry for Arizona Department of Child Services (“DCS”, formerly “CPS”) in the Statewide

Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Government Agency] section of this Directory.

• Dress for Success will provide work clothing for female youth in need of professional attire. Participants may be

referred for any of the two suitings: (1) Interview: One complete outfit that will equip the participant from head to

toe with presentable attire for a job interview; or (2) Employment: five outfits/separates for a week’s worth of

clothing for the job. Contact Jessica L. Gonzalez, 602-489-7397/ jessica@dressforsuccessphoenix.org. See also:

Dress for Success

1024 E Buckeye Road, Ste. 165

Phoenix, AZ 85034

Tel.: 602-489-7397

Website: phoenix.dressforsuccess.org

• East Valley Institute of Technology (EVIT) – K2S has been given the opportunity to enroll east valley youth at

this school so they will be able to complete high school and obtain a vocational certificate. Special consideration

is being made due to K2S youth being wards of the state in order to waive restrictions that would otherwise

prevent enrollment, and resources are being put in place in order to ensure academic success.

EVIT

Main Campus: 1601 W Main Street, Mesa, AZ 85201

East Campus: 6625 S. Power Road, Mesa, AZ 85212

Apache Junction High School - EVIT Programs: 2525 S. Ironwood Drive, Apache Junction, AZ 85120

Website: evit.com

Fax: 480-461-4169

Tel.: 480-461-4000

• Furnishing Dignity co-hosts K2S showers and provides home furnishings as needed. Furnishing Dignity’s

mission is helping individuals and families dwell in dignity by providing basic household goods to transform a

house into a home. Contact information: Lisa Campbell, VP, 480-340-3417. See also:

Furnishing Dignity

P.O. Box 51209

Phoenix, AZ 85076-1209

Website: furnishingdignity.org

Tel.: 480-340-3417

E-mail: info@furnishingdignity.org

• Learning for Life (Exploring Program) is offering a connection to work experience that hopefully will increase the

number and quality of work experience partners, and provide insurance coverage for participating companies/

organizations. Since 1998, Learning for Life has partnered with thousands of businesses and organizations to

bring “real-world” career experiences to young men and women through its Exploring programs; these programs

provide an ideal, interactive link between the academic environment and the real world. Contact information:

Steven Pomerantz, 2969 North Greenfield Road, Phoenix, AZ 85016, Office: 602-955-7747 x260/

Steven.Pomerantz@scouting.org. See also:

Learning for Life National Office

1329 W. Walnut Hill Lane

P.O. Box 152225

Irving, Texas 75015-2225

E-mail: exploring@lflmail.org

Website: learningforlife.org

Tel.: 855-806-9992

• Mesa United Way is providing two part time AmeriCorps positions annually, an education specialist and a case

manager.

Mesa United Way

137 E. University Drive

Mesa, AZ 85201

Tel.: 480-969-8601

Fax: 480-834-8184

Website: mesaunitedway.org

• Mesa United Way Helen’s Hope Chest (see the separate entry for Helen’s Hope Chest in the Maricopa County

section of this Directory) provides professional clothing and educational support (computers and other educational

supplies, and will establish a computer lab) for K2S program youth.

• (The) Open Table is developing a program to provide individualized mentoring, case management, and life skills

training in partnership with the K2S team. Open Table is a collaboration of faith communities, government,

business and non-profits working through Open Table, a shared community model, to transform poverty.

The Open Table, Inc.

7000 N. 16th Street, Ste. 120-238

Phoenix, AZ 85020-5547

Email: info@theopentable.org

Website: theopentable.org

• Opportunity Passport (a program of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey Youth Opportunities

Initiative; see the separate entry for Children’s Action Alliance in the National/Statewide Advocacy Organizations

section of this Directory) runs a financial literacy program that K2S participants can join; the Opportunity

Passport program can include a matched saving account up to $3,000. Contact Cynnetta Boykin, Youth IDA

Program Coordinator, 602-433-2440 x197/ Cynnetta.Boyk[email protected]. See also:

Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative

The Annie E. Casey Foundation

503 N. Charles Street

Baltimore, MD 21202

Website: jimcaseyyouth.org/opportunity-passport-financial-literacy-curriculum

• Primavera On-Line High School will provide detailed academic assessments for program youth, offer online

education in school (EVIT campus) or in a home setting, and will identify and implement resources needed for

student success (including students with IEPs). Contact Mori Creamer, Superintendent/COO, 623-512-6496/

mori.creamer@primaveratech.org or Kevin Thrasher, 602-570-6708. See also:

Primavera

2471 N Arizona Ave.

Chandler, AZ 85225

Website: primavera-online-high-school.com

Tel.: 480-456-6678

• Save the Family is developing a potential transitional housing project for east valley program youth in partnership

with Mesa United Way. Save the Family Foundation of Arizona offers a variety of programs designed to

empower families to conquer homelessness and achieve life-long independence.

Save the Family

125 E. University Drive

Mesa, AZ 85201

Tel.: 480-898-0228

Fax: 480-898-9007

Website: savethefamily.org

• Trinity Youth Opportunity is helping to recruit high-level employers to provide program youth over age 18 with

professional entry level employment opportunities. The partnership also is going to develop a joint employer

advisement committee that will provide partnering companies and organizations with a forum to assist with

ongoing program development, receive training on how best to work with foster youth, and provide feedback

regarding the experiences they are having with program youth. TYO also provides K2S program youth with

vehicles donated to the North Scottsdale United Methodist Church.

Trinity Youth Opportunity

201 N. Indian Hill Boulevard, Suite A-201

P.O. Box 1210

Claremont, CA 91711

E-mail: info@trinityys.org

Website: trinityys.org

Tel.: 909-825-5588

• Tumbleweed Young Adult Program runs a housing for program youth (at the Earll Street and Hazelwood

locations), and also provides co-case management, office space for K2S staff as needed at the new Hazelwood

location, and monthly presentations to youth residing in both YAP housing sites to learn about and enroll in K2S.

Contact Danielle Kemp, 2234 W. Hazelwood Street, Phoenix, AZ 85015, 602-341-8616/

dkemp@tumbleweed.org. See also:

Tumbleweed Young Adult Program

2344 E Earll Dr.

Phoenix, AZ 85016

Website: tumbleweed.org

E-mail: info@tumbleweed.org

Tel.: 602-468-2417

-and-

3707 N. 7th St. Suite 305

Phoenix, AZ 85014

• Tumbleweed Transitional Learning Center & Tumble Tees will be providing education and work experience to

K2S participants. Contact: Lisa Meir, lmeir@tumbleweed.org/602-264-6035 (office)/602-397-8786 (cell).

Tumbleweed Transitional Learning Center

3707 N. 7th Street

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tel.: 602-264-6035

Fax: 602-264-6034

Website: mcrsd.org/domain/48

Instructional Leader: Ximena Doyle

• Wells Fargo provides financial literacy programming and an opportunity for youth under age 16 to open their own

checking and/or savings account. Contact Jennifer Wardell, 3002 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85012,

602-528-7540/jennifer.wardel[email protected]

• WIOA (Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act) Genesis Youth Program/Maricopa County Human Services

Department/Maricopa Workforce Connections. This program, currently in development, would provide work

experience, funding for training and/or apprenticeships, assessment tools/resources, and employment partners.

The Genesis Youth Program plans to assist the K2S team with enrollment of program youth and pay for needed

assessment tools and other resources that will increase and enhance education and employment outcomes for co-

enrolled youth. The program operates out of four centers located in Mesa, Tempe, Avondale, and Peoria. More

details and contact information is available at the following web address:

myhsd.maricopa.gov/Divisions/Workforce-Development/Youth-Services/WIA-Youth-Program.aspx

• Year Up (see separate entry for Year Up in the National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering

Goods/Services [Private Agencies] section of this Directory) runs a post secondary education program that

combines hands-on skill development, college credits, and corporate internships to prepare students for success in

business or information technology. A K2S participant interested in participating in Year Up should complete an

interest form (available at: yearup.org/for-students/admission-process/?location=national-us) and notify K2S that

this has been done. Contact Meghan McGilvra, 1245 E. Buckeye Road, Phoenix, AZ 85034, 602-483-

1465/MMcGilvra@yearup.org.

• K2S also is partnering with a number of major businesses in Maricopa County to find employment for K2S

graduates. Participating employers include Fry's Food Stores; Wildflower Bread Company; Harkins Theatres;

Lowe's; and Total Presence Management.

Arizona Helping Hands

7850 E. Gelding Drive, Ste. 500

Scottsdale, AZ 85260

Office 480-889-0604

Fax 480-794-1015

Website: azhelpinghands.org

AHH’s mission statement is “To support foster and indigent families at times of crisis or need by providing to them basic

essentials such as bedding, clothes, personal effects, holiday and special occasion toys, school supplies and emergency

assistance. We also act as a resource helping to connect families to other community based services including foster care

enrichment and support providers.” AHH programs include (NOTE: in all cases, supplies are limited):

1. “Birthday Dreams” Personalized birthday gifts for children 1 to 12 are wrapped and decorated by volunteers, and

include a toy, a book and sometimes a bicycle. Any foster parent with a Notice to Provider from DCS can fill out an on-

line application 2 to 4 weeks before the child’s birthday.

2. “Basic Needs” Twin beds, cribs, clothing, diapers, high chairs, books and other items.

3. “Holiday Toy Drive” Used to obtain gifts for holidays, birthdays, graduations, etc. Requests are accepted online

only during the month of November. Foster families (as well as families who can demonstrate need) apply online during

November. Non-foster families are limited to 3 years of service and other restrictions apply.

4. “Back to School Program” Provides backpacks with school supplies to children in foster care. Foster families with

a Notice to Provider from DCS can apply for service by filling out an “in need” application. Applications are accepted

from July 1 to August 15.

5. “Dream Kits” Personal care items such as shampoo, body wash, soap, toothbrush and other items for children

coming into foster care.

AHH is a qualifying charitable foster care organization and raises funds through the Arizona tax credit for such

organizations. AHH also raises funds through a golf tournament; through programs with Amazon and Fry’s grocery

stores that turn over a percentage of any purchase to AHH; and by posting a “wish list”/buying tab for specific needed

items on its website. AHH also has sponsors that include The Arizona Republic/12 News Season for Sharing; Arizona

Diamondbacks (who sponsor the golf tournament and award grants from the Arizona Diamondback Foundation); CVS

Caremark (provided volunteers and donated materials to build 600 “Dreamkits”); and Northern Trust Company.

Arizona Kinship Support Services/KARE

Statewide Caregiver Resource Line: 888-737-7494

Website: arizonakinship.org

A collaboration of Arizona’s Children Association with Casey Family Programs

Maricopa County

Arizona Kinship Support Services

7910 W. Thomas Road, Suite 103

Phoenix, AZ 85033

Tel.: 623-414-4325

Pima County

Arizona Kinship Support Services- KARE Family Center

220 E. Speedway Boulevard.

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-323-4476

Pinal County

Location: Seeds of Hope

Mondo Anaya Community Center

1487 N. Crane Street

Casa Grande, AZ 85122

Tel.: 520-421-0500

Cochise County

400 W. Fry Boulevard., Ste. 11

Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Tel.: 520-458-2131 x1821

Beth Lizarragh 480-521-0701; Julie Treinen (KARE Statewide Program Director in Tucson) 520-323-4476

x52696/jtreinen@arizonaschildren.org; Rene Jackson (Beth L.’s supervisor) 480-521-0700; Pam Harris Williams (office

manager)

AKSS employees act as caseworkers or “navigators” for kinship placements. AKSS operates in all 15 counties, but the

AKSS in-person navigation services are in Maricopa, Pima, Pinal and Cochise; elsewhere, AKSS responds to e-mails and

phone calls. There is one kinship navigator for Pinal; three in Maricopa, five in Pima, and one in Cochise County. The

navigators’ primary service is to help access services and to accompany kinship placements to court to explain the

dependency process. Specific AKSS services include: advocacy (on behalf of the children with schools and other service

providers); education and training; (dealing with) incarceration; budgeting and financial; employment; legal; child care;

food; military related issues; clothing; foster care/adoption; respite; DCS involvement; health; self care; DES Benefits -

TANF, AHCCCS, SNAP; housing/shelter; substance abuse; and support groups. The navigators are paid for by Arizona

Children’s Association’s KARE program, through a grant (note that Arizona Kinship Support Services is itself known as

“KARE” in the Tucson area; according to the AKSS website, “Arizona’s Children Association (AzCA) was recently

awarded a federal grant, ‘Family Connection Child Welfare/TANF Collaboration in Kinship Navigation Programs’

funded through the Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Children's

Bureau” and “Services in Tucson are partially funded under contract with Pima Counsel on Aging as part of the Older

American Act Program”). KARE means “Kinship Adoption Resources and Education” – in Tucson, KARE is a

partnership between Casey Family Programs and the Arizona Children’s Association. Between 50% and 70% of AKSS

clients are not placements through DCS and just have guardianships; some caregivers/guardians are not relatives of the

children and are friends of the family and psychological relatives to the children. Many of their caregivers are acting

preemptively, (1) to keep the abuse/neglect from happening and (2) to keep DCS out of their lives. In Maricopa, there has

been a problem that families are relying on powers of attorney and they are not following through and obtaining Title 14

guardianships. AKSS contracts with Southern Arizona Legal Aid to assist in obtaining guardianships. There are 425

caregivers in Pinal who AKSS assists; the organization has about 4,000 caregivers that it assists statewide (according to

the AKSS website, “In Arizona, there are more than 198,000 households headed by grandparents or other relatives”). Out

of the approximately 4,000 families that AKSS assists at any one time, approximately 1,500 are new each year. AKSS is

involved in the Central Arizona Kinship Care Coalition. Ms. Treinen has experience in juvenile corrections. AKSS has

electronic meetings 1st and 3rd Wednesdays each month through “Go to Meeting.”

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Suite 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Executive Director: Kristina Almus, kalmus@cc-az.org / 602-230-4908

Assistant Executive Director: Makisha Gunty, mg[email protected] / 602-285-1999 x59504

Staff Accountant: Robyn Milton, Jr., rmilton@cc-az.org / 602-285-1999 x59049

AzPaC is a Limited Liability Partnership formed by Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Catholic Social

Service of Central and Northern Arizona (now Catholic Charities), and Devereux Arizona. Services are delivered through

the Partner Agencies with Contract Administration provided by AzPaC. AzPaC recruits, trains and licenses foster and

adoptive placements. In addition, AzPaC provides supervision and support for those placements, provides respite care for

children, and activities designed to retain families in the program. Currently AzPaC has nearly 800 licensed foster homes

in the state. In addition, AzPaC provides other services to biological parents/caregivers seeking to recover their children

from foster care, including in home services (services such as case management, advocacy, counseling, parent training,

parent aide, and emergency services to address stressors in the family and assist the family in improving their parenting

skills); Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T. (provides family-centered substance abuse and recovery support services to parents or

caregivers); Interstate Compact for Placement of Children (ICPC); parent aide services; and family support coordination.

The contact information for the three partner entities that make up AzPaC is as follows:

Managing Partners

Marguerite Harmon, CEO

Catholic Community Services

of Southern Arizona, Inc.

140 W. Speedway

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-623-0344

Toll Free: 800-623-0344

Website: ccs-soaz.org

Paul Mulligan, CEO

Catholic Charities

Community Services

4747 N. 7

Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-285-1999

Website: catholiccharitiesAZ.org

Lane Martin Barker, Exec Dir.

Devereux Arizona

11000 N. Scottsdale Rd.

Suite 260

Scottsdale, AZ 85254

Tel. : 480-998-2920

Fax: 480-443-5587

Website: DevereuxAZ.org

Other Offices of Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc.

311 S. Central Avenue.

Safford, AZ 85546

Tel.: 520-458-4203

Contacts: Jim Gordon: jamesg@ccs-seaz.org

Patsy Sartain: pat[email protected]

6049 E. Hwy 90

Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Tel.: 520-458-4203

Contacts: Jim Gordon: jamesg@ccs-seaz.org

Patsy Sartain: pat[email protected]

Services are provides in the following geographic areas by the following entities:

In Home Services

DCS Northern Region (Catholic Charities)

DCS Southeastern Region (Catholic Community Services)

Home Recruitment, Study, and Supervision (Foster Care and Adoption)

Maricopa County (Catholic Charities and Devereux)

Pima County (Devereux and Catholic Community Services - St. Nicholas of Myra Adoption Center)

Coconino, Yavapai, Apache, and Navajo Counties (Catholic Charities)

Mohave, La Paz, and Yuma Counties (Catholic Charities and Catholic Community Services)

Pinal and Gila Counties (Catholic Community Services, St. Nicholas of Myra Adoption Center and Catholic Charities)

Cochise, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Greenlee Counties (Catholic Community Services)

Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T.

DCS Northern Region (Catholic Charities)

Interstate Compact for Placement of Children (ICPC)

Pinal and Gila Counties (St. Nicholas of Myra Adoption Center)

Parent Aide Services

DCS Southwest Region (Catholic Charities and Devereux)

DCS Central Region (Catholic Charities and Devereux)

DCS Pima Region (Catholic Community Services and Devereux)

DCS Southeast Region (Catholic Community Services)

First Things First - Home Visitation Program (Parents as Teachers)

DCS Southeast/Central Maricopa Region (Catholic Charities and Devereux)

AzPaC is a subcontractor agency for the following services:

In Home Services

DCS Southwest Region (with Arizona’s Children Association)

Arizona Families F.I.R.S.T.

DCS Southwest Region (Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc. for TERROS, Inc.)

Arizonans for Children, Inc.

2435 E. La Jolla Drive

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-838-0085

E-mail: kayem[email protected]

Contact: Kaye McCarthy

AFC services foster children and children in equivalent care with Indian tribes. Most services are rendered for large

groups of children at one time; there is no formal application process. AFC works primarily in Maricopa County, but will

help children from other counties from time to time. Services provided for free include: three Children’s Visitation

Centers located in Phoenix, Mesa and Peoria, for family visits; birthday and holiday presents, including toys and jackets;

admission tickets to sporting and other events, e.g. the ballet, Arizona Diamondbacks, Phoenix Art Museum, etc.; new and

used luggage; a tutor/mentor program (volunteers who work with foster children on homework, interviewing skills, and

other matters); sponsors several Boy Scout troops at group homes (there is no equivalent for girls at this time); educational

classes for older foster youth who are likely to age out, i.e. sewing, computers, dancing, cooking, Justice League, financial

literacy; and special events such as monthly birthday parties, Days of Beauty, swimming, bowling, ice skating, roller

skating parties, laser tag, Enchanted Island, Train Park Picnic, Holiday parties etc. All services are free; AFC is funded

through grants and private donors.

AZ Foster Youth 411

Tel.: 866-999-6384

Website: fosteryouth411.org

Foster Youth 411 is a website designed for youth and young adults who need resources and information to facilitate

immediate survival and long-term success. The website provides information and access to various services, including

shelter, education/employment assistance, transportation, food, or even just inexpensive recreational and social activities.

The website provides information for help in finding counseling; employment; shelter; clothing; health care; behavioral

health resources; transportation; financial information and/or subsidies; educational assistance [including job readiness

and vocational training, GED assistance, and going to college]; support groups [for substance abuse, foster youth, and

more]; disability assistance; finding a mentor; help for parenting or pregnant youth; recreational and social activities;

hotline numbers for various services (including emergency access to food, shelter, suicide prevention, and domestic

violence [including date violence and sexual assault] resources); and legal information regarding obtaining a birth

certificate, social security card, passport, driver’s license, programs for former foster youth, and financial subsidies.

Central Arizona Kinship Care Coalition

Caregiver Resource line: 888-737-7494 [NOTE: this phone number is the phone number for Arizona Kinship Support

Services/KARE’s Statewide Caregiver Resource Line (see above under National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies])]

crl@azcaregiver.net.

Website: Azkincare.org

Contact: Suzi Austin, 602-412-4095/suzi@familyinvolvementcenter.org

CAKCC is a coalition of other organizations concerned with kinship care issues. CAKCC does not have a separate

physical location but does have monthly meetings the second Monday of each month (except July) from 12 pm to 2 pm at

the Family Involvement Center, 5333 N. 7th St., A-100, Phoenix, AZ 85014, 602-412-4095 (ask for Lillian Armstrong,

x107 or 602-412-4079). The “Support Groups” tab on the webpage leads to a list of support groups in some (but not all)

Arizona counties. The “Advocacy” tab identifies groups that lobby on behalf of kinship caregivers, including Arizona

Grandparent Ambassadors; Children’s Action Alliance; Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition; and Arizona Community

Action Alliance. CAKCC offers to put kinship caregivers in contact with resources for education, employment, housing,

respite, respite vouchers, financial and legal services, and other benefits.

Bridging Success/Arizona State University (ASU) and Maricopa Community Colleges

Justine Cheung, 602-496-0535, justine.cheung@asu.edu.

411 N. Central Avenue, Ste. 780

Phoenix, AZ 85004

E-mail: bridgingsuc[email protected]

Website: publicservice.asu.edu/bridgingsuccess

Arizona State University (ASU)

With a grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, ASU has established the Bridging Success program aimed at

providing support for current, transfer and incoming ASU students. The five-year pilot program uses a combination of

federal grants, scholarships and university aid to offer free tuition to Arizona foster youth. To be eligible for the Arizona

foster care tuition waiver, the applicant must: (1) be under 21 years old; (2) currently be in foster care and at least 16 years

old; or formerly be in foster care when the student was at least 16 years old; or have been adopted from foster care (and

adoption finalized) after the student was 16 years old; (3) submit a foster care tuition waiver application; and (4) submit a

Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) each year. Furthermore, recipients of the tuition waiver must

demonstrate continuous progress toward a degree or certificate and complete at least 30 hours of volunteer service to

remain eligible. A complete listing of all eligibility requirements is available through a link on the website. Participants

are provided with program mentors, who will: (1) provide one-to-one case management and mentoring for you through

monthly meetings; (2) help with academic, financial, and social support needs; and (3) find resources through ASU

student services.

Maricopa Community Colleges

Recently, the Bridging Success program has been expanded into the Maricopa County Community Colleges. No

information is currently available on the Maricopa County Community Colleges website, but the contact person is

Stephanie Garman, 480-731-8093/stephanie.garm[email protected]; anyone interested in the Bridging Success

program at the Maricopa County Community Colleges should contact Ms. German. Standards for this program have not

yet been finalized, and they may or may not be the same as for the ASU Bridging Success program. The plan is to have

the resources available on all campuses, so that students who have aged out of foster care can access those resources at

any time, without having to first sign up for a particular program. According to Ms. German, staff members at every

campus will be trained with regard to the resources available through the Bridging Success program and will wear badges

that will let students who have come out of foster care know that they can approach that particular staff member with

questions about accessing Bridging Success resources.

See also the entry for Fostering Success/Northern Arizona University in the National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]section of this directory).

C.U.D.D.L.E. Outreach

P.O. Box 3022

842-A Vista Avenue

Page, Arizona 86040

Tel.: 928-645-2944

Fax: 928-645-2293

E-mail: info@cuddleoutreach.org

Website: cuddleoutreach.org

Facebook: facebook.com/CUDDLEOutreach

Twitter: twitter.com/CUDDLEOutreach

Pinterest: pinterest.com/CUDDLEOutreach

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/linda-dodds

Contact: Linda Dodds, Founder and chief volunteer

C.U.D.D.L.E. is an all-volunteer organization that provides the following services across the state: (a) C.U.D.D.L.E.

Wellness Kits, which includes a handmade quilt, a washcloth bag filled with toiletries and hygiene essentials, a stuffed

animal, and a Children’s Illustrated Bible; the Wellness Kits are distributed through DCS Service Centers, group homes,

shelters, and various crisis centers; (b) a Survival Essentials Program for children including Understanding Ourselves and

Others; Seven Habits of a Highly Effective Teen; What’s in a Price Tag; Closets, Cupboards, and Cars; Budgets, Banks,

and Contracts; and How to Plan For Your Future and Make It Happen. The Wellness Kits are distributed through DCS

and First Responders, so that the kits can be provided to children at the time of removal. C.U.D.D.L.E. also has a

program that is limited to the Page area and that is open to all children 13-17 interested in working in the medical

profession called “Scrub’bees”; this program familiarizes kids with the various aspects of working in the medical

profession.

FosterCare Alumni of America

5810 Kingstowne Center Drive, Ste. 120-730

Alexandria VA 22315

Tel.: 703-299-6767

Toll Free: 888-ALUMNI-(0)

Email info@fostercarealumni.org

Website: fostercarealumni.org

Mary Anne Herrick, President and Chair

Steve Rideout, Vice President and Vice Chair

Lacy Kendrick Burk, Treasurer

Nia Clark, Secretary

Alex Ambroz, board member

Berisha Black, board member

Nia Clark, board member

April Curtis, board member

Chris Downs, board member

Deborah Elvins, board member

Darryn Green, board member

Mary Anne Herrick, board member

Lacy Kendrick Burk, board member

Constance Krebs, board member

Travis Lloyd, board member

Chereese Phillips, board member

Stephen W. Rideout, board member

Chauncey Strong, board member

Lupe Tovar, board member

Arizona Chapter

Eshawn Peterson, 480-987-4940

Website: AZ.Chapter@fostercarealumni.org.

