Arizona Youth Partnership

Programs: Arizona youth partnership builds solid foundations for youth and families by partnering with arizona communities to prevent and solve local issues such as substance abuse, youth homelessness, lack of educational opportunities, teen pregnancy, and challenging family dynamics. To accomplish our mission:cultivating healthy foundations for youth: azyp offers evidence-based relationship education, afterschool and youth leadership programs that equip youth to focus on life success goals and work to prevent teen pregnancy, alcohol and substance abuse and anti-social behaviors. Azyp served over 7,000 youth through these programs. Azyp also served 71 youth in our shelters which serves homeless and runaway youth in mohave county. Promoting strong families: azyp family programs offer practical knowledge, strategies and tools to build and sustain healthy marriages, parenting, and economic self-sufficiency. This past year, 185 families across arizona completed a 8-week, strengthening families parent & family education program that focuses on building family communication; 49 individuals participated in azyps building futures for families program which combines relationship education with job and career case management for low-income families. Mobilizing communities through coalitions: azyp assists community coalitions with resources that facilitate community-wide change focused on prevention of substance abuse and underage drinking. Azyp facilitated coalitions in rural and underserved arizona communities and through these mobilization and resource development strategies enabled the advancement of seven successful community coalitions in pima and mohave counties.