Our Family Services Inc

Programs: Our family services has been helping to make the tucson community a better place to live, to grow up, and to grow older since 1953. Today's our family was founded through the merger of family counseling agency and our town family center in 2005. Since that time, two additional organizations have joined the our family umbrella programs including information and referral services in 2009 and new beginnings for women and children in 2012. Together, our programs have a combined history of more than 150 years of service to tucson and surrounding pima county. As a blended organization, our family provides a diverse array of services to achieve our mission. These include programs for homeless youth and families, low-income and disconnected seniors, people experiencing conflict, local non-profit and municipal organizations, and community members who need assistance identifying community resources. Our five main program areas include homeless youth and family services, elder legacy services, the center for community dialogue, information & referral services, and therapeutic services. Homeless youth & family services: services include the 20-bed reunion house shelter for homeless and abused teens, street and community-based outreach, homelessness prevention assistance, family shelter, and a variety of rapid re-housing, transitional housing, and affordable housing programs for young adults, teen parents, victims of human trafficking, and families. In total, our family provided a safe home and the opportunity to escape homelessness for 1,240 children, youth, and families last year. Elder legacy services: our family's multi-disciplinary suite of elder legacy services provides senior companionship and caregiver respite support paired with targeted resources for older adults provided through our center for community dialogue and therapeutic services programs. These services for older adults include specialized eldercare mediation, monthly elder dialogue circles, in-home elder counseling, and end-of-life planning education and assistance. In 2016, a total of 852 seniors participated in the elder legacy services programs. Center for community dialogue: the center provides a robust menu of services designed to help southern arizonans improve their communication and resolve conflict. Center services include free and low-cost mediation, group and team facilitation, community training, and on-going circle discussion groups. In 2016, 983 local community members receive assistance with communication and conflict through the center's general programs, and 543 seniors participated in elder legacy services provided at the center. Information & referral services: our family partners with phoenix-based crisis response network to collaboratively manage 2-1-1 arizona, a statewide resource directory through which arizonans can access thousands of local community, health, and social service programs 24 hours/day by dialing 2-1-1 on their telephone or visiting www. 211arizona. Org. In 2016, southern arizonans made 105,677 resource requests through 2-1-1 arizona. Therapeutic services: services include clinical assessment, counseling, and wraparound behavioral health support for at-risk youth and young adults, victims of human trafficking, low-income southern arizonans, homebound older adults, and people with disabilities. In 2016, our family provided free and low-cost general therapeutic services for 444 pima county residents, as well as free in-home counseling for 50 homebound elders as part of the elder legacy services.