Regeanna Mwansa, Chapter Charter Founder and Alumna

Eshawn Peterson, Former Chapter Chair and Alumna

Lacy Kendrick Burk, FCAA Board of Directors and Alumna

Berisha Black, FCAA Board of Directors Chapter Liaison and Alumna

FCAA chapters around the country plan alumni reunions – “family” barbeques or holiday events – to claim family

traditions as their own. Anyone who would like to sponsor or attend or support a family reunion like this should contact

FCAA. FCAA offers a book called Flux that covers topics including finding and developing an identity; creating and

strengthening a support system; handling biological family relationships; developing intimacy with others; and navigating

parenting issues. FCAA offers related Flux training; anyone interested should e-mail: flux@fostercarealumni.org. FCAA

organizes “foster walks” around the country to draw attention to the issues facing current and former foster youth and to

raise funds for FCAA. FCAA’s National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council provides relevant and timely

information on policies and practices that affect children and families throughout the country, including commenting on

legislation and policies that impact youth in foster care; proposing recommendations to improve the lives of youth; and

monitoring and measuring the effectiveness of programs and policies. Some of the issues that have been addressed by

FCAA’s National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council include aging out; higher education; mental health;

normalcy; and vulnerability. Anyone interested in FCAA’s National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council should

visit its website, nationalpolicycouncil.org. FCAA also provides foster care alumni speakers from its national network of

alumni experts across the country; FCAA’s Foster Sharing training helps participant to identify opportunities in a safe,

effective, and strategic way; understand how to maximize their credibility; and practice developing and delivering their

personal story. The “resources” tab on FCAA’s website provides access to studies and other documentation that support

FCAA’s positions.

Foster Care to Success

21351 Gentry Drive, Ste. 130

Sterling, VA 20166

Tel.: (571) 203-0270

Fax: (571) 203-0273

Website: fc2success.org

E-mail: info@fc2success.org

Lynn Davis, Director of Operations and Partnerships, (571) 203-0270, ldavis@fc2success.org

Tina Raheem, Director of Scholarships and Grants, (571) 203-0270, tinar@fc2success.org

Communications Manager, (571) 203-0270, comm@fc2success.org

Persons interested in being mentors should contact: [email protected]

FC2S runs a program called “Aim Higher” that is designed to give foster youth concrete information to help them

understand the realities of receiving a post-secondary education, getting a job and becoming successful young

professionals, dealing with such issues as how to get to work without a car, what a “soft skill” is, and so on. Annually, a

group of FC2S college students and graduates join the Aim Higher Fellows Program. The yearlong program kicks off in

June with an intensive skill-building program in Washington, D.C., engaging professionals to teach Fellows how to

develop communication skills to understand and publicly speak to the foster care community; leverage social media to

reach a national audience; and build soft skills for the workplace. FC2S helps these students craft messages and create

informational videos that educate foster teens and caregivers about post-secondary readiness and success. With

professional help, students develop skits, in-person presentations and shoot video about a range of post-secondary topics,

from balancing work, life and academics to understanding financial aid. After the program in D.C. is over,

Fellows continue posting the educational videos on social media and sharing their experiences during speaking

engagements, illuminating the issues around post-secondary education for foster youth.

FC2S administers Casey Family Programs scholarship funding for students in community colleges, public and private

universities, and technical/career programs in all 50 states. FC2S provides the encouragement, mentoring and practical

support for these students. FC2S also connects identifies and sponsors who provide scholarships to college-bound youth

aging out of foster care; while national statistics reveal that only between 3 and 10 percent of foster youth graduate from

college, 61 percent of FC2S Scholars graduate within five years – a rate higher than the national average for all students.

Applicants must: (a) have been in public or private foster care for the 12 consecutive months leading up to and including

their 18th birthday; OR have been adopted or placed into legal guardianship from foster care after their 16th birthday; OR

they must have been orphaned for at least one year at the time of their 18th birthday; (b) have been accepted into or expect

to be accepted into an accredited, Pell-eligible college or other post-secondary school; (c) be under the age of 25 on March

31 of the year in which they apply if they have not previously received scholarship funding from FC2S; and (d) have been

in foster care or orphaned while living in the United States (U.S. citizenship is not required).

FC2S runs a coaching program called the “Academic Success Program.” The Academic Success Program partners the

dedication of trained, supported volunteer coaches with the resources of FC2S’s experienced staff to provide

encouragement and guidance to students to help them do well academically and personally. Coaches (a) make a one-year

commitment to support three to four students with at least weekly communication; (b) generally dedicate from one to

three hours a week to the Academic Success Program; and (c) can text, email, phone, Skype, or use postal mail to talk

with their students; this is not a face-to-face communication program.

FC2S’s Care Package Program sends its students three care packages per year to help them feel as appreciated and valued

as their peers. FC2S relies on businesses and charitable organizations to donate the items that fill the care packages,

which include school supplies; snacks; motivational items; personal care items; toys like Frisbees, Hackey Sacks and yo-

yos; and gift cards to national chains.

FC2S’s Red Scarf Emergency Fund covers emergency expenses such as emergency medical expenses, transportation

costs, rent, and even groceries or clothing when they have no other way to pay, so FC2S students can stay in school.

The FC2S monthly Book Club provides textbook funding to needy college students.

NOTE: FC2S runs several college scholarships programs that are not available in Arizona.

Foster Club

753 First Avenue

Seaside, OR 97138

Tel.: 503-717-1552

Fax: 503-717-1702

E-mail: oregon@fosterclub.com

Website: fosterclub.com

718 7th Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20001

Tel.: 202-681-5420

Finance/accounting: finance@fosterclub.com

Public policy: pol[email protected]

Help/technical support desk: [email protected]

The FosterClub All-Star Internship Program was founded on the belief that youth who have successfully transitioned from

foster care to responsible young adulthood are best suited to impact the transition of their younger peers. Every summer,

20-25 young people from the foster care system will be chosen as FosterClub All-Star Interns. They will be provided with

intensive leadership and public speaking training, and then sent to teen conferences and foster care-related events across

the country. In addition to motivating, educating and empowering foster youth across America, the FosterClub All-Stars

will raise awareness about the 400,000 children in foster care today and the 29,000 youth who transition from foster care

every year, mostly without the support of a permanent and stable family. See more at:

fosterclub.com/_allstars/article/about-all-stars#sthash.fLhjNNGf.dpuf

The Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Experience brings foster youth and policymakers to the same table. Over the

course of three days, Shadow Experience participants attended young leader training focusing on federal foster care

policy, strategic sharing and team building exercises. The Congressional Foster Youth Shadow Experience concludes

with the foster youth participants shadowing Congressional Members. This allows the youth to share their

#FosterYouthVoices (link is external), giving the Representative well-rounded understanding of the experiences of youth

in foster care, which will help as they pursue policies that impact all foster youth. See more at:

fosterclub.com/article/shadow-experience#sthash.UaEURmuu.dpuf.

The National Foster Care Youth and Alumni Policy Council convenes to provide federal stakeholders with relevant and

timely information as policies and procedures are created that will affect children and families throughout the country.

The Council represents a collective viewpoint of youth and alumni who have experienced the child welfare system first-

hand. The Council consists of 20 members geographically distributed across the country, reflecting a broad range of

diversity encompassing, but not limited to, ethnicity, location of residency, religion, gender, and child welfare

experiences.

fosteringadvocatesarizona.org

This is a website established by the Children’s Action Alliance (see the separate entry for Children’s Action Alliance in

the National/Statewide Advocacy Organizations section of this directory). Under the “Support & Resources” tab on this

website are the following subtabs:

Set Up a Support System – Includes information on how to find a mentor

• Foster Club (fosterclub.com: see the separate entry for Foster Club in the National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies] section of this Directory)

• THRIVE Mentor Program (844-747-1533 ormentor@arizonaschildren.org; for young adults transitioning out of

foster care and those participating in the Independent Living Program or the Transitional Independent Living

Program)

• AASK/Aid to Adoption of Special Kids (602-254-2275; see the separate entry for Aid to Adoption of Special Kids

in the National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies] section of

this Directory; mentoring services for foster youth)

• Reach & Rise Mentoring Program (602-404-9622; children and young adults up to age 18 receive mentoring

services through this Valley of the Sun YMCA program)

Education

(See the separate entry for Bridging Success in the National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering

Goods/Services [Private Agencies] section of this Directory)

Employment & Training

• Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation 602-252-9445

• Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development Program 602-264-6035

• Jewish Family and Children Service Job Training and Skills Program 602-279-0084

• Job Corps 800-733-5627

• Friendly House 602-257-1870

• Goodwill Job Training and Career Services 602-535-4444

• Maricopa Skill Center 602-238-4300

• Arizona Call-A-Teen Youth Resources (ACYR) 602-252-6721

• Arizona Women’s Education and Employment (AWEE) Program

• Central Phoenix 602-223-4333

• North Central Phoenix 602-371-1216

• Yavapai County 928-778-3010

• Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) 602-256-6945

• Fresh Start Women’s Foundation 602-252-8494

• MesaCAN (Community Action Network) 480-833-9200

• St. Joseph the Worker 602-417-9854

• Arizona Common Ground 602-914-9000

Financial Capability

• Opportunity Passport (1) teaches financial literacy, and (2) provides a dollar-for-dollar match on money saved to

purchase an approved asset (such as college, a car, or an apartment). Contact (1) International Rescue Committee,

4425 W. Olive Ave Suite 400, Glendale, AZ 85302, 602-433-2440 x197, or (2) Children’s Action Alliance, 4001

N. 3rd St. Suite 160, Phoenix, AZ 85012, 602-266-0707 x211.

• Assistance getting an Arizona ID, opening a checking or savings account, and creating a budget.

Housing

• affordablehousingonline.com/housing-search/Arizona – Lists information on Section 8 housing and other

affordable housing in Arizona on a county-by-county basis.

• Central Arizona Shelter Services (CASS) 602-256-6945

• City of Flagstaff Public Housing Program 928-526-0002

• City of Tucson Rental Assistance 520-791-4171

• Housing Authority City of Yuma 928-782-3823

• MesaCAN (Community Action Network) 480-833-9200

• Native American Connections Transitional Housing for Youth, 602-254-3247/ or send an email to

housing@nativeconnections.org

• One n Ten (Youth Center) 602-279-0894

• Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development 602-271-9904 or 602-841-5799 (24-Hour Crisis Line)

• Subsidies offered by the Independent Living Program and Transitional Independent Living Program (See the

separate entry for Department of Child Safety in the Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering

Goods/Services [Government Agency] section of this Directory)

• The one-time Apartment Set-Up Grant from Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation (See the separate

entry for Arizona Friends of Foster Children Foundation [AFFCF] in the National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies] section of this Directory)

• Affordable options for household items (e.g., cookware, lamps, a mattress, etc.)

o thethriftshopper.com – website for locating thrift stores all over Arizona.

o Arizona Humane Society Thrift Stores – Cave Creek, Sunnyslope and Tempe; locations at

azhumane.org/how-you-can-help-the-arizona-humane-society/shop/thrift-stores.

o BRIDGES (Strangers We Know) – Provides starter home kits throughout Arizona to young adults who

age out of the foster care system; 4034 E. Grant Road, Tucson, AZ 85712; Website:

strangersweknow.org; E-mail: info@strangersweknow.org.

o Full Circle Trade & Thrift – Flagstaff; 2 South Beaver St., Suite 100 Flagstaff, AZ 86001; Website:

fullcircletrade.net; Tel.: 928-214-1094; E-mail: fullcircletrade@gmail.com.

o Goodwill – Statewide; see goodwillaz.org for locations.

o Helen’s Hope Chest (see the separate entry for Helen’s Hope Chest in the Maricopa County section of

this Directory)

o Lutheran Thrift Shop, 4517 E. Main Street Ste. 104, Mesa AZ 85205, 480-218-1425, E-mail:

info@lutheranthrift.org.

o West Valley Lutheran Thrift Shop, 10737 West Peoria Avenue, Sun City, Arizona 85351, 623-815-7061,

Website: wvlutheranthrift.com.

o St. Vincent De Paul thrift stores – Statewide; for locations, see: stvincentdepaul.net/thrift-stores

o Sharon’s Attic Thrift Store – Flagstaff; 1926 N. 4th Street, Ste. 5, Flagstaff, AZ 86004, 928-856-4864, E-

mail: peterc@sharonsattic.org.

o Sunshine Acres Children’s Home Boutique & Donation Store – Mesa; 3405 N. Higley Road, Mesa, AZ

85215, 480-981-4114, Website: sunshineacres.org/boutique-donation-store/sunshine-boutique.

o The Salvation Army Thrift Stores – Phoenix and Tempe; Tel.: 602-267-4100; for locations see

salvationarmyphoenix.org/#!grid/c1pwt; E-mail: mela[email protected]lvationarmy.org.

o The Salvation Army Thrift Stores – Tucson and Sierra Vista; Tel.: 520-795-9671; for locations see

salvationarmytucson.org/#!grid/c1pwt; E-mail: shawna[email protected]ionarmy.org.

Transportation

• For saving to buy a car, Opportunity Passport (a program of the Annie E. Casey Foundation and the Jim Casey

Youth Opportunities Initiative) – includes a matched saving account up to $3,000. Contact information: Jim

Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative, The Annie E. Casey Foundation, 503 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, MD

21202, Website: jimcaseyyouth.org/opportunity-passport-financial-literacy-curriculum; see also the separate

entry in this directory for the Children’s Action Alliance in the National/Statewide Advocacy Organizations

section of this Directory.

• Valley Metro – Maricopa County; 602-253-5000; Website: valleymetro.org.

• ShareTheRide – Maricopa County; a ride matching system that allows people to quickly and securely find a

carpool, vanpool, transit, bike or walk option. Commuters are matched based on proximity, destination and travel

route, as well as schedules and preferences; Tel.: 602-262-7433; Website: sharetheride.com.

• Flagstaff Transit Services – The Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority (NAIPTA)

is the transit agency in northern Arizona operating the Mountain Line, Mountain Lift and Mountain Link systems

in Flagstaff; NAIPTA also coordinates with Campus Shuttle Service at Northern Arizona University. Tel.: 928-

779-6624; website: mountainline.az.gov.

• Tucson Transit Services – Website: tucsonaz.gov/transit; Tel.: 520-791-5883; e-mail:

SpecialServices@tucsonaz.gov.

• Yuma Transit Services – website: http://tw.yumaaz.gov/WebWare/Default.aspx?Message=2571&t=-1; E-mail:

cityonline@YumaAZ.gov; Tel.: 928-783-2235.

• sharetheride.com/Public/PublicPage.aspx?ItemName=CommuteCost&FileType=ASCX – Website with calculator

to determine what it costs to drive commuter routes.

• insureuonline.org/insureu_lifestage_youngsingle.htm – This website features information on insurance costs.

• azed.gov/prevention-programs/driversed – Website with information from the Arizona Department of Education

on driver’s education classes; Tel.: 602-542-8720; E-mail: Victoria.Hav[email protected]ov or

Davidson.Rigg[email protected]ov.

• azdot.gov/mvd/driver-services/teen-drivers – Website with information on driver’s test and license requirements,

including practice tests.

Physical & Mental Health

• Young Adult Transitional Insurance (YATI) – an Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS)

plan that is no-cost or low-cost for Arizona young adults aging out of foster care (AHCCCS is Arizona’s

Medicaid). Websites: (1) fosteringadvocatesarizona.org/young-adult-transitional-insurance-yati, and (2)

healthearizonaplus.gov/Default/Default.aspx. Contact the assigned DCS or Tribal Services case worker; in

Maricopa County, contact Marco Mendoza, 602-266-0405 x104/mmendoz[email protected] or Janet Viloria,

602-252-4911 x104/jviloria@phoenixday.org. Or find a navigator (a person who assists applicants) at the

following Website: coveraz.org/navigators-and-assisters.

Fostering Success/Northern Arizona University (NAU)

PO Box 6035/ University Union - (Bldg #30), Room #104

Flagstaff, AZ 86011-6035

Tel.: 928-523-6980

Fax: 928-523-9444

Website: nau.edu/fostering-success-program

Student Support Services

Wendy Bruun, Director, 928-523-6980, wendy.wallace@nau.edu

Kevin Chase, Assistant Director, 928-523-4388, k[email protected]

Pam Malone, Program Coordinator, 928-523-5513, pam[email protected]

Keola Wong, Program Coordinator, 928-523-1489, k[email protected]

Misty Green, Program Coordinator, 928-523-5171, m[email protected]

Amanda Butkiewicz, Graduate Assistant, 928-523-2390, [email protected]u

Martha Preciado, Graduate Assistant, 928-523-6980, mlp259@nau.edu

Laura Bohland, Administrative Assistant, 928-523-6983, [email protected]

Alexander McCain, Peer Mentor, Biology

Regina Austin, Peer Mentor, Women's and Gender Studies

Scott Boling, Peer Mentor, Forestry

The Fostering Success program is a recent initiative designed to: (a) increase the number of NAU graduates who have

aged out of foster care; (b) build a community of scholars among foster alumni at NAU; and (c) provide a transitional

pathway to adulthood through the experience of the program. Specific benefits/services include: personal transition

coaches; orientation specific to the needs of the student; a community of foster alumni; ongoing receptions exclusive for

foster alumni to connect and learn about local and campus resources; Jacks Debit Express funds (amount TBD); eligibility

for the Student Support Services participation grant (up to $500/semester); and assistance in securing housing during

winter break. Students must fit the following requirements below to be eligible for the program: (a) participate in Student

Support Services program; (b) have been in foster care any time since turning 13; (c) live on campus and have a meal plan

if a freshman; and (d) attend eight of the 10 monthly receptions. The Arizona Education and Training Voucher (ETV)

Program is a federally-funded, state-administered program designed to help youth who were in foster care; students who

qualify may be eligible to receive up to $5000 a year for qualified-school related expenses.

See also the entry for Bridging Success/Arizona State University (ASU) and Maricopa Community Colleges in the

National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]section of this Directory.

Hope and a Future, Inc.

Office address:

909 W. McDowell Road

Phoenix, AZ 85007-1729

Tel.: 602-258-5860

Website: azhope.com

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 61172

Phoenix, AZ 85082

HF is an Arizona 501(c)(3) nonprofit Christian organization that provides the following services to children in foster care:

Royal Family Kids Camp – A one-week summer camp experience for children ages 7-11, outside of Payson. A trusted

camp cousin has charge of just two campers and each camper also has a “surrogate” grandma and grandpa as well as a

large support staff of aunts and uncles; the ratio of staff-to-campers is high to ensure success and safety. During the week

there is a birthday bash with cake, games, and presents, to celebrate each child’s birthday. A background check is

conducted on every volunteer who also receive intensive training to manage any behavioral or emotional issues. Medical

personnel are also available to administer first aid and medication. All campers are afforded complete confidentiality,

which means no promotional pictures or unauthorized cameras. However, staff will take pictures as keepsakes for the

children and the children receive a camp scrapbook with the pictures at the end of camp. Contacts: Doug Nordman at

480-227-5257 or Douglas.Nordm[email protected]e.com/Donnie Garver at 480-834-7554 or rfkc.chandler@gmail.com

Teen Reach Adventure Camp – A summer camp for foster children from 12 to 15 years old, offering fun, character-

building activities, and outdoor recreation from horseback riding to low-level challenge courses, outside of Payson.

TRAC is a positive, faith-based summer camp. Each three-day camp provides a unique ratio of one counselor to every

two children, and each camp is single-gender to promote a greater level of comfort between staff and attendees. Campers

explore the wilderness, care for animals, ride on horseback and participate in a low-level challenge course that helps the

children recognize the importance of self-respect, teamwork and communication while having fun. A background check

is conducted on every volunteer who also receive intensive training to manage any behavioral or emotional issues.

Medical personnel are also available. All campers are afforded complete confidentiality, which means no promotional

pictures or unauthorized cameras on campus. However, staff will take pictures as keepsakes for the children and the

children receive a camp scrapbook with the pictures at the end of camp. Contact: James Adams, Life Skills Coordinator

and director of boys’ TRAC camp, [email protected]m/602-258-5860.

The Arizona Princess Program – A formal dinner party that gives teenage foster girls a chance to be treated like royalty

with dresses, accessories and professional hair styling and makeup. The ongoing mission of the Arizona Princess

Program is to give teenage foster girls an evening that celebrates how truly wonderful they are. The girls are pampered

with formal dresses, shoes, jewelry and professional makeup assistance. Following the makeover, the girls are treated with

a five-course meal and an evening of dancing. This program takes place at TRAC camp, as part of the TRAC camp.

The Arizona All-Star Program – This program is an opportunity for teenage foster boys to be encouraged by real life All-

Stars and learn what it takes to make their own success in life. Throughout the year, the All-Star Program coordinates

luncheons, meetings and other events with local celebrities, athletes, musicians, businessmen offering their own life

lessons and stories of perseverance. The boys often have a chance to personally interact with the All-Star, e.g. throwing a

football around with an Arizona Cardinal football player, playing an instrument with a musician, or skateboarding with a

professional. This program takes place at TRAC camp, as part of the TRAC camp.

Life 360 – A life-skills mentoring program for foster children 15 and older. Life 360 is a year round life skills mentoring

program for Arizona foster children who are at least 15 years old and builds on the successful relationships established

during our summer camp programs (however, there is no requirement that participants have gone to an HF camp). The

program focuses on basic skills like money management, household management, planning for college, budgeting,

interviewing for jobs, job skills, nutrition and meal planning. This program is primarily for Maricopa County.

Annual Christmas Celebration – A festive gathering for HF children and their loved ones; available to children who attend

HF programs, their foster families and HF volunteers. For 2014, the Christmas Celebration was held at Rawhide Western

Town and Steakhouse, with Stagecoach Rides, Train Rides, Mechanical Bull Rides, Rock Climbing, Panning for Gold,

Shooting Gallery, Burro Rides, Petting Zoo and Western Museum. HF provides a catered dinner for those in attendance,

arts and crafts for the children, holiday desserts, and gifts for each child. The gifts include appropriate age-specific toys

and new articles of clothing for each child. Since 2005, HF has invited all children who’ve ever taken part in HF

programs, their foster families and their group homes. This celebration has grown exponentially over the years, becoming

a reunion event for children and volunteers. This program takes place in Maricopa County.

John S. Brewer Memorial Scholarship Fund – Created to help any foster child through ongoing educational assistance,

career training and college scholarships. The John S. Brewer Memorial Scholarship Fund provides assistance for high

school tutoring, vocational training, college tuition and housing assistance while in college. The application form is

available on the HF website.

OCJ Kids (“Opportunity, Community and Justice [for] Kids”)

Office Address:

21424 N. 7th Avenue, #11

Phoenix, AZ 85027

Tel.: 602-439-2171

E-mail: info@ocjkids.org

Website: ocjkids.org

Mailing Address:

524 W. Westcott Drive

Phoenix, AZ 85027

Contact: Shevaun Sullivan 602-740-1539 (cell)/shevaun@ocjkids.org

Donations to OCJ Kids are eligible for the Arizona Foster Care Charitable Organization Tax Credit. OCJ Kids serves

foster children across the state, focusing primarily (but not exclusively) on foster children in group homes. In Maricopa

County and in other counties with group homes, OCJ Kids sends volunteer mentors to the home. Specific services offered

include the following:

1. Recruiting and training volunteers to visit with foster children in group homes, potentially leading to volunteers

becoming a mentor or a life coach for a foster child.

2. Hosting four big events every year: The Career Development Fair (March or April; resume development and interview

skills); Cowboy Camp (overnight horse camp in June and July; the children in each group home go camping together);

Tools for Success Back to School Party (August; relationship building, backpacks and school supplies); and One Bright

Star Christmas Party (for partnering group homes). All four events are centered on group homes, except the Career

Development Fair, which is open to all foster children. The purpose of having all the children in each group home go to

the Cowboy Camp together is to allow children in special needs group homes, sex-offender group homes, etc. to attend

camp despite special needs or restrictions on having contact with others that otherwise would prevent these children from

being able to go to a summer camp.

3. Setting up Transition Success Centers (storage rooms at OCJ Kids, affiliated local churches around the state, and/or

DCS offices) and stocking them with socks, underwear, and other items for (a) suitcases filled with supplies, for teens

transitioning out of foster care; (b) welcome kits for when kids come into a group home, so they have hygiene products

they can call their own; and (c) kinship kits for when children are removed from their home and placed in foster care.

Prevent Child Abuse Arizona

P.O. Box 26495

Prescott Valley, AZ 86312

Tel.: 928-445-5038 or 602-255-5540

Toll Free: 877-820-9222

Fax: 928-778-5300

E-mail: info@pcaaz.org

Website: pcaaz.org

Headquarters Staff

Rebecca “Becky” Ruffner, Executive Director, beck[email protected]/928-445-5038 (w); 928-925-5425 (c)

Christine James, Executive Assistant, cj@pcaaz.org

Christine Stein, Director of Finance and Operations, ch[email protected]

Juanita Wesley, Accounting Manager, juanita@pcaaz.org

Rose Sajak, Director of Development, rose@pcaaz.org

Carl Vanderpool, Director of Training, carl@pcaaz.org

Claire Louge, Training and Outreach Manager, clai[email protected]

Joni Chancey, Training and Events Assistant, [email protected]

Bonnie Nooner, Administrative Assistant, bonnie@pcaaz.org

Best for Babies

Mary Warren, Mental Health Coordinator, mary[email protected]

Never Shake a Baby

Nicole Valdez, New Parent Resource Coordinator, nicole@nsbaz.org

Yavapai Family Advocacy Center

Kathryn Chapman, Director, kathryn@yfac.org

Jennifer Stewart, Office Administrator, jennife[email protected]

Carmen Stewart, Victim Advocate, carmen@yfac.org

Siri Michel-Midelfort, Victim Advocate, siri@yfac.org

Best for Babies program – This program provides both training and support to court and DCS personnel in establishing

best practices for dealing with foster children ages 0-3 years. Issues addressed include prenatal exposure to maternal

substance abuse and low birth weight, which are associated with an increased likelihood of behavioral problems, chronic

health conditions, and developmental delays. The goals of Best for Babies are: (1) to increase shared knowledge of the

unique needs of maltreated infants and toddlers; and (2) to increase community collaboration in the child welfare system

to improve outcomes. A particular concern is that the unique and immediate needs of infants and toddlers in the child

welfare system are often overlooked, since the focus of ongoing services is likely to be the more visible legal and mental

health issues of their birth parents. Dates and locations for training sessions and conferences are on the website under the

“Training” tab.

