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- EIN 86-0611935
- (602) 254-2275
- 2320 N 20th St Phoenix AZ 85006-2059 USA
- www.aask-az.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Adoption, Children & Youth, Developmentally Disabled Centers, Disabilities, Foster Care, Human Services
Mission: To build and strengthen families for the children in arizona's foster care system (primarily in maricopa and pinal counties).
Programs: Regular adoption and foster care identifies, recruits, and trains community and kinship families to foster children in the arizona foster care system. The program assists the families in becoming licensed to foster by the state of arizona. After the families are licensed the aask program monitors the homes on a regular basis and provides support and resources to the families.
family support services (home community based services ) identifies service providers to provide respite and habilitation services to families with children and adults determined to be in need of these services by the regional behavioral health authority and the arizona department of developmental disabilities.
specialized foster care identifies foster families for children/adults with special physical or developmental needs as determined by the arizona department of developmental disabilities and two native american communities. Aask assists the families in obtaining and maintaining their foster licenses and provides on-going support and resources to the families. An aask nursing professional provides support to families caring for children with serious illnesses.