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Each year, AZYP serves over 10,000 individual youth and adults providing education, skills and programming to prevent teen pregnancy, substance use, youth homelessness, academic failure, and family challenges.
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Arizona Youth Partnership (AZYP) Launches Project Childcare to Expand Home-Based Childcare in Globe/Miami
AZYP Launches Project Childcare to Expand Home-Based Childcare in Globe/Miami, AZ
Jetzabel Glennon
Help Us Match $68,000 to Keep Providence Place Open
On September 29, 2026, the last day of our grant period, Arizona Youth Partnership learned that funding for Providence Place, our shelter for girls in Mohave County, would not continue. We've committed $68,000 of our own funds to keep the doors open, and now we're asking our community to match it. Together, $136,000 can keep Providence Place open for more than six months while we secure long-term funding. Every $685 keeps the shelter open for one day.
Jetzabel Glennon
A Desert Story Comes to Life: AZYP Announces Community Mural Project in New Tucson Office, in Partnership with Vantage West and Local Artist Jessica Contreras
A desert story has come to life in AZYP's new Tucson office! Thanks to Vantage West Credit Union and Tucson artist Jessica Contreras, our community room now features a vibrant, folk-art mural of saguaros, roadrunners, javelinas, and more, painted by Jessica and Vantage West volunteers over five days. This welcoming space will host parent connection, family game nights, youth-led clubs, and Nigel's Nourish Nook, a free resource corner for every family who walks through our doo
Jetzabel Glennon
Collaboration Over Competition: Arizona's Story at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference
Kelly Tanner, AZYP's Youth Services Division Director, reflects on presenting alongside all three Arizona Continuums of Care at the National Alliance to End Homelessness Conference. Her takeaway: when communities choose collaboration over competition and keep youth voice at the center, statewide systems change becomes possible.
Jetzabel Glennon
January - March 2026 AZYP Newsletter
A safety net that holds. A community that shows up. A team that's been recognized on a national stage. This is AZYP and this is what your support builds.
Jetzabel Glennon
Arizona Youth Partnership Presents Innovative Maternal SUD Program at National Rx and Illicit Drug Summit in Nashville.
Arizona Youth Partnership (AZYP) presented its Linking Actions for Healthy Mothers and Babies (LAHMB) program at the 2026 Rx and Illicit Drug Summit in Nashville, TN. Directors Julie Craig and Charlene Becker highlighted the program's impact on pregnant mothers with SUD in Gila County, AZ — connecting 10 mothers with vital resources. The presentation drew widespread interest, with attendees asking about expanding LAHMB statewide and nationally.
Jetzabel Glennon
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