Never Shake a Baby Arizona (NSBAZ) program – This program is an evidence-based program that is aimed at providing

parents information and skills to prevent Shaken Baby Syndrome. NSBAZ is working to be available throughout the state

to all parents who have just given birth. The NSBAZ program is offered by the nurse to new parents just prior to

discharge with their newborn. Parents who voluntarily participate are given a tip sheet on how to handle a crying infant;

they watch a video on Shaken Baby Syndrome; and they are asked to sign a “commitment form” that states that they were

educated on the dangers of shaking babies. They also make a plan to handle their crying child and inform all who take

care of their child about their plan and about SBS. During the program’s pilot stage, parents were asked to participate in a

follow-up survey. Of those in the sample of parents who were called, 96% remembered the program and nearly 90% said

they had shared the information they had learned with other caregivers for their child. NSBAZ, a project of Prevent Child

Abuse Arizona, is currently funded by grants from the Child Abuse Prevention License Plate Fund, BHHS Legacy

Foundation, the Morris Foundation, Phoenix Sun’s Charities, Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust, and Arizona Department

of Health Services, Bureau of Women’s and Children’s Health.

StreetLightUSA

P.O. Box 6178

Peoria, AZ 85385

E-mail norma@ StreetLightUSA.org

Website: streetlightusa.org

Media Contacts Only: Norma Salas, 602-446-3880

All others: 623-435-0900

Founded by a network of 60 churches in 2009, StreetLightUSA is the national leader in providing care and healing to

victims of child sex trafficking and sexual trauma. Most girls are placed through the state; there are only a few

private placements. Girls are placed from across the country, but most are from Arizona. Services include: (1) an

awareness program/ speakers bureau including subject matter experts; monthly training sessions on the issue of child sex

trafficking, and monthly open house for placement agencies in Maricopa County, usually at their facilities; interactive

social media efforts with thousands of Facebook and Twitter followers, and regular newsletters; (2) prevention efforts

that include partnering with universities and subject matter experts to create evidence based programs that become best

practices for SLUSA’s residential campus (located in the west valley, in Maricopa County); receiving girls whose

histories demonstrate risk factors for potentially being drawn into the sex trades, such as chronic runaways and homeless

youth; networking with state agencies and other organizations to prepare a smooth transition for girls to move into

independent living; and assistance in advocating state and federal legislation to strengthen the penalties against

perpetrators and increase resources for the victims; and (3) direct care services for girls 11-17 who have been rescued

from sex trafficking, provided at the residential campus. The residence provides 24 hour residential care for up to 48

girls. The residence, the largest of its kind in the country, is a four-acre facility with six cottages in a homelike,

neighborhood setting; residents are not locked in, but the facility is secured against the outside. The residence has

arrangements for and transportation to medical, legal, behavioral health and educational services; an on-site staff therapist

who meets with girls individually and in groups; educational success and completion programs; programs for

development of life skills and career goals; and assistance with legal matters. There is special focus on dealing with

PTSD, Stockholm Syndrome, and long-term effects of abuse and exploitation.

Year Up Arizona

1245 E. Buckeye Road, Ste. B423

Phoenix, AZ 85034

Tel.: 480-376-0898 x9998

Kim Owens, Executive Director, Arizona

National (US)

45 Milk Street, 9th Floor

Boston, MA 02109

Tel.: 855-YEARUP1

Year Up offers a free, one-year program that includes: (1) 6 months professional training in IT, Finance, or Customer

Service; (2) 6 month corporate internship with a respected company; (3) up to 24 college credits; (4) weekly educational

stipend throughout the program; and (5) guidance and support from a staff advisor and mentor who is an experienced

professional. For the first six months of the program, students develop technical and professional skills in the classroom.

Students then apply those skills during the second six months on an internship at one of Year Up’s corporate partners.

Year Up is open to expanding into new markets, dependent on market demand and organizational capacity.

Results include 85% of Year Up graduates are employed or attending college full-time within four months of completing

the program; those employed earn an average starting salary of $15 per hour – $30,000 per year for salaried employees.

The program has achieved 100% placement of qualified Year Up students into internships; over 90% of corporate partners

would recommend the Year Up program to a friend or colleague. Since being founded in 2000, Year Up has served over

10,000 young adults and provided interns for over 250 corporate partners.

The application process is set forth on the website: (1) submit a student interest form (available on the website); (2) attend

an open house or group information session; and (3) complete an application (also available on the website). Classes

begin in March and September. Applications are considered on a rolling basis until the class is filled.

Applicants must be (1) 18-24 years old; (2) high school graduate or GED recipient; (3) of low to moderate income; (4) A

U.S. Citizen, permanent resident, or have an employment authorization card; (5) Available 5 days a week (Monday-

Friday) for the full year of the program; (6) and highly motivated to learn new technical and professional skills (the

website expressly states that the program “requires strong motivation and a lot of hard work”).

The program’s Direct Service strategy delivers a training program that prepares young adults for professional jobs that

meet the needs of Year Up’s corporate partners and helps place students on a path to continued higher education.

Companies see value in Year Up’s young adults who consistently meet their growing and changing human capital needs.

Our Systems Change strategy is geared towards shifting perceptions of urban young adults from social liabilities to

economic assets, shifting employer practices to broaden talent sourcing and hiring, and shifting public policies to support

enterprising career pathways. To date, Year Up has focused primarily on offering companies a Standard Training

Program through which they can access talented young adults. Custom solutions are created in partnership with client

employers to meet a critical business need and solve for the skills gap challenges in the market place. Custom solutions

will likely change some elements of current program design, and in all cases will continue to focus on serving young

adults. Technical skills classes at Year Up may include: (1) desktop and network support; (2) help desk; (3) hardware

repair; (4) operating systems; (5) disk formatting, partitioning and ghosting; (6) peripherals; (7) software installation; (8)

viruses and malware; (9) Microsoft Office and Outlook; (10) networking and TCP/IP; (11) investment operations; (12)

customer service; and (13) fund accounting. Professional and communication skills classes at Year Up may include: (1)

business writing skills; (2) time management; (3) career networking; (4) communicating clearly and effectively; (5)

conflict resolution and negotiation; (6) working in teams; (7) presentation skills; (8) workplace norms; (9) introduction to

business; (10) personal finance; (11) workplace legal issues; and (12) work/life balance.

Academic Partners include Maricopa Community Colleges and University of Phoenix, and also: Atlanta Metropolitan

College; Baltimore City Community College; Bellevue College; Cambridge College; Community College of Rhode Island

(CCRI); City College of San Francisco (CCSF); Florida State College at Jacksonville; Foothill College; Harold

Washington College; Johnson & Wales University; Kaplan University; Miami Dade College; Northern Virginia

Community College; Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA); Peirce College; and SUNY Empire State College

National Senior Leadership Team

Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO

Garrett Moran, President

Noel Anderson, National Senior Director of Program

Jeff Artis, National Director of Corporate Engagement

Jay Banfield, Executive Director, San Francisco Bay Area

Shawn Jacqueline Bohen, National Director for Strategic Growth and Impact

Casey Recupero, National Director of Program Solutions

Donald Ger, National Director of Professional Training Corps.

Scott Donohue, National Site Director

Timothy Higdon, National Director of Development

Meghan Hughes, Executive Director, Providence

Jim Thie, Chief Information Officer

Sue Meehan, Chief Operating Officer

Sandy Stark, National Site Director

Belinda Stubblefield, National Site Director

National Board of Directors

Paul Salem (Chair), Co-Founder and Senior Managing Director, Providence Equity Partners

Gerald Chertavian, Founder and CEO

Peter Handrinos (Secretary), Partner at Latham & Watkins

Tim Dibble (Immediate Past Chair and Treasurer), Managing General Partner of Alta Communications

John Bradley, Global Group Head of Human Resources, UBS

Shanique Davis, Fiber Tech Support Engineer, Verizon (Year Up National Capital Region Alumna, ’08)

William Green, Former CEO and Chair, Accenture

Lisa Jackson, Co-Founder and Principal at Jackson-Ellis Associates

Rod McCowan, Principal, Accelerance Group

Melody Barnes, Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Melody Barnes Solutions; former Director of Domestic Policy Council,

Obama Administration

Pedro Noguera, Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education, NYU and Executive Director, NYU Metropolitan Center for

Urban Education

Paul S. Pressler, Partner, Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC

Gail Snowden, Retired Chief Executive Officer, Freedom House, Inc. (Interim Chair)

Kerry Sullivan, President, Bank of America Charitable foundation

Kim Tanner, Senior Program Officer, The Jenesis Group

Robert G. Templin, Jr., Former President, Northern Virginia Community College (NOVA)

Greg Walton, Desktop Support Specialist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) (Year Up Boston Alumnus, ’07)

Emeritus Trustees

Andrea Feingold, Founder and Partner, Feingold O’Keefe Capital

Craig Underwood, Founder and CEO, Sports Loyalty International, Inc.

David Ford, Former Executive Director, Smith Family Foundation

Diane Schueneman, Former Senior Vice President, Head of Global Infrastructure Solutions, Merrill Lynch

Eileen Brown, Founder and Chancellor, Cambridge College

Jim Pallotta, Chairman and Managing Director, Raptor Capital Management

Joseph Smialowski, Managing Director, Citigroup

Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, Senior Director of Global Strategies, MidAmerica Consulting Group

Pamela Trefler, Founder and Chair, Trefler Foundation

Richard Smith, Co-Chair, Smith family Foundation

National Advisors

Barry Sternlicht, Chairman and CEO, Starwood Capital Group

David Gergen, Senior Political Analyst for CNN, Former Adviser to four U.S. Presidents

Dick Parsons, Former Chairman, Citigroup Inc.

Kenneth Chenault, Chairman and CEO, American Express

Michael Powell, President and Chief Executive Officer of the National Cable & Telecommunications Association; Former

Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)

Ruth Simmons, Former President, Brown University

Thomas Ryan, Former Chairman, CVS Caremar5k Corp.; Operating Partner, Advent International

National/Statewide Advocacy Organizations

Arizona Community Action Alliance

2700 N. 3rd Street, Ste. 3040

Phoenix, Arizona 85004

Tel.: 602-604-0640

Fax: 602-604-0644

ACAA is a 501 (c)(3) non-profit agency addressing poverty issues. Through a collaboration of nearly 300 organizations

and individuals, ACAA develops and implements strategies to address and ultimately eliminate poverty. Programs

operated, managed or supported by ACAA include: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance (LIHEAP) Utility Grants;

Weatherization Assistance Program; Home Energy Assistance Fund; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Outreach; Nutrition Assistance Community Organization Partnerships; Arizona Self Help (arizonaselfhelp.org); and

People’s Information Guide. CAA also helps individuals and families move toward financial independence by providing

access to programs that encourage self-sufficiency and help people move out of poverty. Among CAA services and

programs are: Case Management; Emergency Assistance Food Boxes/home-delivered Meals; Rent and Utility Assistance

through programs including Utility Repair Financial Assistance, Asset Building and Financial Education; Eviction

Prevention and Emergency Shelter Coordination Resources and Referrals, and employment assistance. Member

organizations include A New Leaf-Mesa; Arizona Coalition To End Homelessness (AZCEH); Arizona Housing Alliance;

Arizona Public Service; Assoc. of Arizona Food Banks; AZ Coalition To End Sexual and Domestic Violence (ACESDV);

Banner Olive Branch; CAHRA (Community Action Human Resources Agency); Care 1st Health Plan Arizona; Care1st

Gila Bend Resource Center; Chicanos Por La Causa, Inc.; City of Phoenix - Human Services; Coconino County

Community Svcs; Department of Economic Security; Desert Schools Credit Union; Foundation for Senior Living (FSL);

Foundation for Sr. Living; Gila County Community Services Division; Glendale Community Action Program (CAP);

Helping Families in Need; Interfaith Community Svcs; Maricopa County; Meetings & Concierges Source; Northern

Arizona Council of Governments (NACOG); NAZCARE, Inc.; Pima County Community Action Agency (CAA);

Portable, Practical Education Preparation (PPEP), Inc.; Sahuarita Food Bank; Salt River Project (SRP); SEACAP

(SouthEastern Arizona Community Action Program); Society of St. Vincent de Paul; Southwest Gas Corp.; St. Joseph the

Worker; Sun City Community Assistance Network (Sun City CAN); Tempe CAA; Tucson Electric Power; Tucson Urban

League; Valley of the Sun United Way; Western Arizona Council of Governments (WACOG).

Arizona Grandparent Ambassadors

7932 E. Jennifer Anne Drive

Tucson AZ 85730

azag.org

grandparentambasadors@gmail.com [NOTE: messages rejected as undeliverable]

Contact: Laura Jasso, co-chair: 520-722-5945/ ldjas@msn.com

AGA describes itself as “A support network for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren.” AGA holds periodic

summits. The website (and documents on the website) identify the following current/past sponsors: AARP; Center for

Economic Integrity; Children’s Action Alliance; Rosemont Copper; Pima Federal Credit Union; CareMore (a provider of

MediCare Advantage plans); Encompass Technology Solutions (a provider of IT outsourcing services); Primavera (on-

line high school education);Children’s Action Alliance; KARE Center; Hughes Federal Credit Union; Dishes & Stories

Culinary Social Enterprise; Territorial News; Pima County Juvenile Court Center; Bill Kitt; and Ann Nichols. Per Laura

Jasso, AGA lobbies the legislature; they succeeded in getting grandparents a $75/month stipend and most recently sought

(but did not obtain) extended TANF benefits. They have a hard time getting more grandparents involved in lobbying and

many are resistant to using computers. AGA sends out action alerts through AZ Children’s Alliance. They have worked

with Leah Landrum Taylor and Senator Bradley in the legislature. They are currently trying to get Tucson to recognize

September as “Kinship Care Month”; they want to do the same in Phoenix, in order to bring their issues to the

legislature’s attention. There are 80,000 kinship placements in the state. AGA works with Primavera Foundation. AGA

meets twice a month in Tucson.

Children’s Action Alliance

4001 N. Third Street, Ste. 160

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Tel.: 602-266-0707

Fax: 602-263-8792

Website: azchildren.org

E-mail: caa@azchildren.org

Tucson Office

33 S. Fifth Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85701-1800

Tel.: 520-329-4930

CAA does not provide goods or services itself, but does provide a referral system to various resources under the “Need

Help?” tab on CAA’s website, azchildren.org. CAA does have a website to assist children aging out of foster care,

fosteringadvocatesarizona.org (see the separate entry for fosteringadvocatesarizona.org in the National/Statewide

Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies] section of this Directory).

Staff: Dana Wolfe Naimark (President and CEO); Meghan Arrigo (Associate Director of Child Welfare Policy; x211);

Tammy Feltner (Executive Assistant; x201); Joe Fu (Director of Health Policy; x212); David Higuera (Director, CAA

Southern Arizona; 520-329-4930); Amy Kobeta (Vice President; x202); Karen McLaughlin (Director of Budget and

Research; x207); Kelley Murphy (Director of Early Childhood Policy; x200); Joshua Oehler (Research Associate; x204);

Beth Rosenberg (Director of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Policy; x206); Shannon Ulmer (Director of Operations);

Sheryl Worthy (Administrative Assistant; x219).

CAA lobbies the government at both federal and state levels (especially the state level) on issues of concern for children

in general and especially low-income children; produces briefing sheets and talking point lists for politicians and others.

Does research and collects others’ research to support its positions. Issues include: subsidized child care; TANF Cash

Assistance; education about mental illness; housing assistance; youth treatment funds; DCS budget to handle the backlog

of cases; foster care funding; payment rates to doctors, hospitals, and ambulances for Medicaid; funding for district and

charter schools; university funding; community college funding.

CAA works with other organizations on various issues:

Fostering Advocates Arizona

The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities (to improve policies by creating opportunities for young people to achieve positive

outcomes in permanence, education, employment, housing, health, financial capability, and social capital); Nina Scholars

(funded through the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, providing educational opportunities for individuals who would

not normally receive traditional academic scholarships); FindYouthInfo.gov (the U.S. government Web site that has youth

facts, funding information, and tools to assess community assets, generate maps of local and federal resources, search for

evidence-based youth programs, and keep up-to-date on the latest, youth-related news); Reference Guide to Arizona

Scholarships, Grants and Financial Aid Information.

Budget and Taxes

Childrensbudget.org (a website providing a searchable database of funding for children in the federal budget); State

Priorities Partnership (a network of more than 40 independent, nonprofit research and policy organizations coordinated by

the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, which specializes in research on state and federal policy decisions); and The

Economic Policy Institute (a think tank that seeks to broaden the public debate about strategies to achieve a prosperous

and fair economy).

Child Abuse and Neglect

The State Policy Advocacy and Reform Center (SPARC [coordinated by First Focus], a project designed to help state

child welfare advocates make an even bigger impact, supported by the Annie E. Casey Foundation and Jim Casey Youth

Opportunities Initiative); Casey Family Programs (the nation’s largest operating foundation focused entirely on foster

care); Prevent Child Abuse America (building awareness, providing education in the effort to prevent the abuse and

neglect of children); Child Trends (nonprofit, nonpartisan research center that studies children at all stages of

development); Chapin Hall at the University of Chicago (a research and policy center); DCS; Arizona CASA Program;

The Arizona Supreme Court (including the Arizona Foster Care Review Board and CASAs); The U.S. Department of

Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families (compiles data on welfare and child support,

domestic violence, adoption, foster care, family support and family preservation, child abuse and neglect); Child Welfare

Information Gateway (connects child welfare and related professionals to comprehensive information and resources; Part

of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services); FindYouthInfo.gov (the U.S. government website re: youth

programs, including community assets); The North American Council on Adoptable Children; Arizona Citizen Review

Panel Program (assesses the DCS system); Arizona Sexual Assault Network .

Early Care and Education

The Arizona Child Care Resource and Referral (a community service re: child care resources; also provides training and

technical assistance to child care providers); Birth to Five Helpline; The Birth to Five Helpline 877-705-KIDS (Arizona’s

only toll-free helpline for parents, caregivers and professionals to call for questions about children 0-5. The Helpline is

answered by professional early childhood development specialists. In addition, callers are able to access support as

needed from Southwest Human Development’s early childhood staff); First Things First (early learning and health

programs for children from 0-5); Enriching Children, Enriching the Nation: Public Investment in High-Quality

Prekindergarten by Robert G. Lynch of the Economic Policy Institute (shows that investment in early learning pays off for

state governments); Zero to Three (the nation’s leading resource on the first three years of life): Kids Count Right Start

(this online report tracks U.S. birth information across states and the nation’s 50 largest cities); The National Association

for the Education of Young Children (the nation’s largest organization of early childhood educators and others); Pre-K

Now (offers information about the importance of Pre-K programs for all children); Foundation for Child Development (a

national, private philanthropy).

Grandfamilies

Arizona Grandparent Ambassadors (a support network for grandparents who are raising their grandchildren); Arizona

Kinship Support Services (assists caregivers in meeting their family’s needs, promoting public/private partnerships to

meet those needs).

Health

Kids Health Link (help finding health care in Maricopa or Pinal Counties); Arizona Adolescent Health Coalition

(promotes optimal health through emphasis on prevention, risk reduction, and early intervention); AHCCCS (site includes

applications which may be downloaded); The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (provide statistics and general

children’s health information); Comprehensive Health Surveillance System of the Arizona Department of Education

(tracks youth risk behavior); Families USA (dedicated to the achievement of high-quality, affordable healthcare for all

Americans); First Focus (provides news, reports, trainings, factsheets, and webinars on health care coverage with a special

emphasis on low-income children and families); FindYouthInfo.gov (the U.S. government Web site re: youth programs);

Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s Parent Action Committee (people who have a vital interest in the future of Phoenix

Children’s Hospital).

Juvenile Justice

The Juvenile Justice Services Division of the Arizona Supreme Court, Administrative Office of the Courts; The Arizona

Department of Juvenile Corrections; FindYouthInfo.gov (the U.S. government Web site re: youth programs); The Annie

E. Casey Foundation (juvenile justice reform agenda so that they lock up fewer youth, rely more on proven, family-

focused interventions, and create opportunities for positive youth development); The Campaign for the Fair Sentencing of

Youth (coordinates, develops and supports efforts to implement just alternatives with a focus on abolishing life without

parole sentences for all youth); Models for Change (a network of government and court officials, legal advocates, etc.

working to ensure that kids are held accountable and treated fairly; provides research-based tools and techniques);

Coalition for Juvenile Justice (a national resource on delinquency prevention and juvenile justice issues); National Center

for Juvenile Justice (independent and original research); National Juvenile Justice Network (helping state advocates attain

fair and appropriate treatment for youth in the justice system); National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges; The

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (leadership, coordination, and resources to prevent and respond to

juvenile delinquency and victimization); Campaign for Youth Justice (dedicated to ending the practice of trying,

sentencing and incarcerating youth in the adult criminal justice system); National Mental Health Association’s page on

juvenile justice; Juvenile Info Network (comprised of state juvenile corrections departments); Fight Crime: Invest in Kids

(an organization of more than 2,500 police chiefs, sheriffs, prosecutors, other law enforcement leaders, and violence

survivors dedicated to preventing crime and violence).

Children’s Action Alliance is part of a national initiative, KIDS COUNT, to collect data and publish statistical reports on

the condition of children.

Children’s Rights

330 Seventh Avenue, 4th Floor

New York, NY 10001

Tel.: 212-683-2210

Toll Free: 888-283-2210

Fax: 212-683-4015

Website: childrensrights.org

General inquiries: info@childrensrights.org

Media inquiries: Communications Manager Lauren Kidd Ferguson, 212-683-2210 x309/lferguson@childrensrights.org

Development: development@childrensrights.org

Human Resources: hr@childrensrights.org

Children’s Rights uses the law to hold governments accountable and to defend kids when foster care systems fail.

Children’s Rights began as a project of the New York Civil Liberties Union and, later, the American Civil Liberties

Union, and in 1995 became an independent nonprofit organization. As of August, 2015, litigation affecting Arizona

included a class action filed in the U.S. District Court, District of Arizona, Phoenix Division on February 3, 2015 against

the Department of Child Safety and the Department of Health Services, seeking an increase in foster placements, better

medical care and an increase in therapeutic foster homes, placements with siblings and closer to their original homes, and

improvements in investigating abuse allegations. The Arizona Center for Law in the Public Interest is local counsel for

Children’s rights in this litigation.

Sandy Santana, executive director

Ira Lustbader, litigation director

Sara Bartosz, lead counsel

Wende Gozan Brown, director of communications and marketing

Bill Kapell, lead counsel

Marjorie A. McAndrews, director of finance

Sally S. Weissman, director of operations

Board of Directors

Alan C. Myers, chair

Daniel Galpern, treasurer

Bethany Pristaw, secretary

Joseph Warren Belluck

Michael Borofsky

Kasseem ‘Swizz Beatz’ Dean

Lawrence J. Fox

Jay Galluzzo

John “Jay” Neukom

Alice Rosenwald

Peter D. Serating

Megan Shattuck

Anne Strickland Squadron

James Stanton

Lewis Tepper

Protecting Arizona’s Family Coalition

2100 N. Central Avenue, Ste. 225

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Tel.: 602-550-1338

E-mail: info@pafcoalition.org – preferred method of contact

Samuel Richard – PAFCO Coordinator and CEO

PAFCO is a coalition of Health and Human Service groups throughout Arizona. While prohibited as a nonprofit from

endorsing candidates, it focuses on voter registration, voter education and voter participation. Issues of concern to the

organization include health and human services generally, and specifically wages for direct worker caregivers; health care

coverage; domestic violence; mental illness and substance abuse; children’s services; poverty, hunger, and homelessness;

affordable housing; and assisting people with disabilities/ independent living. PAFCO does not itself provide services.

Statewide Professional Organizations

Arizona Council of Human Service Providers

2100 N. Central Avenue #225

Phoenix AZ 85004

Tel.: 602-252-9363

Fax: 602-252-8664

Website: azcouncil.com

Director: Emily Jenkins

Contact: Ms. Bahney Dedolph

ACHSP’s website describes the organization as “Arizona’s premier trade association representing the interest of

behavioral health, substance abuse, child welfare and juvenile justice service agencies.” ACHSP has a political action

committee that does lobbying, etc. They host an annual fall training for lawyers in JD cases, etc. and hold other

trainings/conferences.

National Association of Social Workers (Arizona Chapter)

NASW Arizona Chapter

1050 E. Southern Avenue, Ste. 1

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-968-4595

Website: naswaz.com

E-mail: adm[email protected]

Jeremy Arp – Executive Director

Patrick Maloney – Administrative Assistant

Kellie MacDonald-Evoy – MSW PAC Intern

NASWAZ is the largest professional association of social workers in Arizona. NASWAZ offers membership benefits

including:

• Networking and educational events across Arizona

• Annual statewide social work conference

• Reduced rates for continuing education seminars

• Arizona Update monthly e-newsletter

• Access to national journals

• Access to members-only job opportunities in Arizona and nationally

• Access to members-only insurance

• Advocacy

The Arizona Chapter is divided into four geographically-defined branches: Branch 1 includes Gila, La Paz, Maricopa (the

metro Phoenix area), Pinal and Yuma counties; Branch 2 covers Cochise, Graham, Greenlee, Pima (Tucson area) and

Santa Cruz counties; Branch 3 includes Apache, Coconino, Mohave and Navajo counties, plus the towns of Payson,

Sedona and Cottonwood; and Branch 4 covers West Yavapai County, which consists of Prescott and its surrounding area.

Each branch is overseen by a chairperson who organizes activities and coordinates communication in that part of the state.

County-Specific Organizations

NOTE: THE DCS LINK TO FOSTER/ADOPTION LICENSING AGENCIES BY COUNTY IS AS FOLLOWS:

https://www.azdes.gov/landing.aspx?id=10239

Apache County

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

Apache County contact: Bettina Aguilera, 928-499-7572/Baguilera@arizonaschildren.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Apache County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (location: 906 W. University Avenue, Bldg B, Suite 150, Flagstaff, AZ 86001;

Contact: Gretchen Shallcross, gshallcross@arizonaschildren.org, 928-527-1000)

2. In-Home/Family Preservation; providing strengths based in-home supportive interventions to families at risk,

must be referred by DCS (location: various; Contact: Pamela Cerski, pcerski@arizonaschildren.org, 480-474-

2263).

3. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Lisa Sahady, lsahady@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2401).

4. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Lisa

Sahady, lsahady@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2401).

5. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county

under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (Location: various; Contact: Susan Kelly,

skelly@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2405

6. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements for HCTC foster care; “Home Care

Training for the Home Care Client”; therapeutic foster care that provides behavioral health services to the

child (location: various; Contact: Jodi Oen, joen@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991).

7. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

8. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

9. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 1420 N. Greenfield, Suite 100, Gilbert, AZ 85234; Contact: Lori Ollom-Tighe, lollom-

tighe@arizonaschildren.org, 480-435-4188).

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Apache County Contact: Jennifer Devore, 800-859-2531/928-634-4254

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under Arizona Partnership for Children in National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County.

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W Dunlap Avenue, Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Apache County Tel.: 928-776-1484

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. AP/RC recruits, trains and licenses foster and adoption placements. Other services include: life and home

management skills; office based individual and family counseling; home based individual and family counseling;

intensive home based intervention for families involved in the Department of Child Safety (DCS) system; and supervised

visitation for parents, children, and sibling groups.

Human Resource Training, Inc.

1951 W. Camelback Road, Ste. 450

Phoenix, AZ 85015

Tel.: 602-433-1344

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Fax: 602-249-1570

DDD On-Call: 602-703-2858

Email: familyservices@hrtaz.com

Website: hrtaz.com

Parenting classes

2131 E. Broadway Road, Suite 14

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-967-6895

Fax: 480-967-4986

Areas outside of Maricopa County:

Tel.: 888-KID-4HRT (888-543-4478) x704

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Apache County Contact: Mollie Vega, 928-399-0503

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. HRT provides foster care and adoption services as well as in-home family support services including

family preservation, parent aide and reunification. HRT’s home office is located in Phoenix, AZ with foster and adoption

programs in the following counties: Apache, Coconino, La Paz, Maricopa, Mohave, Navajo, Yavapai and Yuma. HRT’s

in-home services are operated in Maricopa only based out Tempe. HRT’s foster and adopt programs recruit, train and

license foster and adoptive homes and provides a full continuum of foster care including regular, emergency receiving,

medically fragile, developmental homes, therapeutic foster care, and adoptions. HRT provides 24 hour support to its

foster parents, including providing the HRT licensing worker’s cell number. HRT ongoing support includes: 24 hours

on-call support personnel, respite, advocacy, and attendance at DCS case staffings and CFT with the foster parents.

Children with Tribal affiliation are served in HRT homes in similar ways as other program participants. HRT serves

individuals from sovereign tribes throughout Arizona, including the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community,

Navajo, Gila River, White Mountain Apache and the Hopi Tribe. HRT’S behavioral health foster care program (HCTC –

Home Care to Home Care Clients) is supervised by degreed professionals that have over 30 years of experience in foster

care and behavioral health. A slightly higher reimbursement rate is offered to providers serving Tribal Youth,

Developmental Disabilities and Therapeutic Care to account for the therapeutic outcome expectations. HRT believes its

foster parents to be an integral part in the continuum of care and refers to its program as a Family of Families.

Chief Executive Officer: Sally Jones, LCSW, sally[email protected]

Director of Compliance/HIPAA Compliance Officer: Kristen Taylor, BSHS, [email protected]

HR Manager: Jennifer Kacprowicz, PHR, [email protected]

Program/Clinical Director: Holli Gonzalez, LMFT, [email protected]

Parent Aide Program Supervisor: Katie Lyon, LAC, katiep@hrtaz.com

Family Reunification Program Supervisor: Raelon Segura, MSW, raelons@hrtaz.com

Family Preservation Supervisor-Southwest: Rheeannon Fontes, BA, rheean[email protected]

Family Preservation Supervisor-Central: Cynthia Moran, LMSW, cynthiam@hrtaz.com

Maricopa County Foster Care Supervisor: Mark Smit, LCSW, mark[email protected]

Northern Arizona Foster Care Supervisor: Derek Williams, BS, [email protected]

Therapeutic Foster Care (HCTC) Supervisor: Dawn Wallschlaeger, BSW, [email protected]

Developmental Home Program/Maricopa County Supervisor: Kasey Kocks, BA, kaseyk@hrtaz.com

Developmental Home Program/Northern Arizona Supervisor: Sue Carter, [email protected]

Licensing Supervisor: Mary Cherry, MS, maryc@hrtaz.com

To learn more about becoming a Foster Parent call 602-433-1344.

North and West Arizona Director of Foster Care and Training: Jim Finegan, LCSW, [email protected]

NOTE: There is no CASA Support Council in Apache County. However, the Court’s CASA Coordinator, Richard “Rick”

Blair (928-245-0118/rablair51@hotmail.com) is interested in forming one, and is looking for others interested in forming

a CASA Support Council.

Cochise County

A Resource Guide for the Community of Cochise County

The official Cochise County Resource Guide is available at the following web address:

cochiseconnections.org/linked/cochise_county_resource_guide_2015_final.pdf

This directory contains contact information for:

• Agencies providing emergency services dealing with issues including medical, mental health, behavioral health,

law enforcement, poison control, domestic violence, sexual assault, teen runaway, stalking, and suicide

prevention, among others

• Food assistance and clothing assistance

• Shelters/low income housing

• Non-emergency contacts for agencies dealing with issues including children and families generally, child care,

employment, medical, mental health, behavioral health, teen pregnancy, support groups, and legal assistance,

among others

Arizona Children's Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

Cochise County Contact: Sarah Gojkovich, 520-224-9108 x1894

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Cochise County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (location: 174 S. Coronado Dr, Suites B and C, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635; Contact:

Steve Ochs, sochs@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9100 x1862)

2. In-Home/Family Preservation; providing strengths-based in-home supportive interventions to families at risk,

must be referred by DCS (location: various; Contact: Cheryl DeHaven, cdehaven@arizonaschildren.org, 520-

971-4013).

3. Parent Aide; DCS referred families receiving parenting, education, home management skills to demonstrate

positive behavioral changes (location: various; Contact: Joseph Johnson, jjohnson@arizonaschildren.org,

520-458-2131 x1810).

4. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Jessica Wells, jwells@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9108 x1895).

5. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Jessica

Wells, jwells@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9108 x1895).

6. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county

under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (location: various; Contact: Jessica Wells,

jwells@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9108 x1895).

7. KARE (Kinship, Adoption, Resource and Education); physical sites where kinship caregivers can receive

resource, referral, education and support services (locations: 4710 E. 29th Street, Tucson, AZ 85711 and 400

W. Fry Boulevard, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635; Contact: Julie Treinen, jtreinen@arizonaschildren.org, 520-323-

4476.

8. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltarol[email protected], 602-371-1366 x2264).

9. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

10. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 174 S. Coronado Drive, Suites B and C, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635; Contact: Miranda Cox,

mcox@arizonaschildren.org, 520-456-4713).

Arizona Kinship Support Services/KARE

400 W. Fry Boulevard., Ste. 11

Sierra Vista, AZ 85635

Tel.: 520-458-2131 x1821

Statewide Caregiver Resource Line: 888-737-7494

Website: arizonakinship.org

For more detail, see above under Arizona Kinship Support Services/KARE in National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

Arizona Partnership for Children (Catholic Community Services)

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Cochise County Contact: Patsy Sartain, 520-458-4203 x112

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under Arizona Partnership for Children in National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

Christian Family Care

3603 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Toll-Free: 800-939-5432

Tel.: 602-234-1935

Fax: 602-234-0022

6063 E. Grant Road

Tucson, AZ 85712

Tel.: 520 296-8255

Fax: 520 296-8773

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the Christian Family Care entry below, under Maricopa County.

Cochise County CASA Council

P.O. Box 4013

Sierra Vista, AZ 85636

Tel.: 520-266-0023

Contact: Debby DeRosa, debby.derosa@preferenceprop.com

This is the CASA Support Council for Cochise County. Abby Dodge (520-432-7521[w]; 520-432-7247 [fax];

[email protected]ov) is the court’s CASA coordinator; she brings requests to the CASA support council. The CASA

support council does tutoring, beds, clothing, apartment set-ups, outings and gas for CASAs. They meet at 7 a.m. the

third Wednesday of each month.

Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc.

Southeastern AZ Office

954 W. Highway 92

Bisbee, AZ 85603

Tel.: 520-432-5453

Fax: 520-432-2105

For more detail, see entry for Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc. below, under Maricopa County

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W Dunlap Avenue, Ste 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Cochise County Tel.: 928-776-1484

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. AP/RC recruits, trains and licenses foster and adoption placements. Other services include: life and home

management skills; office based individual and family counseling; home based individual and family counseling;

intensive home based intervention for families involved in the Department of Child Safety (DCS) system; and supervised

visitation for parents, children, and sibling groups

Lutheran Social Services of the South West

10201 S. 51st Street, #180

Phoenix, AZ 85044

Tel: 480-396-3795

3443 N. Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Tel.: 602-248-4400

6303 E. Tanque Verde Road., #101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel: 520-748-2300

Website: lss-sw.org

For more detail, see entry for Lutheran Social Services of the South West below, under Maricopa County

Coconino County

Arizona Baptist Children’s Services & Family Ministries

Maricopa County

1717 W. Northern Avenue, #112

Phoenix 85021

Tel.: 602-346-2382

Toll Free: 800-678-0648

Website: abcs.org

Statewide Fostercare Director: Nichole Tamburstuen, ntam[email protected], 480-296-8786/602-346-2382

Maricopa Contact: Debbie Bayes, 602-346-2311

Pima County

1779 N. Alvernon Way

Tucson, Arizona 85712

Pima Contact: Joann Stevens, Director of Foster Care for Pima County, 520-795-7541

Yuma County

2855 S. 4th Avenue #122

Yuma 85364

Yuma Contact: Raul Solorzano, 928-246-1766

For more detail, see below under Arizona Baptist Children’s Services & Family Ministries in Maricopa County

Arizona Children's Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

Coconino County Contact: Kim Harris, 520-458-4203 x112

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Cochise County include:

1. 1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (location: 906 W. University Ave, Bldg B, Suite 150, Flagstaff, AZ 86001;

Contact Gretchen Shallcross, gshallcross@arizonaschildren.org, 928-527-1000 x2858).

2. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Lisa Sahady, lsahady@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2401).

3. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Lisa Sahady,

lsahady@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2401).

4. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county

under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (location: various; Contact: Susan Kelly,

skelly@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2405).

5. Treatment Foster Care/HCTC; recruiting and supporting families who care for high needs children providing

therapeutic foster care (location: various; Contact: Jodi Oen, joen@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991).

6. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

7. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

8. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 440 N. Washington Ave, Prescott, AZ 86301; Contact: Lori Ollom-Tighe, lollom-

tighe@arizonaschildren.org, 480-435-4188).

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel. : 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Coconino County Contact: Patsy Sartain, 520-458-4203 x112

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under Arizona Partnership for Children in National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

Christian Family Care

3603 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Toll-Free: 800 939-5432

Tel.: 602-234-1935

Fax: 602-234-0022

6063 E. Grant Road

Tucson, AZ 85712

Tel.: 520 296-8255

Fax: 520 296-8773

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the Christian Family Care entry below, under Maricopa County.

Coconino CASA for Kids, Inc.

330 Elden Lookout Road.

Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Website: CoconinoCASAforKids.org

Contact: Becky Lewis, 928-566-9353 (H); 928-699-7316 (C)/ flaglewis@aol.com

Board of Directors

Becky Lewis, Chair

Victor Hudenko, Vice-Chair

Tammy Laird, Treasurer

Bruce Griffin, Member

Dorothy Renstrom, Member

Jay McCarthy, Member

Karen Mougin, Member

Kathy Meadows, Ex Officio

This is the CASA Support Council for Coconino County. They make grants through an on-line application process via

their website. They are not able to qualify for the tax credit. The CASA coordinator and two DCS employees are ex-

officio members.

Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc.

Recruitment and Training

419 N. San Francisco

Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-213-8263

Fax: 928-213-8265

Flagstaff, AZ

CPES Behavioral Health Services

419 N. San Francisco Street

Flagstaff, 86001

Tel.: 928-213-8263

Fax: 928-213-8265

Northern Arizona

Northern AZ Regional Office

516 N. Humphreys Street

Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-214-0991

Fax: 928-214-0992

For more detail, see entry for Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc. below, under Maricopa County

C.U.D.D.L.E. Outreach

P.O. Box 3022

842-A Vista Avenue

Page, Arizona 86040

Tel.: 928-645-2944

Fax: 928-645-2293

E-mail: info@cuddleoutreach.org

Website: cuddleoutreach.org

Facebook: facebook.com/CUDDLEOutreach

Twitter: twitter.com/CUDDLEOutreach

Pinterest: pinterest.com/CUDDLEOutreach

LinkedIn: linkedin.com/pub/linda-dodds

Contact: Linda Dodds, founder and chief volunteer

See above under C.U.D.D.L.E. Outreach in National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services

[Private Agencies]. C.U.D.D.L.E. also has a program that is limited to the Page area and that is open to all children 13-17

interested in working in the medical profession called “Scrub’bees.” This program familiarizes kids with the various

aspects of working in the medical profession.

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells, Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County.

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W. Dunlap Avenue, Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych in Apache County.

Human Resource Training, Inc.

1951 W. Camelback Road, Ste. 450

Phoenix, AZ 85015

Tel.: 602-433-1344

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Fax: 602-249-1570

DDD On-Call: 602-703-2858

Email: familyservices@hrtaz.com

Website: hrtaz.com

Parenting classes

2131 E. Broadway Road, Ste. 14

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-967-6895

Fax: 480-967-4986

Areas outside of Maricopa County:

Tel.: 888-KID-4HRT (888-543-4478) x704

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Coconino County Contact: Mollie Vega, 928-399-0503

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more information, see the entry for Human Resource Training set forth above under Apache County.

Lutheran Social Services of the South West

10201 S. 51st Street, #180

Phoenix, AZ 85044

Tel: 480-396-3795

3443 N. Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Tel.: 602-248-4400

6303 E. Tanque Verde Road., #101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel: 520-748-2300

Website: lss-sw.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see entry for Lutheran Social Services of the South West below, under Maricopa County.

Gila County

Arizona Children's Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

Gila County Contact: Rebecca Heitkamp, RHeitkam[email protected]rg, 480-474-2263 x2525

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Gila County include:

1. In-Home/Family Preservation; providing strengths-based in-home supportive interventions to families at risk,

must be referred by DCS (location: various; Contact: Nicole Gibson, ngibson@arizonaschildren.org, 480-

474-2263).

2. Parent Aide; DCS referred families receiving parenting, education, home management skills to demonstrate

positive behavioral changes (location: various; Contact: Joseph Johnson, jjohnson@arizonaschildren.org,

520-458-2131 x1810).

3. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Rebecca Heitkamp, RHeitkam[email protected], 480-474-

2263x2525).

4. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Cindy

Paul, CPaul@arizonaschildren.org, 928-821-5077).

5. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county

under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (location: various; Contact: Sara

Escandon, sescandon@arizonaschildren.org, 480-474-2263 ).

6. Treatment Foster Care/HCTC; recruiting and supporting families who care for high needs children providing

therapeutic foster care (location: various; Contact: Mary Duncan, mlduncan@arizonaschildren.org, 602-253-

1620 x2667).

7. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

8. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

9. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 1420 N. Greenfield, Suite 100, Gilbert, AZ 85234; Contact: Miranda Cox,

mcox@arizonaschildren.org, 520-456-4713).

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Gila County Contact: Kim Harris, 520-458-4203 x112

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under Arizona Partnership for Children in National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W. Dunlap Avenue, Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Gila County Tel.: 928-776-1484

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. AP/RC recruits, trains and licenses foster and adoption placements. Other services include: life and home

management skills; office based individual and family counseling; home based individual and family counseling;

intensive home based intervention for families involved in the Department of Child Safety (DCS) system; and supervised

visitation for parents, children, and sibling groups.

Lutheran Social Services of the South West

10201 S. 51st Street, #180

Phoenix, AZ 85044

Tel: 480-396-3795

3443 N. Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Tel.: 602-248-4400

6303 E. Tanque Verde Road., # 101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel: 520-748-2300

Website: lss-sw.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see entry for Lutheran Social Services of the South West below, under Maricopa County.

Providence of Arizona

Tucson Central

1161 N. El Dorado Place #101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-748-7108/520-747-6600

Toll Free: 800-747-6950

Fax: 520-747-6605

Website: provideceofaz.com [NOTE: the DCS website currently links to a different website, provcorp.com, which is not

the correct website]

Tucson Northwest

3295 W. Ina Road, Ste. 150

Tucson, AZ 85741

Tel.: 520-744-4376

Yuma

3220 E. 40th Street Building A

Yuma, AZ 85365

Tel.: 928-317-0177

Rene Martinez - HCTC

Anita Comstock - Clinical

Tina Rube - Outpatient

Phoenix

3602 W. Thomas Road. Suite 10

Phoenix AZ 85019

Tel: 480-253-7853 (cell)

Tel.: 602-455-4626 (office)

Fax: 602-455-4624

Judy Letourneau, Director

Flagstaff

320 N. Leroux, Ste. C

Flagstaff , AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-522-4517 /928-226-1097

Fax: 928-774-2159

Diana Reed - TFC Coordinator

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency in this county. PSC is a foster care licensing

agency (recruiting and licensing – but not training -- foster placements), both at the DES and HCTC (therapeutic) level.

Families receive ongoing round the clock support.

Rim Country Arizonans for Children

Physical:

1105 N Easy Street

Payson, AZ 85541-3814

Mailing:

P.O. Box 2711

Payson 85547

Contact: Ms. Pat Johnson

The contact information is Pat Johnson’s cell phone and e-mail: 928-978-5610; patjohnsoninpayson@gmail.com.

This is the only CASA Support Council in Gila County. RCAC helps any children in foster care in northern Gila County

(i.e., in the Payson area, but not in the Globe area). They coordinate a radio-thon to raise money each year. They bought

loaner car seats for CASAs. They can give winter coats, tutoring, bikes, etc. and they seldom turn a request down. There

are a total of three people in the organization: Pat Johnson, her boss at the radio station, and their CPA. The radio station

and the three members pay all overhead, so the entity has no overhead costs. Ms. Johnson works at radio station KRIM-

FM; contact information there:

KRIM 96.3FM

500 E. Tyler Parkway

Payson, AZ 85541

Office: 928-468-5746

Fax: 928-472-7061

Email: info@krimfm.com

NOTE: Friends of CASA (the former CASA support council in Payson) no longer exists and has turned over its assets to

Rim Country Arizonans for Children. The Globe-area CASA support council called “Gila Council for Kids” is also

apparently now defunct.

Graham County

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

Graham County Contact: Sarah Gojkovich, 520-224-9108, ext. 1894

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Graham County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (location: 174 S. Coronado Dr, Suites B and C, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635; Contact:

Steve Ochs, sochs@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9100 x1862).

2. In-Home/Family Preservation; providing strengths-based in-home supportive interventions to families at risk,

must be referred by DCS (location: various; Contact: Cheryl DeHaven, cdehav[email protected]rg, 520-

971-4013).

3. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Lisa Sahady, lsahady@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2401).

4. Parent Aide; DCS referred families receiving parenting, education, home management skills to demonstrate

positive behavioral changes (location: various; Contact: Joseph Johnson, jjohnson@arizonaschildren.org,

520-458-2131 x1810).

5. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Jessica Wells, jwells@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9108 x1895).

6. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Jessica

Wells, jwells@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9108 x1895).

7. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

8. The Parent Connection; offers a variety of parenting classes and stay and play groups (location: various;

Contact: Kim Metz, kmetz@arizonaschildren.org, 520-321-1500 x1505).

10. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

11. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 174 S. Coronado Drive, Suites B and C, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635; Contact: Miranda Cox,

mcox@arizonaschildren.org, 520-456-4713).

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.:602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Graham County Contact: Patsy Sartain, 520-458-4203 x112

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under Arizona Partnership for Children in National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County.

NOTE: There is no CASA Support Council in Graham County.

Greenlee County

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

Greenlee County Contact: Sarah Gojkovich, 520-224-9108, x1894

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Greenlee County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (location: 174 S. Coronado Drive, Suites B and C, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635;

Contact: Steve Ochs, sochs@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9100 x1862).

2. In-Home/Family Preservation; providing strengths-based in-home supportive interventions to families at risk,

must be referred by DCS (location: various; Contact: Cheryl DeHaven, cdehav[email protected], 520-

971-4013).

3. Parent Aide; DCS referred families receiving parenting, education, home management skills to demonstrate

positive behavioral changes (location: various; Contact: Joseph Johnson, jjohnson@arizonaschildren.org,

520-458-2131 x1810).

4. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Jessica Wells, jwells@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9108 x1895).

5. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Jessica

Wells, jwells@arizonaschildren.org, 520-224-9108 x1895).

6. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

7. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

8. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 174 S. Coronado Drive, Suites B and C, Sierra Vista, AZ 85635; Contact: Miranda Cox,

mcox@arizonaschildren.org, 520-456-4713).

Arizona Partnership for Children (Catholic Community Services)

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Suite 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Greenlee County Contact: Patsy Sartain, 520-458-4203 x112

For more detail, see above under Arizona Partnership for Children in National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County.

NOTE: There is no CASA Support Council in Greenlee County.

La Paz County

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

La Paz County Contact: Teresa Navarro, 928-323-2499

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in La Paz County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (location: 3780 S. 4th Ave Extension, Suite K, Yuma, AZ 85365; Contact:

Deana Salter, dsalter@arizonaschildren.org, 928-344-8800 x175).

2. In-Home/Family Preservation; providing strengths-based in-home supportive interventions to families at risk,

must be referred by DCS (location: various; Contact: Lizet Diaz, ldiaz@arizonaschildren.org, 928-344-8800

x125).

3. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Nancy Felix, nfelix@arizonaschildren.org, 928-344-8800 x137).

4. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Nancy Felix,

nfelix@arizonaschildren.org, 928-344-8800 x137).

5. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county

under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (location: various; Contact: Nancy Felix,

nfelix@arizonaschildren.org, 928-344-8800 x137).

6. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements for HCTC foster care; “Home Care

Training for the Home Care Client”; therapeutic foster care that provides behavioral health services to the

child (location: various; Contact: Nancy Felix, nfelix@arizonaschildren.org, 928-344-8800 x137).

7. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

8. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

9. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 3780 S. 4th Avenue Extension, Suite K, Yuma, AZ 85365; Contact: Jessica Kelly,

jkelly@arizonaschildren.org, 928-344-8800 x174).

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County.

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W. Dunlap Avenue, Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

La Paz County Contact: Angelica Ordaz, 928-341-0640

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych in Apache County.

Human Resource Training, Inc.

1951 W. Camelback Road, Ste. 450

Phoenix, AZ 85015

Tel.: 602-433-1344

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Fax: 602-249-1570

DDD On-Call: 602-703-2858

Email: familyservices@hrtaz.com

Website: hrtaz.com

Parenting classes

2131 E. Broadway Road, Ste. 14

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-967-6895

Fax: 480-967-4986

Areas outside of Maricopa County:

Tel.: 888-KID-4HRT (888-543-4478) x704

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

La Paz County phone number: 888-433-1344 x117

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more information, see the entry for Human Resource Training set forth above under Apache County.

NOTE: There is no CASA Support Council in La Paz County.

Maricopa County

Agape Adoption Agency of Arizona, Inc.

4302 E. Broadway Road

Phoenix, AZ 85040

Tel: 480-272-7994

Fax: 480-323-2064

Website: agapeaz.org

Douglas and Leslie Reprogle, Founders

Angel Long, Office Manager

Mary Long, Arizona Programs Manager

Ronald Tolson, Pastor

Joan Biggs, Pastoral Counselor, Certified GRM professional

Gioia Kaid, Forensic Psychology

Adoption and Foster Care Specialists:

Amber Montplaisir

Naomi Eubank

Joyce Schooler

Sussy Salazar

Yolonda Epps

Anissa Voron

Bobby Sharp

Board of Directors:

Dr. Janel White-Taylor (President), Clinical Assistant Professor, Arizona State University

Gregory Gilbert (Vice-President), CEO, Gilbert’s Premier Janitorial

Ann Carver, MSW (Secretary), Trainer, Arizona Child Welfare Training Institute

James Rodriguez, CEO, Fathers and Families Coalition of America

Regina Ponder, JD (member), Clinical Research Program Director, Maricopa Community Colleges

Laura Bullock (member), CEO, Hope’s Crossing

Rebekah Diaz (member), Principal, Great Productions PHX, The Action Foundation

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Agape recruits, trains and licenses foster and adoptive families. Agape provides kinship caregivers with

important information about the advantages and disadvantages of becoming licensed to care for the children in their

homes (advantages include higher monthly reimbursement; advocacy for the family; 24/7 support; respite [144 hours

annually]; and additional resources, while disadvantages include Article 58 requirements [State rules for supervision and

discipline] apply, and there is additional monitoring of the home).

Agape’s Pathways program for birth mothers provides critical assistance in helping women identify a comprehensive

adoption parenting plan, then delivers consistent support to help them chart a plan and navigate a successful course for

emotional well-being (eight hours of professional counseling is provided to each Pathways participant); educational

success (carefully tailored program developed in conjunction with local educators and colleges are designed to help

Pathways participants complete high school and obtain an associate’s degree or higher); and professional development

(Pathways participants are partnered with professionals who help them with resume development and job interviews).

Agape is an Arizona “Safe Haven” agency, which means it is qualified to receive infants from birth parents who feel they

are unable to care for them and choose to relinquish them within 72 hours after their birth, in order to place them in

adoptive homes. Agape partners with the national “It’s My Very Own – Bags of Love” program. It is the agency’s goal to

distribute a Bag of Love containing toys, toiletries and a hand-made quilt are distributed to every foster child who is

placed in an Agape home. Agape has collaborated and received advanced training and grant support from the National

Network of Adoption Advocacy Programs, a collaborative partnership dedicated to supporting and enhancing the

effectiveness adoption programs and developing programs in diverse cultural communities which utilize the One Church

One Child concept. Agape is affiliated with the Arizona State University School of Social Work Field Education Office

and provides social work internship opportunities for up and coming professionals.

Aid to Adoption for Special Kids

Main Office

2320 N. 20th Street

Phoenix, Arizona 85006

West Valley Office

15396 N. 83rd Avenue, Suite A100

Peoria, Arizona 85382

East Valley Office

175 E. Corporate Place

Chandler, Arizona 85225

General Switchboard: 602-254-2275

How to Help a Child (for those interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent): 602-930-4900

Fax: 602-212-2564

Email: info@aask-az.org

Contact: CFO Vicki Basehore, 602-930-4459 (office)/480-553-8374 (cell)/602-930-4559 (fax)/vbasehore@aask-az.org

CEO Ron Adelson

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see Aid to Adoption for Special Kids above, under National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

ALWAYS: Arizona Legal Women and Youth Services

Mailing address (physical address is confidential):

24 W. Camelback Road, #A335

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel: 602-248-7055

Website: alwaysaz.org

January Contreras, CEO

Board Members

Barbara Mundell, former Superior Court Judge and Founding Board Chair

Nancy Baldwin, Executive Director and a Trustee of the Hickey Family Foundation

Dennis K. Burke, Co-Founder of Global Securities and Intelligence Strategies, and former U.S. Attorney for the District

of Arizona

Beth Rosenberg, Director of Child Welfare and Juvenile Justice Policy at the Children’s Action Alliance

Daniel Valenzuela, Councilman, Phoenix City Council

ALWAYS provides free legal services in Maricopa County to young adults up to age 24 who are impacted by

homelessness, sex trafficking, and/or abuse; if a youth is under 24 and living in a shelter, transitional living, a group

home, or is couch surfing, ALWAYS may be able to help. ALWAYS assists qualified young women and men with legal

services in areas including: orders of protection; cleaning-up past criminal history in Arizona; obtaining a good cause

exception from the Arizona Board of Fingerprinting; immigration, including visas for victims of trafficking and other

crimes; and family law. Note, however, that ALWAYS does not represent clients in matters involving pending criminal

charges and/or dependency or severance actions brought by DCS. The ALWAYS service delivery model relies on in-

house full-time and part-time legal staff and pro bono attorneys. Applicants must complete an on-line form on the

ALWAYS website.

Partner organizations and supporters

Tumbleweed Center for Youth Development

HomeBase Youth Services Program of Native American Connections

TRUST (Training and Resources United to Stop Trafficking)

Hickey Family Foundation

Arizona Foundation for Legal Services and Education

Arizona Foundation for Women

Carstens Family Funds

One N Ten

Our Family Services

The Phoenix Dream Center

A New Leaf

868 E. University Drive

Mesa, Arizona 85203

Tel.: 480-969-4024

Foster Care services: 480 733-3053

E-Mail: info@turnanewleaf.org

Website: turnanewleaf.org

Michael Hughes, CEO

Torrie Taj, Deputy CEO

Catherine Dyciewski, CFO

Tom Hutchinson, Executive VP of Programs

Connie Orr, Executive VP of Operations and Compliance

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. A New Leaf provides training and licensing for foster and adoptive placements. It also matches

experienced people interested in becoming licensed, therapeutic foster parents and/or respite providers. Children range

from infancy to 18 years of age with high levels of behavioral, emotional and psychiatric needs. Therapeutic Foster Care

strives to provide children and adolescents with the opportunity to live in a nurturing and stable environment with a

family-like structure and prevent at-risk youth and adolescents from escalating to higher levels of care.

A Place To Call Home

1830 S. Alma School Road, Ste. 122

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480- 456-0549

Tel. (emergency after hours): 480-244-7800

Fax: 480- 456-0553

Website: tocallhome.com

Tucson Office:

1200 N. El Dorado Place, Bldg. C, Ste. 300

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-318-9906

Tel. (emergency after hours): 520-404-1598

Fax: 520-881-9051

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. APTCH recruits, trains, licenses and supports foster and adoptive placements, including Kinship,

Medically Fragile, Department of Developmental Disabilities (“DDD”) and Tribal Foster Care placements. Behavior

specialists on staff complete individualized behavior treatment plans. A respite coordinator assists families in scheduling

respite. APTCH also offers 24-hour telephone assistance.

Arizona Baptist Children’s Services & Family Ministries

Maricopa County

1717 W. Northern Avenue, #112

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-346-2382

Toll Free: 800-678-0648.

Website: abcs.org

Statewide Fostercare Director: Nichole Tamburstuen, ntam[email protected], 480-296-8786/602-346-2382

Maricopa Contact: Debbie Bayes, 602-346-2311

Pima County

1779 N. Alvernon Way

Tucson, AZ 85712

Pima County Contact: Joann Stevens, Director of Foster Care, 520-795-7541

Yuma County

2855 S. 4th Avenue #122

Yuma, AZ 85364

Yuma County Contact: Raul Solorzano 928-246-1766

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. ABCS provides foster care/adoption licensing services for Christian families within its ministry, in

Maricopa, Pima and Yuma counties, and also around Prescott and Flagstaff. ABCS views foster care as a mission and

foster families as missionaries. ABCS is a licensing agency contracted by the state of Arizona to work with foster parents

and adoptive placements. ABCS provides both the required initial and ongoing training for placements. ABCS also

partners with the state to provide contracted parenting education and supervised visits for families in the Department of

Child Safety (DCS) system in Maricopa, Pima and Yuma counties, and also in the Prescott and Flagstaff areas. ABCS

provides pregnancy counseling for free. ABCS proves family and individual counseling on a sliding scale; fees range

from $40 to $80 per session and are based on family income. ABCS encourages and facilitates the trading and exchange

of beds, cribs and other items between its member families. ABCS is a member of the No Child Waiting coalition, which

promotes care of foster children in Arizona and orphans overseas.

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Tel: 800-944-7611

Website: arizonaschildren.org

Maricopa County Contact: Grace Dickinson, Senior Resource Family Specialist, 602-253-1620 x2663

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Maricopa County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (locations: 711 E. Missouri, Suite 200, Phoenix, AZ 85014; 7910 W. Thomas,

Suite 103, Phoenix, AZ 85033; 11321 W. Bell Road, Suite 401, Surprise, AZ 85378; 375 E. Elliot, Suite 11,

Chandler, AZ 85225; 111 E. Monroe Ave, Suite 102, Buckeye, AZ 85326; Contact: Eric Alfrey,

ealfrey@arizonaschildren.org, 602-234-3733 x2527).

2. Golden Gate Community Center/Adult education including English as a Second Language and computer

classes (location: 1625 N. 39th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009; Contact: Irma Olea, iolea@arizonaschildren.org,

602-233-0017 x2340)

3. Golden Gate Community Center/After-school and youth recreation programs (location: 1625 N. 39th Avenue,

Phoenix, AZ 85009; Contact: Johnny Gonzales, jgonzales@arizonaschildren.org, 602-233-0017 x2321).

4. Golden Gate Community Center/Center serving all ages through a variety of community services to support

health and family well-being (location: 1625 N. 39th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009; Contact: Sarah Gonzalez,

sgonzalez@arizonaschildren.org, 602-233-0017 x2313).

5. Golden Gate Community Center/Kinship, health, and community programs for community members of all

ages (location: 1625 N. 39th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009; Contact: Linda Luft, lluft@arizonaschildren.org,

602-233-0017 x2314).

6. In-Home/Family Preservation; providing strengths based in-home supportive interventions to families at risk,

must be referred by DCS (location: various; Contact: Elizabeth Lemoine Taylor,

elemoinetaylor@arizonaschildren.org, 602-253-1620 x2702).

7. Adoption certification process and support; supporting families through the adoption certification process and

beyond (location: various; Contact: Terri Lindenmeier, tlindenmeier@arizonaschildren.org, 602-253-1620

x2681).

8. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Grace

Dickinson, gdickinson@arizonaschildren.org, 602-253-1620 x2663).

9. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements for HCTC foster care; “Home Care

Training for the Home Care Client”; therapeutic foster care that provides behavioral health services to the

child (location: various; Contact: Mary Duncan, mlduncan@arizonaschildren.org, 602-253-1620 x2667).

10. KARE (Kinship, Adoption, Resource and Education); physical sites where kinship caregivers can receive

resource, referral, education and support services (locations: 1625 N. 39th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009; 1487

N. Crane Street, Casa Grande, AZ 85122; Contact: Joanna Prusa, jprusa@arizonaschildren.org, 602-233-0017

x2329).

11. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

12. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 711 E. Missouri Ave, Suite 300, Phoenix, AZ 85014; Contact: Megan Conrad,

mconrad@arizonaschildren.org, 602-579-6721).

Arizona Faith & Families

8114 W. Columbine Drive

Peoria, AZ 85381

Tel.: 623-341-3074

Email: contact@faithandfamilies.com

Website: faithandfamilies.com

Nikki Lehman, Co-Founder and Executive Director

Paul Lehman, Co-Founder and Program Director

Bonnie Barsalou, Licensing Specialist and Recruitment Coordinator

Joanne Fowler, RN; leads the medically complex training

Andy Holloway, Director of Media and Technology

Randi Brunansky, Licensing Specialist and lead trainer

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county.

Arizona Kinship Support Services/KARE

7910 W. Thomas Road, Suite 103

Phoenix, AZ 85033

623-414-4325

Statewide Caregiver Resource Line: 888-737-7494

Website: arizonakinship.org

See above under National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel. : 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Suite 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Maricopa County Contact Number: 602-943-3843

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry for Arizona Partnership for Children above, under National/Statewide

Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

Challenge Youth Fund

ACF/Challenge Youth Fund

2201 E. Camelback Road, Ste. 405B

Phoenix AZ, 85016

Website: Challengeyouthfund.com

Contact: Anne Lorimor

CYF is a donor-advised fund of the Arizona Community Foundation. CYF supports Rosie’s House, a music academy that

provides free music instruction to over 400 deserving kids in Phoenix, and engages in other activities to benefit

disadvantaged youth. Ms. Lorimor recently set a record by becoming the oldest woman to climb Mt. Kilimanjaro as a

fund-raiser for CYF.

Child Crisis Center and Crisis Nursery/Arizona Adoption and Foster Care

NOTE: As of April, 2015, Child Crisis Center and Crisis Nursery is a newly merged organization at both the Phoenix and

Mesa locations; headquarters for both campuses will be the Mesa location at 817 N. Country Club Drive. Changes may

continue through the 2015 year.

Mailing Address (All Programs)

P.O. Box 4114

Mesa, AZ 85211

Tel.: 480-834-9424/602-273-7363

E-Mail: kidsfi[email protected]

Website: childcrisis.org

Christine Scarpati, Chief Executive Officer ( 480-834-9424)

Terry Hines, Chief Operations Officer (480-834-9424)

Carol Lopinksi, Director of Family Support (480-834-9424)

Lisa Ricci, Chief Financial Officer (480-834-9424)

Dina Halsey, Director of Clinical Services (480-834-9424)

Marcia Reck, Director of Adoption and Foster Care (480-345-9555 this number is a rollover number - 480-834-9424)

Jodi Stoken, Director of Development (480-834-9424)

Celia Allen, Family Support Care Coordinator (480-345-9555 480-834-9424/celia.allen@childcrisis.org)

AAFC recruits, trains and licenses foster and adoptive placements. While AAFC does not have a birthparent program,

which means that it does not counsel birthparents or take consents, it does network with other community agencies,

private attorneys and the Maricopa County Attorney Adoptions Bureau.

Whiteman’s Safe Haven for Children

604 W. 9th Street

Mesa, AZ 85201

Tel.: 480-969-2308

Fax: 480-969-9277

Email: kidsfirst@childcrisis.org

The primary service at this location is a shelter for children ages 0 through 11. Children are placed in this shelter either

through DCS or by their families as a community placement. They may stay from several days to many months. The

shelter consists of 3 homes with a total capacity to shelter 42 children, ranging from infancy to their 11th birthday.

Arizona Adoption & Foster Care

– and –

Family Resource Center

817 N. Country Club Drive

Mesa, AZ 85201

Tel.: 480-834-9424

Fax: 480-834-9340

Arizona Adoption & Foster Care E-mail: aafc@aafcaz.org

Foster Care Family Resource Center E-mail: frc@childcrisis.org

Arizona Adoption & Foster Care: Specializes in training and licensing parents for foster care and adoption.

Family Resource Center: Services for foster children/foster families (these services are open to anyone, including foster

children and other families)

• Children’s self-development

• Play groups

• Character building classes

• Classes for children 8-11 dealing with family changes

• Other children’s classes

• Anger management for the family

• Temper/anger management classes for children

• Anger management classes related to parenting.

• Parenting skills classes

• Special topic classes and workshops

Some classes and workshops offered in Spanish. There are no fees, but some classes require the purchase of a workbook.

Registration is required.

Steele Foundation Connections Center

170 W. University Drive

Mesa, AZ 85211

Tel.: 480-834-9424

Fax: 480-889-0139

Connections Program: provides information, referral, support, and services to caregivers raising relative children. Offers

classes, support groups, training and provides counseling after Regional Behavior Health Authority (RHBA) referral. A

support group for adopted children ages 9-15, parents must be attending the Adoption Support Group, and a drop-in

support group for foster care parents.

Relatives As Parents (RAP) program: kinship/relatives-as-placements families, services offered include 1st Tuesday and

3rd Thursday drop-in RAP support group meetings, 4-week parenting class for kinship/relatives-as-placement caregivers

and a 4-week class for children ages 8-12 in kinship care. Call for information and location.

My Child’s Ready

Tel.: 480-304-9440

Email: mychildsready@childcrisis.org

This service does not have a physical location, as it is a free in-home support service for pregnant mothers and families

with children 0-5 years in the East Valley. It is open to kinship/relatives-as-placement caregivers, but not to foster

placements for foster children.

Christian Family Care

3603 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Toll-Free: 800 939-5432

Tel.: 602-234-1935

Fax: 602-234-0022

6063 E. Grant Road

Tucson, AZ 85712

Tel.: 520 296-8255

Fax: 520 296-8773

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. CFC provides help to any child or family in need regardless of their color, culture, disability, ethnic group,

gender, race, religion or socioeconomic status. CFC provides services in Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal (through the Pima

office) counties at this time. Services provided include: (1) licensing foster placements, therapeutic foster placements,

Department of Developmental Disabilities foster placements and adoptive placements (they will assist kinship

placements, but this is not a focus for the organization); (2) for the families they have licensed, they will host events from

time to time such as date nights/respite care, and family nights; (3) CFC’s Safe Families for Children program provides a

program similar to foster care, but without government involvement; the program provides sanctuary to children when

parents are struggling with problems such as drug addiction, domestic abuse, incarceration, or illness, minimizing the risk

for abuse or neglect and giving parents the time and tools they need (for now, the program is only in Maricopa, but CFC

hopes to expand it); (4) as a part of its adoption program, CFC provides free pregnancy counseling to mothers considering

putting the child up for adoption; (5) youth counseling for children in foster care, at no cost to the child; and (6) marital

and individual counseling; these services require payment of a fee.

(The) Cinderella Affair

411 N. McKemy Avenue

Chandler, AZ

Website: cinderellaaffair.org

East Valley Women's League

Contact: Traci Estenson

Website: evwl.org

The Cinderella Affair is an all-volunteer project supported by East Valley Women's League; it provides high school

juniors and seniors new and gently-used formal wear absolutely free. They deal mostly with girls’ clothing, shoes and

jewelry but will help with some items for boys.

Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc.

Corporate Headquarters

4825 N. Sabino Canyon Road

Tucson, AZ 85750

Tel: 520-884-7954

Fax: 520-884-0383

Recruitment and Training

2917 E. Grant Road

Tucson, AZ 85716

Tel: 520-325-9688

Fax: 520-325-3561

2415 W. Huntington Drive, Ste. 903

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 602- 431-9511

Fax: 602- 431-9538

419 N. San Francisco

Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-213-8263

Fax: 928-213-8265

Tucson, AZ

CPES Behavioral Health Services

4444 E. Grant Road #116

Tucson, AZ 85712

Tel.: 520-882-0090

Fax: 520-882-6821

Bisbee, AZ

Southeastern AZ Office

954 W. Highway 92

Bisbee, AZ 85603

Tel.: 520-432-5453

Fax: 520-432-2105

Tempe, AZ

CPES Tempe Regional Office

2415 W. Huntington Drive, Suite 103

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 602- 431-9511

Fax: 602- 431-9538

Phoenix, AZ

CPES Behavioral Health Services

2525 W. Huntington, Suite 100

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 602- 685-1940

Fax: 602- 685-1944

Flagstaff, AZ

CPES Behavioral Health Services

419 N San Francisco Street

Flagstaff, 86001

Tel.: 928-213-8263

Fax: 928-213-8265

Northern Arizona

Northern AZ Regional Office

516 N. Humphreys Street

Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-214-0991

Fax: 928-214-0992

Yuma, AZ

CPES Behavioral Health Services

2180 S. 4th Avenue, Suite H

Yuma, AZ 85364

Tel.: 928-783-0630

Fax: 928-783-4081

Mark Monson, President/CEO

Linki Peddy, Regional Vice President, Arizona

Arnold Enoki, Vice President, Finance / CFO

Mary Lynn Greenhow, Vice President, Administration

Teresa Thienhaus, Vice President, Human Resources / ESOP

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. CPES provides the following foster care related services:

Child Developmental Homes – CPES licenses individuals and families to provide a loving and safe home environment for

children with a developmental disability. We offer comprehensive training and on-going support for families interested in

providing short or long term care for these children.

Traditional Foster Care – CPES licenses individuals and families to provide regular foster care to children ages 0-17

years. Foster families may choose to provide emergency foster care, respite (short term) or foster care to adoption.

Therapeutic Foster Care: Home Care Training to Home Care Client (HCTC) – HCTC is short-term foster care provided to

children between the ages of 3 – 17 years who have behavioral challenges preventing them from being successful in their

family environment. Licensed Professional Foster Parents provide care for children in a family home setting and are

supported by a CPES clinical team to help the children successfully achieve behavioral goals that will enable them to

return to family.

Adoption Certification – CPES certifies families to adopt children who are enrolled in foster care (Child Protective

Services) and are currently in need of an adoptive family. CPES Licensing Specialists are knowledgeable in all aspects of

the adoption process and work closely with families to ensure a successful adoption.

Medically Fragile Children – CPES provides specialized training to individuals and families interested in caring for

medically fragile children. The particular health care needs of these children vary and may include cardiac, respiratory, or

neurological conditions. The goal of this service is to provide a stable home environment with an emphasis on managing

their healthcare concerns.

Devereux Arizona

Maricopa County Contact number: 623-444-2276

For more detail, see the above entry for Arizona Partnership for Children, under National/Statewide Organizations

Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

Family Involvement Center

5333 N. 7th Street, A-100

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tel.: 602-412-4095

Toll Free: 877-568-8468

Website: familyinvolvementcenter.org

8766 E. State Route 69, Ste. G

Prescott Valley, AZ 86314

Tel.: 928-379-5077

Parent Assistance Center (PAC)

Tel.: 602-288-0155

Toll Free: 877-568-8468

pac@familyinvolvementcenter.org.

Contact: Suzi Austin, 602-412-4095/suzi@familyinvolvementcenter.org

FIC provides assistance to families (including kinship caregivers) with children with behavioral, mental, emotional and/or

developmental issues in Maricopa County and the Prescott/Prescott Valley area. FIC is family-run (meaning the majority

of employees and the board of directors have personal life experience raising children with emotional, physical, and/or

behavioral health challenges) and is a member of the Central Arizona Kinship Care Coalition. Telephone (or walk-in)

support is available from the Parent Assistance Center (PAC) in English and Spanish Monday through Friday, from 8:30

am to 5:00 pm, except on holidays. PAC is staffed by parents, called Parent Partners, who have raised or are currently

raising children with emotional, physical, and behavioral health care needs. Specific examples of how PAC can help

include: telephone (or walk-in) support and parent-to-parent support; information about and assistance with accessing

services; assistance with the probation, juvenile justice, and Department of Child Safety (DCS), formerly known as Child

Protective Services systems; information about valuable resources in the community; help parents/caregivers with stress

as well as immediate, specific challenges; parenting tips and information about parenting classes and resources; guidance

with special education and schools; assistance with enrollment in public health services (i.e. AHCCCS, RHBA, etc.); help

parents understand documents (medical, custody, public health, etc.) and refer them to the designated officials who will

help them complete these forms; information about support groups, family education programs, trainings, and other

support services provided by FIC. The Parent Partner may also accompany the family to meetings/staffings, juvenile

justice court hearings, etc. For information about Parent Partners, contact the Parent Assistance Center (PAC) at 602-288-

0155 or pac@familyinvolvementcenter.org, or in Maricopa County contact Kim Foy, Parent Support Services Program

Manager, at 602-412-4075 or kim@familyinvolvementcenter.org, and in Northern Arizona contact Trish Riner,

NARBHA Manager, at 928-379-5077.

The following programs are offered at FIC on an ongoing basis: Spanish-speaking Parent Support Group; GRACE

Support Group (Grandparents, Relatives and Caregivers Empowered); Parent Empowerment Group; Circle of Hope

(Support group and professional training for Parent-to-Parent Support Providers); Family Leadership Network;

Children and Families Advisory Partnership (CFAP); and Youth Creating Change (for 12- to 17-year-olds interested in

positive community change).

The following classes and trainings are offered at FIC as scheduled throughout the year: Active Parenting Now (7-week

series); Active Parenting for Teens (7-week series); Cooperative Parenting and Divorce (8-week series); Real Talk

(Gender and age specific 8-week series for youth); Salsa, Sabor y Salud (8-week series); Strengthening Families and

Communities (13-week series); Mental Health First Aid (For anyone 18 years and older); Youth Mental Health First Aid

(For professionals working with youth ages 12-18); Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Training for Parent-to-Parent

Support Roles; Children's Mental Health Awareness Book Club; and Children's Mental Health Awareness activities

(Hosted annually January through May).

FIC offers a unique variety of activities and programs for youth ages 8 to 17 years called Youth Development & Support

Services (YDSS). These include Real Talk (gender and age specific 8-week series offered throughout the year), HYPE @

The Zoo (a Saturday youth volunteer program at the Zoo), Skill-Builder Workshops (addressing a variety of critical skills

for youth), Prosocial Activities (opportunities for youth to build relationships, communication and team building skills),

YDSS Dinners (monthly dinners for youth to connect and share ideas about programming), Youth Mentoring (one on one

support) and Summer Connections (our summer program for enrolled youth ages 10 to 14 years). Visit the Youth

Services page on FIC’s website to learn more; e-mail YDSS@familyinvolvementcenter.org.; contact Rhonda Hemming,

YDSS Program Manager – Phoenix, Rhonda@familyinvolvementcenter.org/602-689-9957; or contact Mary Manning,

YDSS Program Manager - Northern AZ, Marym@familyinvolvementcenter.org/480-320 -8701.

FIC offers a wide-range of parent education and training courses for families (including parents/caregivers and youth),

community members and professionals. FIC also facilitates trainings designed specifically for parent-to-parent support

roles as well as other professional trainings. To date, FIC's Training Institute has provided training in Arizona and in

Chicago, California, Maryland, Ohio, Texas, Washington D.C., Florida and New Jersey. Visit the Training Institute page

on FIC’s website or contact Toni Donnelly, Director of Training and Innovation, at 602-412-4074 or

toni@familyinvolvemencenter.org.

Family Service Agency

Administration, Adoption Program, CRI Program,

Outpatient and Substance Abuse Counseling Services

2400 N. Central Avenue, Suite 101

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Tel.: 602-264-9891

Fax: 602-234-2639

Website: fsaphoenix.org

Parent Aide and Family Preservation Programs

1430 N. Second Street

Phoenix, AZ 85004

Tel.: 602-252-0918

Fax: 602-253-2628

Outpatient Clinic

943 S. Gilbert Road, Ste. 204

Mesa, AZ 85204

Tel.: 480-507-8619

Fax: 480-507-8618

Outpatient Clinic

10240 N. 31st Avenue, Ste. 122

Phoenix, AZ 85051

Tel.: 602-863-1862

Fax: 602-863-4388

Van Braswell, President / CEO

Gary Begay, Accounting Director

Kim Guerrero, Executive Assistant/HR

Barbara Hilkhuijsen, Adoption Services Director

Derek Jeske, CRI Program Director

Karen Noggle, Family Support Services Director

Clarice Parham, Clinical Director

Board

Paul Smith, Chair

Todd Grady, Vice Chair

Gregory Coy, Treasurer

Jim Haynes, Secretary

Paul Rodriguez, Immediate Past-Chair

Sharon Amrein President, Friends of Family Service Agency, FSA Member (1st Term)

Kacie McCollum, FSA Member (3rd Term 2016)

Milton Masson, FSA Member (4th Term 2016)

Sam Perkins, HR Manager, The Arizona Republic/Gannett Co. Inc., FSA Immediate Past-Chairman (6th Term 2015)

Dan Turner, Pastor (Retired), FSA Member (6th Term 2015)

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster and

adoptive families in this county. Family Service Agency is a private, not-for-profit, non-sectarian, United Way member

agency. Established in 1902, FSA is the longest continually operating, locally founded social service agency in Arizona.

Family Service Agency is a licensed Adoption and Child Welfare Placing Agency with 70 years of providing adoption

services.

Family Support Resources, Inc.

8037 N. 43rd Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85081

Tel.: 623-931-9300

Annie Custer, 623-931-9300 x330

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. FSR recruits, trains, licenses and supports foster and adoptive placements. FSR has a support group and

family events for its placements. FSR’s website, fsrfosteradopt.com, is not operable at this time.

Free Arts of Arizona

103 W. Highland Avenue, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-258-8100

Fax: 602-258-1881

Website: freeartsaz.org

E-mail: info@freeartsaz.org

Alicia Sutton Campbell, Executive Director, 602-258-8100 x23/asutton@freeartsaz.org

Jessica Flowers, Program Director, 602-258-8100 x20/jflowers@freeartsaz.org

Kim Willey, Program Manager, 602-258-8100 x17/kwilley@freeartsaz.org

Ruth Farber, Program Manager, 602-258-8100 x22, rfarber@freeartsaz.org

Cherie Scott, Community Liaison/Volunteer Engagement, 602-258-8100 x16/cscott@freeartsaz.org

Emma Wille, Program Assistant, 602-258-8100 x21/ewille@freeartsaz.org

Katia Brown, Development Director, 602-258-8100 x14/kbrown@freeartsaz.org

Cora Rodriquez, Development Assistant, 602-258-8100 x25/crodriquez@freeartsaz.org

Candace Langholff, Finance and Operations Director, 602-258-8100 x18/clangholff@freeartsaz.org

Amber Rivera, Administrative Assistant, 602-258-8100 x10/arivera@freeartsaz.org

Stephanie Smith, Special Projects, 602-258-8100 x13/ssmith@freeartsaz.org

General information: Amber Rivera, Administrative Assistant, 602-258-8100 x10/ info@freeartsaz.org.

Volunteer information: Cherie Scott, Volunteer Coordinator, 602-258-8100 x16/ cscott@freeartsaz.org

Partnerships/major donors: Katia A. Brown, Development Director, 602-258-8100 x14/ kbrown@freeartsaz.org

Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona is a nonprofit organization that brings the healing powers of the creative arts to

abused, neglected and homeless children through partnering with group homes, treatment centers, shelters and other

institutions in Maricopa County. Free Arts provides opportunities in a variety of art forms, including physical arts,

photography, culinary arts, performance art, etc., through more than 500 volunteers. Programs include (1) programs

presented at the various institutions that Free Arts partners with; (2) a summer day camp program that gives each child a

week-long arts experience; (3) one-day art festivals at various cultural institutions; and (4) professional artist programs, in

which professional artists explain the various career paths in the arts. Free Arts’ services are accessed through its partner

institutions, which include: All My Children (group homes); Back to Life (group homes for Native American teenage

boys); Beia’s Place (group home); Catholic Charities (My Sister’s Place, a domestic violence shelter for mothers and

children, and Refugee Foster Care School for refugee children); Central Arizona Shelter Services (an emergency shelter

for homeless families, and transitional housing); Child Crisis Center (emergency shelter for children 0- 12); Children First

Academy (nation’s largest school for homeless children); Chrysalis Shelter (transitional housing for families experiencing

domestic violence); Crisis Nursery (a crisis shelter for children 0-8 years); Chicanos Por La Causa/De Colores Shelter

(transitional and crisis housing for domestic violence victims); Desiderata Alternative Program (Phoenix Union School

District’s alternative high school program); Devereux Arizona (residential treatment center, group homes and school);

Family Support Resources (group homes/shelters for children 0-18 years); Florence Crittenton (a residential treatment

center and school for adolescent girls, and Girls Ranch, a group home for pregnant or parenting teenagers); Homeward

Bound (homeless and domestic violence housing and preschool for families with children); House of Refuge (transitional

housing for women and children); Labor's Community Service Agency (transitional housing for homeless families);

Neighborhood Ministries (community center serving the poor); The New Foundation (residential treatment center for

teens); A New Leaf (homeless shelters, domestic violence shelters for women and children, and residential treatment

centers for at-risk teen boys); New Life Center (domestic violence shelter for women and children); Sacred Journey

(group homes for teenage girls); Salvation Army (an emergency shelter for homeless families, and a domestic violence

shelter for women and children); Save The Family Foundation of Arizona (long term transitional housing); Sojourner

Center (domestic violence shelter and transitional housing program for women and children); Southwest Key Programs

(shelters for unaccompanied immigrant children 0-17 years); StreetlightUSA (residential program for girls age 11-17

years who have been rescued from sex trafficking); Sunshine Acres (group homes and a school for children age 5–18

years); Sunshine Residential Homes, Inc. (group homes for boys and girls); Tumbleweed (group homes, transitional

living, and a drop-in center for homeless or adjudicated teens); UMOM (crisis and transitional family shelter for homeless

families); Youth Development Institute/YDI (residential treatment center in Phoenix for youth age 12-18 years).

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry below for GAP Ministries, under Pima County.

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W. Dunlap Avenue, Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Apache County Tel.: 928-776-1484

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych above, under Apache County.

Helen’s Hope Chest

126 E. University Drive

Mesa, AZ 85201

Tel.: 480-969-5411

HHC provides goods to/for children in foster care or in kinship care (and to biological children of the same families, so

that the children in care are not made to feel different in an uncomfortable way), including: clothing; children's books;

diapers; toys and games (including batteries and gift certificates for teens); sports equipment; hygiene products; blankets

(but not mattresses or beds); and school supplies. Recipients will be expected to provide either a Notice to provider (for

children in foster care) or a kinship number for children in kinship care (available by calling [480] 834-9424 x4590).

Open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday from 8 am to 4 pm, closed on Friday and Sunday. HHC is a

United Way charity and is a qualifying charitable foster care organization that raises funds through the Arizona tax credit

for such organizations; it also raises funds through the Fry’s Community Rewards program.

Human Resource Training, Inc.

1951 W. Camelback Road, Ste. 450

Phoenix, AZ 85015

Tel.: 602-433-1344

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Fax: 602-249-1570

DDD On-Call: 602-703-2858

Email: familyservices@hrtaz.com

Website: hrtaz.com

Parenting classes

2131 E. Broadway Road, Suite 14

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-967-6895

Fax: 480-967-4986

Areas outside of Maricopa County:

Tel.: 888-KID-4HRT (888-543-4478) x704

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more information, see the entry for Human Resource Training set forth above under Apache County.

Lutheran Social Services of the South West

10201 S. 51st Street, #180

Phoenix, AZ 85044

Tel: 480-396-3795

3443 N. Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Tel.: 602-248-4400

6303 E. Tanque Verde Road, # 101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel: 520-748-2300

Website: lss-sw.org

Connie Phillips, President and CEO

Karen Bamford, Director of Aging and Disability Services and Children and Family Services

Dominique Dancause, CFO and Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Rev. Deborah Hutterer, Division Director of Development and Congregational Relations

Craig Thoresen, Division Director of Refugee Focus

Board of Directors

Rev. John Stieve, Chair

Toetie Oberman, Vice-Chair

Rev. Miguel Gomez-Acosta, Secretary

Rev. Mark Chase, Treasurer

Jayne Baker, Member

Robin Morgan, Member

Jerry Reichman, Member

Donald Smith, Member

LSS is now listed by DCS on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency (recruiting, training, licensing and

supporting foster placements), though this is not mentioned on the LSS website. Other services provided by LSS are set

forth below.

Family SPOT Resource Centers – In partnership with First Things First, provide families with children birth to five years

old access to information and links to the resources they need to be confident and capable in their ability to support their

child’s safety, health and overall well-being. For assistance with completing SNAP or AHCCCS applications, clients can

contact the center nearest them. Each center has a certified assistor that is trained and available to help. Contact: Jannelle

Radoccia: Children and Family Services Regional Director, jradocc[email protected], 480-396-3795

Locations:

Mesa: 142 N. Date Street, Mesa, AZ 85201, taleman@lss-sw.org, 480-489-5772

Gilbert: 1159 N. Greenfield Road, Gilbert, AZ 85234, mscavo@lss-sw.org, 480-489-5771

Queen Creek: 24414 S. Ellsworth Road, Queen Creek, AZ 85142, z[email protected], 480-489-5773

North Phoenix: 9424 N. 7th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85021, brog[email protected], 602-501-8652

Sunnyslope: 3030 E. Thunderbird, Phoenix, AZ 85032, kwillhauck@lss-sw.org, 602-501-8840

Family Resource Network Link – The family resource centers in the First Things First Family Resource Network give

parents and caregivers the tools they need to support the learning and healthy development of their young children. To

find a family resource center visit www.familyresourceaz.org.

Play SPOT – Play groups facilitated by trained staff and volunteers offer ideas for adults to weave play and learning

together. Play groups last about 90 minutes. Activities include: interactive songs; hands-on activities for parents and

children 0-5; and take home activities. Contact 602-501-8840 or 480-489-5774.

Locations:

Juniper Library

1825 W. Union Hills Drive,

Phoenix, AZ 85027

12:15 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.

1st and 3rd Wednesday

Acacia Branch Library

750 E. Townley Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85020

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

2nd and 4th Friday

Queen Creek Library

21802 S. Ellsworth Road

Queen Creek, AZ 85142

12:45 p.m. – 2:15p.m.

1st and 3rd Wednesday

Mesa Express Library

2055 S. Power Road, Ste. 1031

Mesa AZ 85209

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

2nd and 4th Fridays

Southeast Regional Library

775 N. Greenfield Road,

Gilbert, AZ 85234

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

1st Saturday and

11:15 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.

4th Tuesday

Mesquite Library

4525 E. Paradise Village

Phoenix, AZ 85032

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.

2nd and 4th Wednesday

Cholla Branch Library

10050 N. Metro Pkwy East

Phoenix, AZ 85051

12:30 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.

1st and 3rd Tuesday

Mesa Main Library

64 E. 1st Street,

Mesa, AZ 85201

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

1st and 3rd Friday

Spectrum Community Center

2928 S. Spectrum Way

Gilbert, AZ 85295

10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

1st and 3rd Tuesday

Power Ranch Carriage House

4546 E Haven Crest Drive

Gilbert, AZ 85297

10:45 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.

2nd Tuesday

Mending Hearts Family Services

14240 N. 43rd Avenue

Building 200A

Glendale, AZ 85306

On the campus of Pure Heart Christian Fellowship in the Door of Hope building

Tel.: 602-633-2246

Fax: 602-687-7069

Website: mendingheartsfs.org

MHFS is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency (recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster

placements), though this is not mentioned on the MHFS website. Other services provided by MHFS include family

counseling and/or individual counseling to deal with parent/child relationship issues; children's counseling;

bonding/attachment therapy; post-adoption services that includes counseling and seminars for adoptive parents with

children and teenagers; grief counseling; and therapy for children and adults who have experienced sexual abuse.

Mesa United Way

137 E University Drive

Mesa, AZ 85201

Te.: 480-969-8601

Fax: 480-834-8184

Website: mesaunitedway.org

Mesa United Way maintains a directory of community services in the East Valley at the following web address:

mesaunitedway.org/Faces%20of%20Need%20-%20and%20Hope.

Services/providers listed include the following:

HEALTH SERVICES

Free/Low Cost Healthcare and Dental Clinics

CARE Partnership Family Practice Clinic 480-833-8987

Chandler Family Health Center 480-344-6100

Guadalupe Fam. Health Center 480-344-6000

Mesa Family Health Center 480-344-6200

Mission of Mercy Mobil Clinic 602-861-2233

Mountain Park Health Center 602-243-7277

Family Planning

Aid to Women Center Pregnancy/Medical Clinic 480-966-1902

CARE Partnership Family Planning Clinic 480-833-8987

Mesa Crisis Pregnancy Center 480-733-2740

New Turning Point Women’s Center 480-586-6896

Planned Parenthood 602-277-7526

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE (D.V.) SERVICES

Hotlines

Arizona Child Abuse Hotline 602-530-1800

AZ Coalition Against D.V. 800-782-6400

Childhelp National Child Abuse Hotline 800-422-4453

Casa Center for Positive social Change 602-254-6400

Child Crisis Center Hotline 480-969-2308

Jewish Family & Children’s Services D.V. Hotline 602-452-4640

National D.V. Hotline 800-799-SAFE (800-799-7233)

Shelters

Autumn House Domestic Violence Shelter 480-835-5555

My Sisters’ Place 480-821-1024

FOOD SERVICES

Food Boxes

Buddhist Tzu Chi Fndn. 480-838-6556

Casa de Amor Baptist Center 480-464-2877

Church of the Master 480-985-1660

Divine Word Ministry 480-820-0224

East Mesa Baptist Church 480-986-9827

Matthew’s Crossing Food Bank 480-857-2296

New Hope Community Church 480-497-4101

Paz de Cristo 480-464-2370

The Salvation Army Corps Community Center 480-962-9103

United Food Bank 480-926-4897

Meals Served

Paz de Cristo 480-464-2370

Tempe Youth Resource Center 480-966-2036

Urban Outreach 480-967-3376

Wayne Unruh Memorial 480-649-0081

COUNSELING SERVICES

Hotlines

Boys Town National Hotline 800-448-3000

Catholic Charities Pregnancy Counseling 888-818-4445

Community Bridges Peer Access to Care Line 877-931-9142

Community Bridges Substance Abuse Hotline (623) 931-1114

Crisis Hotline 602-248-8336

GLBT National Hotline 888-843-4564

LDS Services (Pregnancy) Hotline 800-537-2229

Magellan Health Services of Arizona Warm Line 602-347-1100

Maricopa Cnty. Warm Line 602-347-1100

National Parent Helpline 855-427-2736

National RAINN Sexual Assault Hotline 800-656-HOPE (800-656-4673)

Senior Help Line 602-264-4357

General

A New Leaf Dorothy B. Mitchell Counseling Center 480-969-6955

ASU Counselor Training Ctr 480-965-5067

Catholic Charities Counseling 602-749-4405

EMPACT Counseling Center 480-784-1514

Interfaith Counseling 480-317-9868

Jewish Family & Children’s Counseling Services 602-256-0528

LDS Family Services 480-968-2995

Mesa Family Health Center 480-344-6200

Parenting

Black Family and Child Srvcs. 602-243-1773

Family Resource Center 480-834-9424

Jewish Family & Children’s Service Welfare Services 602-279-7655

Substance Abuse

Al-Anon/Alateen 480-969-6144

Alcoholics Anonymous 480-834-9033

Aurora Behavioral Health System 480-345-5400

Black Family and Child Services 602-243-1773

Chandler Valley Hope 480-899-3335

Community Bridges Center for Excellence 602-861-2255

Family Service Agency 602-264-9891

Jewish Family & Children’s Services 602-256-0528

Journey-A New Beginning 480-962-7922

Lifewell Behavioral Wellness Outpatient Svc. 602-808-2822

Narcotics Anonymous 480-897-4636

Native Health 602-279-5262

Saint Luke’s East Valley Outpatient Center 602-251-8535

Tempe Valley Hope 480-831-9533

Terros Ladder Program 602-302-7841

Suicide Prevention

EMPACT Suicide Prevention Center 480-784-1500

National Hopeline Network 800-442-4673

National Suicide Prevention Hotline 800-SUICIDE (800-784-2433)

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255

Veterans Hotline 800-273-8255 ext 1

The Trevor Project 866-488-7386

Teen

Alateen 480-969-6144

Boys Town National Hotline 800-448-3000

Covenant House Nineline 800-999-9999

GLBT National Youth Talkline 800-246-7743

The Pathway Program 877-921-4050

Teen Lifeline 602-248-8336

Tumbleweed Youth Crisis Hotline 602-841-5799

ADDITIONAL RESOURCES

Information and Referral Search Dial 2-1-1 or www.211arizona.org or call 877-211-8661

Arizona Afterschool Program Directory www.azafterschool.org

Onward Hope, Inc.

3118 W. Thomas Road, Ste. 716

Phoenix, AZ 85017

Tel.: 480-387-4940

Fax: 480-323-2114

E-mail: info@onwardhope.org

Website: onwardhope.org

Eshawn Peterson, Founder and Executive Director, Alumni of Foster Care

Tony Lee, Chairman Board of Directors, ProSmart Realty

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. OHI is a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster and adoptive

families. Foster care-related services offered by OHI include free childcare for all advanced education training; foster and

adoptive family mentoring; a dedicated family support specialist; 24-hour assistance; a quarterly newsletter; an annual

spring gathering and holiday event; support groups for foster and adoptive parents, children in foster care, and biological

children; and community/organization donations of items such as blankets, diapers, clothing, toiletries, food,

complimentary tickets to community and sporting events. Other services provided by OHI include street outreach to

homeless and at-risk youth; hands-on independent living workshops with case management; youth-led advisory board;

mentoring for youth and young adults; transitional housing for foster care alumni; and a drop-in center for young people.

Providence of Arizona

Tucson Central

1161 N. El Dorado Place #101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-748-7108/520-747-6600

Toll Free: 800-747-6950

Fax: 520-747-6605

Website: provideceofaz.com [NOTE: the DCS website currently links to a different website, provcorp.com, which is not

the correct website]

Tucson Northwest

3295 W. Ina Road, Ste. 150

Tucson, AZ 85741

Tel.: 520-744-4376

Yuma

3220 E. 40th Street, Building A

Yuma, AZ 85365

Tel.: 928-317-0177

Rene Martinez - HCTC

Anita Comstock - Clinical

Tina Rube - Outpatient

Phoenix

3602 W. Thomas Road, Ste. 10

Phoenix AZ 85019

Tel: 480-253-7853 (cell)

Tel.: 602-455-4626 (office)

Fax: 602-455-4624

Judy Letourneau, Director

Flagstaff

320 N. Leroux, Ste. C

Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-522-4517 /928-226-1097

Fax: 928-774-2159

Diana Reed - TFC Coordinator

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency in this county. PSC is a foster care licensing

agency (recruiting and licensing – but not training -- foster placements), both at the DES and HCTC (therapeutic) level.

Families receive ongoing round the clock support.

Rise Family Services, Inc.

6420 E. Tanque Verde Road

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-298-6468

Fax: 520-298-2549

Website: riseservicesinc.org/arizona

Michaela M. Luna Romero, Family Services Supervisor, Pima County

and Chairwoman, Foster and Adoptive Council of Tucson (FACT)

520-298-6468 x4996 (office)

520-300-0682 (Cell)

520-298-2549 (fax)

mluna@riseservicesinc.org

4554 E. Inverness Avenue

Mesa, AZ 85206

866-242-2714

17235 N. 75th Avenue

Building F, St. 100

Glendale, AZ 85308

623-847-3749

1030 W. 24th Street, Street, D and E

Yuma, AZ 85364

928-783-8771

2519 Airway Avenue

Kingman, AZ 86409

928-753-5889

Navajo Route 7 NW

Chinle Chapter House

Chinle, AZ 86503

928-674-5860

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. RISE provides foster and adopt services in the following Arizona counties: Maricopa, Pima and Pinal

(RISE provides DDD services statewide). RISE recruits, trains and licenses placements for children in foster care, respite

care, and kinship care; children in the care of the Department of Developmental Disabilities (DDD); and medically fragile

children. RISE also certifies families to adopt through the foster care system. RISE licenses single and two-parent families

with no limitations on religion, ethnicity or sexual orientation. Training at RISE is free. RISE also offers free advanced

training classes throughout the year to licensed placements. RISE provides 24-hour emergency support and assistance and

visits placements regularly. RISE supports placements through mentoring relationships, respite and appreciation events

like picnics, holiday parties, and training classes, and a wide array of supports to placements with DDD children.

Southwest Human Development

2850 N. 24th Street

Phoenix, AZ 85008

Tel.: 602-266-5976

Website: swhd.org

General Information 602-266-5976/[email protected]

Birth to Five Helpline 877-705-KIDS (5437)

Children's Developmental Center 602-468-3430/cdcenter@swhd.org

Donations 602-808-GIVE (4483)/g[email protected]

Employment 602-266-5976/resum[email protected]

Good Fit Counseling Center 602-200-0434

Head Start 602-468-3431

Media Requests/Interviews 602-633-8624/rnarramore@swhd.org

Ginger Ward, Chief Executive Officer

Jake Adams, Chief Development Officer

Douglas Albrecht, Co-Director Mental Health Services

Alison Steier, Co-Director Mental Health Services

Annette Findlay, Chief Information Officer

Dr. Daniel B. Kessler, Medical Director Children's Developmental Center

Bill McClung, Chief Financial Officer

Trudi Murch, Director Services for Children with Disabilities

Janet Otte, Vice President, Human Resources

Suzanne M. Schunk, Vice President Family Support Services

Alan Taylor, Vice President Professional Education and Training

Mindy Zapata, Director Head Start and Early Head Start

Board

Mark Anderson (President), Delta Dental of Arizona

Karen Ramos (Vice President)

Zandra O'Keefe (Treasurer), CBIZ MHM, LLC

Phil Hugus (Secretary), Alsbridge, Inc.

Elaine Armfield, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University

Maria Baier, Phoenix Suns

Heidi Baldwin, Marketing and Business Solutions

John Balitis, Fennemore Craig

Leslie Ann Barakat, Cigna Medical Group, Cigna Healthcare of Arizona

Bill Barba

Dina S. Barlett

Gasper Genovese, Republic Media

Antoinette Gonzaga, Head Start Policy Council

Nicole González Patterson, Patterson Public Affairs

David C. Iwanski, Business Development and Natural Resources Consultant

Stefanie Layton, Arizona Public Service Company

Mary Moore, Lindon Park Neighborhood Association

Paul J. Roshka, Jr., Polsinelli PC

Tom Simplot, Arizona Multihousing Association

Tracy Tannenbaum

Christopher D. Thomas, Squire Sanders (US) LLP

Ann Tyburski, BMO Harris Bank

James Van Steenhuyse, UBS Financial Services Inc.

Sloane Ware, Head Start Policy Council

SWHD is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency (recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster

placements), though this is not mentioned on the SWHD website. Other services provided by SWHD include those set

forth below:

Family Support, Parenting Education and Child Abuse Prevention Programs – Healthy Families (an evidence-based home

visitation program that supports pregnant women and families with newborns to promote child health and development,

enhance parent-child relationships, improve school readiness and increase family self-sufficiency); Common Sense

Parenting (an evidenced-based group parenting program for parents of children ages birth to 18 years that emphasizes

positive parent-child interactions and positive reinforcement; child care is available); Behavioral Health Direct Support

Services (an in-home program for families with a child ages birth to 18 who has a behavioral health diagnosis; services

include family support, parenting skills training, behavior coaching and social skills training); Family Support

Coordination (a coordinated service in central Phoenix provided by seven agencies for families of young children who are

in crisis or have very complex problems. The program includes a comprehensive assessment, treatment plan, linkage to

services and short term follow-up); New Beginnings Program (a nationally-recognized parenting program for separating

and divorcing parents in which research demonstrates that parental participation in the program results in improved

children's long-term adjustment following divorce); and Parent Partners Plus (a service in south Phoenix that ensures

families are linked to the most appropriate home visitation in order to best meet their unique needs).

Child Abuse Intervention Programs – Kinship Care, Adoptions and Guardianship (kinship home studies, foster care

licensing, adoptive certifications and placement supervision and support to assist families seeking to provide homes for

relatives’ children who have been removed from their parents due to abuse or neglect, Interstate Compact on the

Placement of Children (ICPC) services; and transitional living skills are provided through an evidence-based program for

older teens); In-Home Services (Family Preservation and support, including short-term support and counseling to families

in an effort to resolve concerns related to child abuse or neglect and safely maintain the children in their homes Family

Reunification and stabilization, including short-term, intensive family support and counseling); and the Substance-

Exposed Newborn Safe Environment Program/“SENSE Program” (a comprehensive, coordinated treatment program for

families with substance-exposed newborns to effectively address the needs of the baby as well as the substance abuse by

the mother or parents).

Child Development and Mental Health Programs – Birth to Five Helpline (free, developmentally appropriate information

and resources for parents of young children and their caregivers); The Fussy Baby program (an extension of the Birth to

Five Helpline and offers support, and in some cases, home visiting, to families with infants who are hard-to-soothe); Good

Fit Counseling Center (the only mental health center in Arizona dedicated to young children); Newborn Intensive Care

Program (providing in-home community health nursing services to assist families of premature newborns); Permanency

and Well-Being programs (a spectrum of services designed to give children who are involved with the Department of

Child Safety (DCS) and their families or caregivers critical support, counseling, and resources); and Smooth Way Home

(supports a successful transition for fragile infants and their families from the newborn intensive care unit back to their

community).

Disability Services – Comprehensive Developmental Assessments; Feeding Program for Infants and Young Children;

Autism Services; Occupational, Physical and Speech Therapy; Psychology and Counseling Services; and Assistive

Technology Services.

Education and Literacy – Head Start (a free, comprehensive child development program serving low-income children ages

birth through four, their families and expectant mothers); Raising A Reader (an eight-week early literacy program

designed to educate parents about the importance of early literacy skills and how they can build these skills in their young

children to help them enter school ready to learn); Reach Out and Read (promotes early literacy by bringing new books

and information about the importance of reading aloud into the pediatric exam room); Literacy Communities (help child

care centers, family child care homes and other early childhood providers understand and promote early language and

literacy in young children from birth to 5 years old); and Educare Arizona (part of a national network of early childhood

centers that provide low-income children, ages birth to five, with comprehensive, high-quality education, family support

and health care to set them on a path for success in school and in life).

Spirit of Hope, Inc.

PO Box 90192

Phoenix, AZ 85066

Tel.: 480-788-2094

Email: info@spirithope.org

Website: spirithope.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. SHI is a foster care licensing agency (recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster placements).

SHI provides 24 hour emergency support; assistance in the adoption process by conducting the Adoption Home Study;

deliberately maintaining a small to medium sized agency in order to emphasize personal attention; and additional support

services for adoptive families.

Sunshine Angels

3822 W. Helena Drive

Glendale, Arizona 85308

Tel.: 602-391-3669

E-mail: sunshineangelsaz@gmail.com

Website: sunshineangels.com

Contact: Sandra Hurst

Sunshine Angels is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization that was founded to support foster children living in group homes,

specifically foster children in the care of Sunshine Residential and Group Homes in Maricopa County, as well as children

in the care of Genesis, which runs group homes under a contract with the Navajo Nation. SA has qualified for the

Arizona Foster Care Organization tax credit. The Angels are volunteers who become the “grandparents,” “friends” and

unconditional support missing in the children’s lives. Specific services provided include: (1) welcome boxes for children

coming into care; each box is handcrafted by a volunteer and includes a special message, shampoo, soap/body wash, deck

of cards, brush/comb, lotion, lip balm, small mirror, journal and pen, toothbrush and tooth paste, snacks, and a “worry”

angel to help take worry away; (2) personalized birthday celebration packages consisting of food, a homemade cake,

candles, a birthday card with $5 inside and a gift; (3) each May, a graduation celebration (including a luncheon) for 8th

grade, 12 grade and GED graduates; (4) approximately six $500/year scholarships for those going to college after foster

care; (5) a week-long summer camp in the White Mountains; (6) hosts a Christmas party and celebration dinner for each

child; (7) Kid’s Closet, which provides new underwear and socks, and new and gently used shoes and regular use

clothing; (8) for children aging out of foster care, Angel’s Attic is a storage facility that provides items like furniture,

kitchen items (appliances, cutlery, basics, etc.), bathroom items, wash clothes and towels, bed linens, and pillows

RoomStore has donated beds in the past; (9) Every July, each child receives a new pair of athletic shoes of the child’s

choosing; (10) an annual “Backpack For Kids” event that provides each child with a new backpack, school supplies, and

new socks and underwear, and a special Back To School night of fun every September to help the children kick off their

school year with a positive start and with enthusiasm and excitement; (11) in-house tutoring; (12); obtains educational

software and computers that can be used by all the children in each group home; (13) provide movie tickets, tickets to the

Arizona Diamondbacks’ games, Phoenix Mercury games and opportunities to get cultural experiences like going to the

Phoenix Art Museum; (13) one-on-one mentoring for children aging-out of foster care; and (14) haircuts.

Track House Life, LLC

4205 N 7th Avenue Ste 307

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel.: 602-522-2595

Fax: 602-258-4996

E-mail: info@trackhouselife.com

Website: trackhouselife.com

Track House Life’s programs include group homes for boys and an independent living program (for youth who have not

been adopted and are likely to age out of foster care). THL also trains and licenses foster placements and adoptive

families.

Spirit of Hope, Inc.

PO Box 90192

Phoenix, AZ 85066

Tel.: 480-788-2094

Email: info@spirithope.org

Website: spirithope.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. THL runs group homes for boys, an independent living program (for kids aging out of foster care and

transitioning to adulthood), and also is a foster care licensing agency (recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster

and adoptive placements).

Voices for CASA Children, Inc.

P.O. Box 51085

Phoenix, AZ 85076

Tel (local): 480-685-4888

Tel (toll free): 855-426-8422

Website: voicesforcasachildren.org

Contact: Robin Pearson (exec. director)/Victoria Strayer (president)

Tel.: 480-685-4888 x4 (org’s TC#); 480-399-9319 (V. Strayer)

480-335-5059 (Robin Pearson’s cell)

Email: Victoria.Strayer@gmail.com

Board of Directors

Victoria Strayer - President

Dave Brown - Vice President

Mary Ramirez - Secretary

Theodore Zagrzebski - Treasurer

Bill Benz

Charles Martiny

Cathie Spain

Chris Trapp

Advisory Council

Christine Arians, Arians Family Foundation

Renee Espinoza, Supporter

Todd Francis, CFO - Neighborhood Housing Services of Phoenix

Juliann Lieb, Kapha Alpha Theta and Supporter

Walter Menges, CASA

Christine Scarpati, CEO - Child Crisis Center

Paige Thomas, Philanthropy Director - Kappa Alpha Theta

They have qualified for the Qualified Foster Care Organization tax credit; they also hold a fundraising run and a

fundraising motorcycle ride. Voices for CASA Children has three main missions: (1) to recruit, train and retain CASAs

(this is their primary focus); (2) to enrich children’s lives by partnering with other organizations such as AFFCF (i.e., they

generally don’t make direct grants to foster children [though they do take donations of things foster kids can use] but try

to direct caregivers and others to organizations such as AFFCF; and (3) “getting the word out” i.e. lobbying government

for benefits for foster children.

West Valley Child Crisis Center

Thunderbird Office Park @ 101,

14050 N. 83rd Avenue, Ste. 120,

Peoria, AZ 85381

Tel.: 623-848-8863

Fax: 623-848-8864

E-mail: news@wvccc.org

Website: wvccc.org

Kary Goitia, CEO

Michelle McCandless, Administrative and Finance Coordinator, mmccandless@wvccc.org

Candace Schulte, Foster Care, Adoption and Training Supervisor, cschulte@wvccc.org

Board

Barbara Shaw-Snyder (Chair), Arizona State University, Office of Public Affairs

Joe Sloan (Vice Chair), University of Phoenix

Gail Curran (Secretary), Optimal Edu Options

Larry Brewer Treasurer), Gozinto, LLC

Jim Stone, Swift Charities

Jose Esparza, Southwest Gas Corporation

Jerry Moyes, Swift Transportation

Gary Weinberger, Swift Transportation

Karin Toci, Banner Health

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. WVCCC is a foster care and adoption licensing agency (recruiting, training, licensing and supporting

foster placements, and also adoptive placements). WVCCC partners with Arizona Kids Consortium to host ongoing

foster care orientations. Orientations are offered, in both English and Spanish, on an ongoing basis at a variety of locations

across Maricopa County. Parenting for Safety and Permanency Model Approach to Partnerships in Parenting (PS-MAPP)

training is offered after orientation to individuals and families interested in continuing through the foster care and

adoption licensure process. PS-MAPP is a preparation and selection program for potential foster and adoptive parents.

The trainings are supported through a mutual process, which emphasizes open communication, and trust between

prospective foster care and adoption families, child welfare workers and WVCCC. WVCCC staff supervises and monitors

the foster home once a child has been placed with the licensed individual or family. For newly licensed homes, WVCCC

staff will conduct weekly in-home visits for the first four weeks and monthly visits thereafter. WVCCC staff will also

provide ongoing support through phone and email.

WVCCC also assists and supports kinship caregivers (family members raising grandchildren or another relative’s

children); contact Candace Schulte at 623-848-8863 or by email at cschulte@wvccc.org.

Mohave County

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Mohave County Contact: Laura Butcher, 928-208-9457

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Mohave County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health (location: 228 London Bridge Rd, Suite 202, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403;

Contact: Gretchen Shallcross, gshallcross@arizonaschildren.org, 928-527-1000 x2858).

2. In-Home/Family Preservation (location: various; Contact: Richard Johnson, rjohnson@arizonaschildren.org, 928-

680-4458 x1007).

3. Adoption certification process and support (location: various; Contact: Lynette Vernon,

lvernon@arizonaschildren.org, 928-208-2550).

4. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Lynette Vernon,

lvernon@arizonaschildren.org, 928-208-2550).

5. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county under

the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (location: various; Contact: Lynette Vernon,

lvernon@arizonaschildren.org, 928-208-2550).

6. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements for HCTC foster care; “Home Care Training

for the Home Care Client”; therapeutic foster care that provides behavioral health services to the child (location: various;

Contact: Jodi Oen, joen@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991).

7. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

8. Parents as Teachers; early childhood home visitation program for families with children birth to 5 (Location: 228

London Bridge Rd, Suite 202, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403; Contact: Shelley Fischer, sfischer@arizonaschildren.org,

928-680-4458 x1013).

9. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community outreach

(location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

10. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years old

(location: 228 London Bridge Rd, Suite 202, Lake Havasu City, AZ 86403; Contact: Hayes Paden,

hpaden@arizonaschildren.org, 928-499-0378 x2036).

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

Mohave County Contact: John Lang, Foster Care and Adoptions Supervisor, 928-243-0957

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry for Arizona Partnership for Children above, under National/Statewide

Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

CASA Council Helping Children of Mohave County

P.O. Box 6605

Kingman, AZ 86402-6605

Tel.: 928-279-9314 (c)

Fax: 928-692-9677

E-mail: info@casasupport.org

Website: casasupport.org

Contact: Ron Stephan, rstephan@casasupport.org

According to their website, they fund the following for foster children: equine therapy; sports fees and equipment;

computers; tutoring; summer camps; music lessons and instruments; martial arts classes; dance lessons; and art classes.

They also cover electronics, regular-use clothes and furniture. For disabled kids, they put books/educational materials on

tablets, and this has been very helpful to children. They work closely with the placement to make sure that these materials

will be utilized. There are no group homes in Mohave County and all foster placements in the county are 100% full;

many kids are placed out-of-county. Many family placements need mattresses and furniture. They pay CASAs $0.14/mile

for visits over 100 miles and fund a CASA appreciation dinner once a year. The website includes an application form.

They raise funds by taking donations through their website and by holding a golf tournament.

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more details, see the GAP Ministries entry below, under Pima County.

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W. Dunlap Avenue., Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

Mohave County Contact: 928-776-1484

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych entry above, under Apache County.

Human Resource Training, Inc.

1951 W. Camelback Road, Ste. 450

Phoenix, AZ 85015

Tel.: 602-433-1344

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Fax: 602-249-1570

DDD On-Call: 602-703-2858

Email: familyservices@hrtaz.com

Website: hrtaz.com

Parenting classes

2131 E. Broadway Road, Ste. 14

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-967-6895

Fax: 480-967-4986

Areas outside of Maricopa County:

Tel.: 888-KID-4HRT (888-543-4478) x704

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more information, see the entry for Human Resource Training set forth above under Apache County.

Providence of Arizona

Tucson Central

1161 N. El Dorado Place #101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-748-7108/520-747-6600

Toll Free: 800-747-6950

Fax: 520-747-6605

Website: provideceofaz.com [NOTE: the DCS website currently links to a different website, provcorp.com, which is not

the correct website]

Tucson Northwest

3295 W. Ina Road, Ste. 150

Tucson, AZ 85741

Tel.: 520-744-4376

Yuma

3220 E. 40th Street Building A

Yuma, AZ 85365

Tel.: 928-317-0177

Rene Martinez - HCTC

Anita Comstock - Clinical

Tina Rube - Outpatient

Phoenix

3602 W. Thomas Road, Ste. 10

Phoenix AZ 85019

Tel: 480-253-7853 cell

Tel.: 602-455-4626 office

Fax: 602-455-4624

Judy Letourneau, Director

Flagstaff

320 N. Leroux, Ste. C

Flagstaff, AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-522-4517 /928-226-1097

Fax: 928-774-2159

Diana Reed - TFC Coordinator

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency in this county. PSC is a foster

care licensing agency (recruiting and licensing – but not training -- foster placements), both at the DES and HCTC

(therapeutic) level. Families receive ongoing round the clock support.

Navajo County

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Navajo County Contact: Bettina Aguilera, Associate Resource Family Specialist, 928-499-7572

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Navajo County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health (location: 906 W. University Avenue, Bldg. B, Suite 150, Flagstaff, AZ 86001;

Contact: Gretchen Shallcross, gshallcross@arizonaschildren.org, 928-527-1000 x2858).

2. In-Home/Family Preservation (location: various; Contact: Pamela Cerski, pcerski@arizonaschildren.org,

480-474-2263).

3. Adoption certification process and support (location: various; Contact: Lisa Sahady,

lsahady@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2401).

4. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Lisa Sahady,

lsahady@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2401).

5. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county

under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (location: various; Contact: Susan Kelly,

skelly@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991 x2405).

6. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements for HCTC foster care; “Home Care

Training for the Home Care Client”; therapeutic foster care that provides behavioral health services to the

child (location: various; Contact: Jodi Oen, joen@arizonaschildren.org, 928-443-1991).

7. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

8. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

9. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 440 N. Washington Ave, Prescott, AZ 86301; Contact: Lori Ollom-Tighe, lollom-

tighe@arizonaschildren.org, 480-435-4188).

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

480-388-3292

Navajo County Contact: Jennifer Devore, 800-859-2531/928-634-4254

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry for Arizona Partnership for Children above, under National/Statewide

Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

GAP Ministries

2861 N Flowing Wells, Ste. 161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more details, see the GAP Ministries entry below, under Pima County.

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W. Dunlap Avenue, Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

Navajo County Contact: 928-776-1484

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych entry above, under Apache County.

Human Resource Training, Inc.

1951 W. Camelback Road, Ste. 450

Phoenix, AZ 85015

Tel.: 602-433-1344

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Fax: 602-249-1570

DDD On-Call: 602-703-2858

E-mail: familyservices@hrtaz.com

Website: hrtaz.com

Parenting classes

2131 E. Broadway Road, Ste. 14

Tempe, AZ 85282

Tel.: 480-967-6895

Fax: 480-967-4986

Areas outside of Maricopa County:

Tel.: 888-KID-4HRT (888-543-4478) x704

Toll Free: 888-433-1344

Navajo County Contact: Mollie Vega, 928-399-0503

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more information, see the entry for Human Resource Training set forth above under Apache County.

Navajo County Friends of CASA

P.O. Box 1774

Show Low, AZ 85902-1774

George Turner, 928-242-3139/gwturn77@aol.com

Karen Harris, karenncfc@gmail.com

This is the Navajo County CASA Support Council. They spend a total of $20-30,000/year. They do a back-to-school

event for all kids each August, for all kids in care at the time, appx. 80-100 each year. In October, they hold a new coat,

gloves and hat event (costing about $5,000); their Christmas event includes turkeys for the families and angel-tree gifts for

each child in foster care. In June they host a family picnic event, with food, face-painting, fishing, bird-house building,

etc. They prepare infant care kits that are stocked at DCS offices (at Show Low/Pinetop and Winslow) that include

everything needed for 3-4 days for infants. They provide (fewer) teenager kits and kits for youth aging out as well. The

foregoing takes about half their funds; the rest goes for individual grant requests – furniture, glasses/contacts, bikes, etc.

They buy things; they do not give out money. They cover Navajo County and sometimes Apache County, which has no

CASA support organization of its own. They don’t cover children on the Indian reservations, as they have federal aid.

They have 12-14 people in their organization. Their big fund-raiser is a golf tournament held each fall. They are a

501(c)(3) and are currently trying to qualify with the state for the foster care credit.

Pima County

A Place To Call Home

1830 S. Alma School Road, Ste. 122

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480- 456-0549

Tel. (emergency after hours): 480-244-7800

Fax: 480- 456-0553

Website: tocallhome.com

Tucson Office:

1200 N. El Dorado Place, Bldg. C, Ste. 300

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-318-9906

Tel. (emergency after hours): 520-404-1598

Fax: 520-881-9051

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. APTCH recruits, trains, licenses and supports foster and adoptive placements, including Kinship,

Medically Fragile, Department of Developmental Disabilities (“DDD”) and Tribal Foster Care placements. Behavior

specialists on staff complete individualized behavior treatment plans. A respite coordinator assists families in scheduling

respite. 24-hour telephone assistance.

Arizona Baptist Children’s Services & Family Ministries

Maricopa County

1717 W. Northern Avenue, #112

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Statewide Fostercare Director: Nichole Tamburstuen, ntam[email protected], 480-296-8786/602-346-2382

Tel.: 602-346-2382

Toll Free: 800-678-0648

Website: abcs.org

Maricopa Contact: Debbie Bayes, 602-346-2311

Pima County

1779 N. Alvernon Way

Tucson, AZ 85712

Pima Contact: Joann Stevens, Director of Foster Care, 520-795-7541

Yuma County

2855 S. 4th Avenue #122

Yuma, AZ 85364

Yuma Contact: Raul Solorzano, 928-246-1766

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see Arizona Baptist Children’s Services & Family Ministries above, under Maricopa

County

Arizona Kinship Support Services/KARE

220 E. Speedway Boulevard

Tucson, AZ 85705

520-323-4476

Statewide Caregiver Resource Line: 888-737-7494

Website: arizonakinship.org

See above, under National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

Arizona Partnership for Children

4747 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Tel. : 602-285-1999 x59008

Fax: 602-285-0311

Satellite office:

2220 S. Country Club, Ste. 108

Mesa, AZ 85210

Tel.: 480-388-3292

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the entry for Arizona Partnership for Children above, under National/Statewide

Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies]

Aviva Children’s Services

153 S. Plumer Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85719

Tel.: 520-327-6779

Fax: 520-327-6052

Website: avivatucson.org

E-mail: info@avivatucson.org

Robert Heslinga, Executive Director: Ext.12, bob.hesling[email protected]

Cindy Lingel, Life Books Coordinator: Ext. 14, cindy.lingel@avivatucson.org

Monica Durand, Development and Community Relations Manager: Ext. 13, monica.durand@avivatucson.org

Cindy Somerville, Human Resources Manager: Ext. 18, cindy.somerville@avivatucson.org

Lisa Schlecta, Business Manager: Ext. 39, lisa.schlecta@avivatucson.org

Jason Farlee, Parent Aide Coordinator: Ext. 19, jason.farlee@avivatucson.org

Eleanor Springer, Parent Aide Office Manager: Ext. 21, eleanor.springer@avivatucson.org

Michelle Rios, Community Resources Coordinator: Ext. 11, michelle.rios@avivatucson.org

Jeff Porter, Maintenance and Facilities Manager: Ext. 40, jeff.porter@avivatucson.org

Catherine Ross, Administrative Assistant: Ext. 10, catherine.ross@avivatucson.org

ACS primary provides parent aide services under contract with DCS. ACS also has a parent education program. Besides

paid parent aides, ACS also utilizes social service interns, i.e. student volunteers under the supervision of a unit supervisor

or case worker; course credit may be earned through various colleges or universities.

In addition to parent aide services, ACS also provides other services directly to foster children and their families,

including:

1. The Abused Children's Fund – this is a community donations fund used for special needs of children who

are in the care of DCS, primarily for after school programs but also for, e.g., basketball shoes, YMCA

registration, the cost of obtaining birth certificates, prom dress and shoes, baseball, football, or basketball

camp, birthday gifts, and also necessities like food, formula, diapers, shoes, cribs or beds, school supplies,

and new underwear and socks (requests to utilize the Abused Children’s Fund should be made through

the child’s DCS case worker).

2. The Bags for Kids Project uses a sew-a-thon to make duffel bags for children in foster care, so foster

children are not stigmatized and embarrassed by being forced to use garbage bags as luggage;

3. The Life Book project creates an age-appropriate written story of a foster or soon-to-be adopted child's

life, written for the child by Life Book volunteers with the hope that it will help the child make sense of

confusing and often upsetting events that led to an out-of-home placement.

4. Every November, ACS runs a toy drive so that foster children can receive holiday gifts (ACS also does

gift cards for teenagers).

5. The Parent Peer Support Program charges no fees and allows families to meet in a group environment to

share their experiences. The support group is run entirely by the participants and is the only program of

its kind in Pima County and perhaps the only one of its kind in Arizona. ACS has approximately 700

volunteers and estimates that it reaches more than 80% of the children in foster care in Pima County.

Besides its DCS contracts, ACS raises funds through grants, fund-raising events, the Arizona Qualified Foster Care

Organization tax credit, and the “Aviva Divas,” who sell handmade items at craft shows.

Casa de los Niños

1101 N. 4th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85705-7467

Tel.: 520-624-5600

Fax: 520-623-2443

Website: casadelosninos.org

Donations are accepted at the Administrative Offices:

1101 N. 4th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85705

Monday to Friday – 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Thrift Store donations are accepted at the store:

1302 E. Prince Road

Monday to Saturday – 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sunday – 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Susie Huhn, Chief Executive Officer, susieh@casadelosninos.org

Beverly Bryant, Director, Human Resources and Support Services, bevb@casadelosninos.org

Kathy Tuscaney, Chief Financial Officer, kathyt@casadelosninos.org

George Everette, Director, Information Technology, georgee@casadelosninos.org

Maureen Johns, Director, Business Operations, maureen[email protected]

Joanne Karolzak, Director, Child and Family Services, joannek@casadelosninos.org

Jan Wallace, Director, Behavioral Health Services, janw@casadelosninos.org

Lisa Webster, Director, Development and Community Relations, lisaw@casadelosninos.org

Dan Gregory, Community Relations Coordinator, 520-624-5600 (o); 520-429-0638 (c)/ dang@casadelosninos.org

Stephanie Miller, 520-326-8250 (o) 520-208-4279 (c)/sszakacs@gmail.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Child abuse prevention services: Free, interactive parenting training for parents, caretakers and

professionals, in both English and Spanish. Classes are offered individually or in series format. For more information, or

to register, call 520-624-5600, x309. Nurses work with vulnerable first-time mothers to have a healthy pregnancy and

delivery and to become a better parent; nurses continue to provide care and counsel to new moms until the baby is 2 years

old. Casa de los Niños and the Easter Seals Blake Foundation are the only local providers authorized to offer the Nurse-

Family Partnership program in Pima County. A more detailed list of services (and the ability to refer someone to this

program) is available on the website. The Parent Info-Line is there to help parents connect to other families in the

community, strengthen their own parenting abilities, and find answers to difficult parenting questions; call 520-624-9290.

The Tucson Safe Baby program gives an alternative to simply abandoning a child; Safe Baby locations are places where a

woman who delivers an unwanted baby may relinquish the child, no questions asked. This must be done in the first 72

hours of the infant’s life. The baby also must be handed to a staff member at the location rather than leaving it

unattended. Given those two conditions, however, the matter will be kept confidential and the child will be sent to an

appropriate hospital or shelter. More detailed information is available on the website.

Child abuse intervention services include the following: A children’s shelter; children who are at risk or have experienced

abuse or neglect receive secure shelter, medical care, and critical assistance. Casa de los Niños is licensed to

accommodate 48 children, with a focus on children younger than 12 years. A specialty is the stabilization of youngsters

with medical problems; Casa de los Niños offers around-the-clock medical care. Most children are placed in the shelter

by government agencies and local hospitals. In other instances, youngsters are at Casa de los Niños because they are

medically vulnerable and their parents lack the resources to provide adequate care. Often-times staff will help teach

parents how to deal with the healthcare challenges faced by the child. Casa de los Niños also offers a voluntary placement

program for families who need time to address their own challenges; the caregiver may need to be hospitalized for a

procedure, for example. Casa de los Niños will give the child a safe and caring home until the parent is able to resume a

normal life. Casa de los Niños recruits and trains individuals and families who wish to provide excellent temporary care

for abused and/or neglected children and helps families through the licensing process. Casa de los Niños provides

supervised visits required by DCS for family reunification, and parents are helped to acquire the knowledge and skills

needed to safely reunify their families. Casa de los Niños also provides in-home services in the form of intensive

counseling and parent education to at-risk parents to maintain family stability. Casa de los Niños also has a parent aide

program that offers a variety of services for parents and/or caregivers involved with DCS.

Child abuse treatment services include the following: Comprehensive assessment and therapeutic interventions are

provided to very young children (birth to 5 years) exposed to violence, abuse, neglect or other traumatic experiences.

Behavioral health treatment including assessments, counseling, psychiatric care, medication, and support and

rehabilitation services are provided to eligible children and young adults under the age of 22 years. Casa de los Niños

provides in-home, after hour and weekend services to meet the needs and schedules of the children. More detailed

information is available on the website.

CASA Support Council for Pima County

P.O. Box 36017

Tucson, AZ 85740

Website: pimacountycasa.org

Executive Board 2015-2016

President: Linda Koral, 520-465-4425 (c)/ linda@pimacountycasa.org

Vice-President: Eloise Williams

Treasurer: Karlene Nelson

Secretary: Elda Lopez

Directors

Pat Caporale

Peggy Clark

Sharon Inorio

Peter Inorio

Frederica Leonardo-Torres

Pamela Maloney

Jan Webster

They have qualified for the Qualified Foster Care Organization tax credit. This CASA council provides goods and

services only for kids who have CASAs. Among the things they do for CASAs are the following: assist in the

recruitment of CASA volunteers; fund ongoing training and professional development of CASAs; sponsors annual CASA

recognition luncheon the third Thursday each April; and reimburse CASA volunteers for the expenses they incur in

serving children in the program. Among the things they do for foster children are the following: college scholarships;

backpacks; tutoring; clothing and shoes; beds and mattresses; summer camp; refurbished computers; musical instruments;

cultural experiences; and holiday parties (they hold a Christmas party for the kids, with gift cards that the CASA takes the

child to buy whatever the child wants; they do the same for birthdays). They work with other 501(c)(3) organizations to

obtain goods and services. They work with a women’s group in the local symphony to obtain music lessons. They have

access for free prom dresses. The Assistance League “Operation School Bell” provides regular clothing for children in

Title 9 schools. They get museum and event discounts. They provide $25/month per CASA/child for CASA/child

outings. The CASA program is growing rapidly, as the Court is advertising for more CASAs. They do a joint newsletter

with the Court’s CASA organization. They respond to many emergency removals, so there is a need for cribs and clothes.

Christian Family Care

3603 N. 7th Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85013

Toll-Free: 800 939-5432

Tel.: 602-234-1935

Fax: 602-234-0022

6063 E. Grant Road

Tucson, AZ 85712

Tel.: 520 296-8255

Fax: 520 296-8773

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. CFC provides help to any child or family in need regardless of their color, culture, disability, ethnic group,

gender, race, religion or socioeconomic status. CFC provides services in Maricopa, Pima, and Pinal (through the Pima

office) counties at this time. Services provided include: (1) licensing foster placements, therapeutic foster placements,

Department of Developmental Disabilities foster placements and adoptive placements (they will assist kinship

placements, but this is not a focus for the organization); (2) for the families they have licensed, they will hold events from

time to time such as date nights/respite care, and family nights; (3) CFC’s Safe Families for Children program provides a

program similar to foster care, but without government involvement; the program provides sanctuary to children when

parents are struggling with problems such as drug addiction, domestic abuse, incarceration, or illness, minimizing the risk

for abuse or neglect and giving parents the time and tools they need (for now, the program is only in Maricopa, but CFC

hopes to expand it); (4) as a part of its adoption program, CFC provides free pregnancy counseling to mothers considering

putting the child up for adoption; (5) youth counseling for children in foster care, at no cost to the child; and (6) marital

and individual counseling; these services require payment of a fee.

Children's Village

1550 N. Country Club Road

Tucson, AZ 85716-3152

Tel.: 520-327-0199

Fax: 520-327-0557

Website: tmmfs.org

Contact: Debbie Mack, Vice President, dmack@tmmfs.org

Provides group homes for children in need of a temporary out-of-home placement. Offers a home-style, residential

environment while children await adoption, return to home of origin, or placement in extended foster care. Eligibility:

Children ages 3-17. Intake Process: Call; must have referral from DCS or other agency.

Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc.

Corporate Headquarters

4825 N. Sabino Canyon Road

Tucson, AZ 85750

Tel: 520-884-7954

Fax: 520-884-0383

Recruitment and Training

2917 E. Grant Road

Tucson, AZ 85716

Tel: 520-325-9688

Fax: 520-325-3561

Tucson, AZ

CPES Behavioral Health Services

4444 E. Grant Road #116

Tucson, AZ 85712

Tel.: 520-882-0090

Fax: 520-882-6821

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see entry for Community Provider of Enrichment Services, Inc. above, under Maricopa

County.

GAP Ministries

2861 N. Flowing Wells Ste. #161

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-877-8077

E-mail: info@gapmin.com

Website: gapmin.com

Greg Ayers, Founder and President

Pam Ayers, Founder and Executive Director

Tiffany Clauer, Program Director

Matt Clauer, Logistics Director

Jason Ayers, Worship and Media Arts Director

Meagan Ayers, Event and Volunteer Coordinator

Cynthia Purcell, Food Service Manager

Tiane Kennedy, Public Relations Director, tiane@gapmin.com

Tom Collins, Community Ministries Coordinator

Mark Rosema, Finance Manager

Pat Alkola, Training Manager

Denise Martin, Human Resource Manager

Matt Merrill, Community Transformation Coordinator

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. GAP Ministries is a non-denominational Christian organization that helps those in need regardless of

religious beliefs. Services provided to foster children include: SPLASH (“Spirit Powered Love Aggressively Shaping

Hearts”) houses (DCS contracted group homes for 130 children daily in 14 residential homes); Backpack-2-School (free

backpacks filled with school supplies to Title 1 schools in Tucson provided at free Backpack to School Carnivals; Holiday

of Hope (Christmas gifts and the Festival of Trees annual event). GAP is approved to recruit, train and license foster

placements (as of 5/13/2015).

For teenagers in the SPLASH houses, GAP Ministries runs a program called MERGE (“Maturity Education

Responsibility Growth Excellence”). MERGE is licensed by the Arizona Department of Economic Security/Arizona

Children Youth and Family, and is available to children at least 16 years of age. The program is designed to assist young

people as they begin to transition out of the care of DCS by teaching budgeting; time management; how to handle more

freedom; developing confidence to live on their own; learning how to ask for help when needed; assuming more

responsibility for daily activities; and learning to respect their space, and the space of others. As they progress through

the three different levels in the MERGE program, the young men and women are expected to demonstrate positive school

performance, establish employment, complete assigned chores, demonstrate the ability to keep a clean room, show

financial responsibility, have good hygiene, show the ability to follow through and have a positive attitude. GAP

Ministries’ goal is to purchase an apartment like complex to expand on this vision to help not only the children in care at

GAP but homeless teens in Tucson.

STEP is a program providing transitional housing for at-risk foster teens/young adults. It is a multi-year program for 18-

25 year olds who already have strong independent living skills, but need that a last boost into adulthood. The STEP

program is designed to support young adults for as long as their transition requires. The STEP Program Manager

maintains contact with the youth and offers emotional support, as well as problem solving and supervision. STEP is

intended as a natural progression from the MERGE program. Once the program is well established with foster youth, the

intent is to expand STEP to include other disadvantaged young people who may or may not be in the foster care system,

including specifically homeless teens/young adults in Pima County. STEP is a sustainable business model; a portion of

the apartments are reduced rent to participants, while the remainder of the apartments are income-producing, helping

cover the costs of the program.

Root 52 consists of a Community Training Kitchen, Diner and Mobile Kitchen/Food Truck. The Kitchen reclaims highly

perishable donated food to make meals for foster care group homes, children in low-income schools, and community

outreaches. The Kitchen serves as a training kitchen for individuals in vulnerable populations, including young adults

aging out of foster care or beginning a career search, and the unemployed or underemployed can participate in a 12 week

culinary arts certification program. GAP’s mobile kitchen/food truck allows GAP to take food into needy neighborhoods.

Groups may use GAP’s Diner and high-tech conference room, including catering, for a low cost. The Food Truck may

also be available for catered events when not in use serving community needs.

GAP Ministries One Life Internship Program offers three tracks to choose from: (1) Ministry School Course Track

Training to become a minister); (2) Education Course Track (specialized training in social services); (3) Vocational

Course Track (certificates of proficiency in: Culinary; Auto Mechanics; Social Services System; Janitorial and House

Keeping; Warehouse; General Maintenance; students earn money for each certificate of completion earned).

GAP keeps a small store stocked with clothing that is both purchased and donated to help meet the needs of the children

in its care. GAP also makes available to those in need small household appliances, bedding, cleaning supplies, paper

goods, and other items to set up and maintain a household. Some items are donated and some are purchased at a

discounted price from partnering retailers.

Holiday of Hope – Each year at Christmas, GAP asks churches or individuals to “adopt” one of the 14 SPLASH Houses

to provide Christmas presents, with the idea that each child receive at least three or four gifts from their “wish list”. GAP

Ministries also accept donations for individual kids. In the past, there has been an overflow of gifts, giving GAP

Ministries the ability to give gifts to nearly 300 children in the community who are in need. The Festival of Trees is an

annual fundraiser benefiting Holiday of Hope; custom Christmas trees are beautifully decorated by local businesses or

groups and sold to the public to raise funds.

Additional services not directed to foster children: BOOST (Building Overflow out of Serving Together) provides food to

partnering agencies who then gave to the community in need. GAP also provided its partners with over $100,000 worth of

household items and products. GAP has a food pantry to meet the needs of the children in our SPLASH Houses, and

when there is an overflow, that food is used in the BOOST program.

General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych

Statewide Office:

2400 W. Dunlap Avenue, Ste. 124

Phoenix, AZ 85021

Tel.: 602-728-0630/928-776-1484

Toll-Free: 866-677-0024

Fax: 602-728-0632

Website: rescare.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see above under General Health Corporation - AmeriPsych in Apache County.

Grace Retreat

Foster Care and Adoption Services

2200 E. River Road, Ste. 224

Tucson, AZ 85718

Tel.: 520-276-9661

Fax: 520-328-8830

Website: graceretreatfostercare.org

Contact: Christina Boatner, christinab@graceretreatfostercare.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. GR licenses families to provide foster care and certifies families for adoption. Once a family is licensed,

GR monitors and maintains licensure, facilitate placing children in the home, and provides continuing support. Support

includes: 24/7 support by telephone; play/support groups; therapist available to support family; and respite (childcare).

GR will adjust and add support as the family’s and child’s needs change.

Intermountain Centers for Human Development

Mailing Address:

P. O. Box 17749

Tucson, AZ 85731-7749

Tel.: 520-721-1887

Fax: 520-721-0069

Website: ichd.net

Administrative Offices:

994 S. Harrison Road

Tucson, AZ 85748

Other addresses:

2115 N. Highway 89

Chino Valley, AZ 86323

Tel.: 928-636-2881

Fax: 928-636-6292

994 S. Harrison Road

Tucson, AZ 85748

Tel.: 520-721-1887 x7359

Fax: 520-344-8892

1020 S. Harrison Road

Tucson, AZ 85748

Tel.: 520-721-1887, x7350

Fax: 520-344-8591

101 S. La Canada Drive

(Green Valley Village, Building 1), Ste. 14B

Green Valley, AZ 85614

Tel.: 520-399-1498

Fax: 520-648-7437

Tohono Plaza, Ste. 407

BIA Route 19

Sells, AZ 85634

Tel.: 520-383-1791

Fax: 520-383-1795; 520-383-2739

Intermountain Academy

555 S. Tucson Boulevard

Tucson, AZ 85716

Tel.: 520-721-1887, x5298

Fax: 520-207-5963

Email: intermountainacade[email protected]

Parent Aide Program (Pima County and Southeastern Arizona)

555 S. Tucson Boulevard

Tucson, AZ 85716

Tel.: 520-721-1887, x7359

Fax: 520-207-5963

David K. Giles, President and CEO

Rose M. Lopez, Executive VP

Jessica Reese, Clinical Director

Cathy Bermingham, Director of Northern Arizona Programs

Tyson K. Gillespie, Director of Out Patient Services

Lynn Hale, Director of Residential Services, 520-721-1887 x5266; Fax: 520-721-0069; Email: lynnl@ichd.net

Sarah E. Huntoon, Director of Foster Care

Jennifer Isom, Clinical Director of Out Patient Services

Kyle Lininger, Director of Program Development

Jan Smith, Director of Human Resources

Michelle D. Watkins, Director of Quality Management

Karen L. Young, Director of Development

Carly R. Zies, Director of Tohono O’odham Outpatient Services

Board

Ronald S. Cohen (Chairman), CEO United Cerebral Palsy of Los Angeles, Ventura and Santa Barbara Counties

Judith E. Favell (Vice Chairwoman)

Dee T. O’Neill (Secretary)

Tommy Begay, Jr., Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences

Daniel Davidson, Project Director, Arizona Positive Support Project, Northern Arizona University

Joseph A. Gentry, CEO Gentry Pediatric Behavioral Services, PLLC

Charles M. Giles

Brandt Hazen, President Hazen Enterprises, Inc.

Paul Hazen, Chairman and CEO, Retired, Wells Fargo Bank

Martin Hydaker, Hydaker Community Consulting

Michael Nagle

Joseph Naranjo, Tribal Administrator, Santa Clara Pueblo, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Clifford R. O’Donnell, Professor Department of Psychology, University of Hawai’i

James Sherman, Professor Applied Behavioral Science, University of Kansas

Roland Tharp, Research Professor, University of Hawai’i

Mary Yaconiello, Senior Tax Manager Beach Fleischman & Co., PC

Foundation Board

Brandt Hazen (President), President Hazen Enterprises

Judith Favell (Vice President)

Mary Yaconiello (Secretary/Treasurer), Senior Tax Manager Beach Fleischman and Co., P. C.

Gregory A. Bryson, Principal Bryson Capital

Ronald S. Cohen, CEO United Cerebral Palsy Los Angeles, California

Dolores “Doby” Hillenbrand

Stuart Holmes, Senior VP Wells Fargo Bank

Ray Lindstrom

Michael Nagle

Leonard Nehrm

John Warnock, Professor of English University of Arizona

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. ICHD recruits, trains, licenses and supports foster families and therapeutic foster families. ICHD also

recruits and trains Native American families to provide specialized foster care for Native American children. Specifically,

ICHD recruits and trains Tohono O’odham families to foster Tohono O’odham children and Pascua Yaqui foster families

to encourage and nurture Pascua Yaqui children.

Support includes initial and on-going training in the behavioral model; licensing application administration; 24 hours a

day/7 days a week coordinator support; respite care as needed (including a Children’s Unplanned Respite Program

[ChURP] in collaboration with Community Partnership of Southern Arizona, 520-721-1887 x5232, churp[email protected]);

available monthly refresher training; special services for children enrolled with the Department of Developmental

Disabilities (520-721-1887 x4600); and networking with other provider families.

ICHD also operates group residences for youth in Tucson as well as foster, specialized foster and therapeutic foster care

homes throughout Pima County. The residential program has been developed to meet the needs of children and

adolescents that previously have been unsuccessful in other home-based settings. Youth are referred by the Arizona

Department of Economic Security and tribal child welfare agencies. Individual Treatment Plans are determined for each

adolescent through a comprehensive assessment and information from his/her Child and Family Team members. They are

updated frequently in order to meet the youth’s Child and Family Team discharge goals. Increased individual participation

in the community is an important component of each child’s treatment program. Each of Intermountain’s group

residences for children has 24 hour therapeutic supervision for the residents. The facilities are comprised of:

1. An Intensive Behavioral Health Facility (formerly known as a Level II Group Residence), Sunrise Ranch,

licensed by the Arizona Department of Health Services/Division of Public Health Licensing, under a

Community Partnership of Southern Arizona (CPSA) specialized contract where the program targets

Residential Treatment Center (RTC) diversion and offers: (a) a master’s level social worker who is available

for individuals, family and group services; (b) individual behavior coaches to provide teaching opportunities

for clients to work on their unique service goals; and (c) short term (90-120 days) programming to prepare

youth for transition to their permanent placement and to prevent them from being placed out of the

community in RTCs.

2. A Group Residence, Babad Ki/Drake House, licensed by the Arizona Department of Economic Security,

where the program focuses on Native American children with complex needs that require behavioral

interventions.

3. A Multi-Unit Dwelling, the Zia Apartments, which is home to a transitional living program for adolescents

that: (a) focuses on the acquisition of life skills in a therapeutic environment; (b) is staffed 24 hours a day by

behavior coaches trained in therapeutic interventions; (c) develops treatment plans based on each individual’s

unique needs and personal strengths; and (d) supervises 16-18 year olds in the attainment of their educational

and vocational goals through practice in their own apartments and in the community. The Transitional Living

Program is licensed by the Arizona Department of Economic Security which also defines the qualifications

and training for direct care staff in that residence. Behavioral health services are delivered by qualified

Intermountain staff on an out-patient basis to the youth living in this multi-unit facility.

La Paloma Family Services/ La Frontera

Address for services:

870 W. Miracle Mile

Tucson, AZ 85705

Tel.: 520-750-9667

Website: lapalomakids.org

Administrative address:

504 W. 29th Street

Tucson, AZ 85713

Yvette Vera, Associate Director Residential Services [Group Homes], yvette.vera@lafrontera.org/520-206-8659

Mary Jeannne Chavez, Director Foster Care, maryjeanne.chav[email protected]/520-343-1884

Marnie Greggs, Foster Care Trainer and Recruiter, 520-429-4247

Priscilla Flores, Administrative Assistant, priscilla.flores@lafrontera.org, 520-750-9667

La Paloma Family Services Board

Suzan Buie-Costich, Chair

Patricia Feeney, Vice Chair

Missy Bowden, Secretary/Treasurer

Colleen Brinkley

Miguel Quezada

Autumn Rentmeester

James R. Scott

La Frontera Arizona Board

Frank Valenzuela, Board Chair

Celestino Fernandez, Vice Chair

Suzan Buie-Costich, Secretary

Gerry Beal, Treasurer

John Rafferty, Member-at-Large

Pamela Crim

Alfonso Dancil

Steven D. Holmes

George Larsen

Candace McIntosh

Michael Riordan

Paul Sayre

Gino Turrubiartes

Guy Vetrano

Marybeth Zellon

Warren S. Rustand, Honorary Board Emeritus

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. LPFS merged with La Frontera Center in 2012 and is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) social service agency. LPFS

recruits, trains, and supports foster parents. The support provided includes monthly monitoring for foster families;

attending meetings and court hearings with the families; advocating for services for the children; participating in

GoodThread (a clothing exchange for foster kids); fundraising to provide holiday and summer activities for foster

children; and providing a Resource Parent Assistance Program that provides counseling and legal services to LPFS’ foster

families. LPFS also runs group homes for children in foster care in Pima County, and licenses and monitors other foster

homes. LPFS has an HCTC program (“Home Care Training for the Home Care Client”; therapeutic foster care that

provides behavioral health services to the child) providing residential treatment care to youth in a family setting.

With regard to group homes, services provided include: case management services; individual, group and family

counseling; behavior management program; educational monitoring; family visitation; discharge planning; crisis

intervention; recreational activities; medication monitoring; skill building in preparation for independence; coordination

of all routine and emergency medical needs; nutritional needs; mental health assessment; individual treatment planning;

and referrals and community linkages.

Lutheran Social Services of the South West

10201 S. 51st Street, #180

Phoenix, AZ 85044

Tel: 480-396-3795

3443 N. Central Avenue

Phoenix, AZ 85012

Tel.: 602-248-4400

6303 E. Tanque Verde Road, #101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel: 520-748-2300

Website: lss-sw.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see entry for Lutheran Social Services of the South West above, under Maricopa County.

Providence of Arizona

Tucson Central

1161 N. El Dorado Place #101

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-748-7108/520-747-6600

Toll Free: 800-747-6950

Fax: 520-747-6605

Website: provideceofaz.com [NOTE: the DCS website currently links to a different website, provcorp.com, which is not

the correct website]

Tucson Northwest

3295 W. Ina Road, Ste. 150

Tucson, AZ 85741

Tel.: 520-744-4376

Yuma

3220 E. 40th Street Building A

Yuma, AZ 85365

Tel.: 928-317-0177

Rene Martinez - HCTC

Anita Comstock - Clinical

Tina Rube - Outpatient

Phoenix

3602 W. Thomas Road, Ste. 10

Phoenix AZ 85019

Tel: 480-253-7853 cell

Tel.: 602-455-4626 office

Fax: 602-455-4624

Judy Letourneau, Director

Flagstaff

320 N. Leroux, Ste. C

Flagstaff , AZ 86001

Tel.: 928-522-4517 /928-226-1097

Fax: 928-774-2159

Diana Reed - TFC Coordinator

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency in this county. PSC is a foster care licensing

agency (recruiting and licensing – but not training -- foster placements), both at the DES and HCTC (therapeutic) level.

Families receive ongoing round the clock support.

Rise Family Services, Inc.

6420 E. Tanque Verde Road

Tucson, AZ 85715

Tel.: 520-298-6468

Fax: 520-298-2549

Website: riseservicesinc.org/arizona

Michaela M. Luna Romero, Family Services Supervisor, Pima County

Also, Chairwoman, Foster and Adoptive Council of Tucson (FACT)

520-298-6468 x4996-Office

520-300-0682-Cell

520-298-2549-Fax

mluna@riseservicesinc.org

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. See the full description of locations and services provided by Rise Family Services, Inc. under Maricopa

County.

Vision Quest

Physical address:

600 N. Swan Road

Tucson, AZ 85711

Tel.: 520-881-3950

Pennsylvania Office: (610) 486-2280

Toll-Free: 800 433-4362

Website: vq.com

Mailing address:

P.O. Box 12906

Tucson, AZ 85732

Contact: Carol Keller, Arizona Director, 520-881-3950 x2504/carol.keller@vq.com

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. VQ is an employee-owned comprehensive national youth services organization rooted in American Indian

culture (however, the program is open to children of all ethnic backgrounds and is not limited to or focused on children

from Native American backgrounds). VQ offers three placement types for dependent youth and a school-based program.

VQ focuses on wilderness adventures as a therapeutic alternative in which youth participate in activities that are

physically or mentally challenging and emphasize teamwork and trust. VQ has called these activities “Extraordinary

Experiences” and has used them as rites of passage for youth and to build teamwork and camaraderie. Experiences

offered have included Wagon Train, the Buffalo Soldiers drill team, HikingQuest, BikingQuest, and Disney

MarathonQuest. VQ has varied the types and length of Extraordinary Experiences offered to accommodate the needs and

availability of youth in different community-based and residential programs.

VQ Community programs offer gender specific programming to adolescents between the ages of twelve and seventeen

years. There are currently two houses located on a ranch in Tucson’s foothills which serves 20 males, one house in

Marana serving ten boys ages 12-17 years, as well as one house located in central Tucson which serves 10 females. The

youth attend public school and an emphasis is placed on positive community involvement. The primary objective of the

program is family reunification or successful transition into foster care, semi-independent living, or independent living.

VQ Community teaches the foundation of essential life skills for youth to grow into successful and productive adults. VQ

Community focuses on encouraging youth to create positive routines and healthy habits in all aspects of their lives.

VQ Semi-Independent programs offer gender specific services to adolescents between the ages of sixteen and eighteen

years. There are currently two female and three male homes located in single family houses throughout central Tucson.

Each house is made up of only four to five youth which allows for more support and individualized attention. VQ Semi-

Independent programs are designed for older youth who are ready for a gradual transition from the foster care system to

independent living.

VQ Sibling programs are designed for children entering care. VQ Sibling focuses on the continuity of sibling relationships

which can provide natural support to each other as well as a sense of stability and belonging. The VQ Sibling programs

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are co-ed homes serving sibling groups between the ages of five and seventeen. The program objective is successful

family reunification or successful transition to kinship or a foster family.

VQ’s school-based program provides Aggression Replacement Training (ART) in five schools in the Marana School

District. Facilitators work closely with school counselors and teachers to provide progress notes for each session a student

attends. Families are invited to a community meeting at the onset of the program for an overview of ART to help

reinforce the skills at home. At the end of the year, families and students come together to celebrate their successes.

Pinal County

Aid to Adoption of Special Kids

Main Office

2320 N. 20th Street

Phoenix, AZ 85006

West Valley Office

15396 N. 83rd Avenue, Ste. A100

Peoria, AZ 85382

East Valley Office

175 E. Corporate Place

Chandler, Arizona 85225

General Switchboard: 602-254-2275

How to Help a Child (for those interested in becoming a foster or adoptive parent): 602-930-4900

Fax: 602-212-2564

Email: info@aask-az.org

Contact: CFO Vicki Basehore, 602-930-4459 (office)/480-553-8374 (cell)/602-930-4559 (fax)/vbasehore@aask-az.org

CEO Ron Adelson

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more detail, see the Aid to Adoption of Special Kids entry above under National/Statewide

Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

Arizona Kinship Support Services/KARE

Seeds of Hope/Mondo Anaya Community Center

1487 N. Crane Street

Casa Grande, AZ 85122

Tel.: 520-421-0500

Statewide Caregiver Resource Line: 888-737-7494

Website: arizonakinship.org

For more detail, see above under National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private

Agencies].

Arizona Partnership for Children

Jennifer Devore

Toll Free: 800-859-2531

Tel.: 928-634-4254

Pinal County Contact: America Norzagaray, 866-800-9468/520-876-0047 x102

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This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. For more information, see the entry for Arizona Partnership for Children set forth above under

National/Statewide Organizations Providing/Administering Goods/Services [Private Agencies].

Arizona Children’s Association

Phoenix Corporate Office:

711 E. Missouri, Ste. 200

Phoenix, AZ 85014

Tucson Corporate Office:

2700 S. 8th Avenue

Tucson, AZ 85713

Pinal County Contact: Rebecca Heitkamp, Senior Resource Family Specialist, 480-474-2263 x2525

This entity is listed on the DCS website as a foster care licensing agency, recruiting, training and licensing foster families

in this county. Services offered in Pinal County include:

1. Outpatient Behavioral Health; developing skills and supports with children and families to increase

independence and resiliency (locations: 2066 W. Apache Trail Road, Stes. 101 and112, Apache Junction, AZ

85120; 2800 N. Highway 87, Coolidge, AZ 85228; Contact: Randy Hansen, rhansen@arizonaschildren.org,

480-503-8530 x2558).

2. In-Home/Family Preservation (location: various; Contact: Nicole Gibson, ngibson@arizonaschildren.org,

480-474-2263).

3. Adoption certification process and support (location: various; Contact: Rebecca Heitkamp,

RHeitkam[email protected], 480-474-2263 x2525).

4. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements (location: various; Contact: Rebecca

Heitkamp, RHeitkamp@arizonaschildren.org, 480-474-2263 x2525).

5. Supporting and monitoring families who care for children, placed in their care, from another state or county

under the Interstate Compact for the Placement of Children (ICPC) (location: various; Contact: Sara

Escandon, sescandon@arizonaschildren.org, 480-474-2263).

6. Recruiting, training, licensing and supporting foster care placements for HCTC foster care; “Home Care

Training for the Home Care Client”; therapeutic foster care that provides behavioral health services to the

child (location: various; Contact: Mary Duncan, mlduncan@arizonaschildren.org, 602-253-1620 x2667).

7. KARE (Kinship, Adoption, Resource and Education); physical sites where kinship caregivers can receive

resource, referral, education and support services (locations: 1625 N. 39th Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85009; 1487

N. Crane Street, Casa Grande, AZ 85122; Contact: Joanna Prusa, jprusa@arizonaschildren.org, 602-233-0017

x2329).

8. Kinship Support Services; connections for kinship caregivers to available support services, including food,

clothing, and support groups (location: 1487 N. Crane Street, Casa Grande, AZ 85122; Contact: Joanna Prusa,

jprusa@arizonaschildren.org, 602-233-0017 x2329).

9. New Directions Institute; parenting education classes and workshops based on brain development research

(location: various; Contact: Linda Taroli, ltaroli@arizonaschildren.org, 602-371-1366 x2264).

10. Parents as Teachers; early childhood home visitation program for families with children birth to 5 (location:

1075 S. Idaho Road, Ste. 106-A, Apache Junction, AZ 85119; Contact: Shelley Tellez,

stellez@arizonaschildren.org, 480-288-4723).

11. In My Shoes - Mentorship and Outreach; one-on-one mentorship for youth in foster care and community

outreach (location: various; Contact: Christa Drake, cdrake@arizonaschildren.org, 520-747-1533).

12. Independent Living Program (life skills for youth in foster care and/or aging out of foster care up to 21 years

old (location: 1420 N. Greenfield, Ste. 100, Gilbert, AZ 85234; Contact: Megan Conrad,

mconrad@arizonachildren.org, 602-579-6721).

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