Social Venture Partners - Arizona

Aid to the Adoption of Special Kids (AASK)

AASK serves Arizona through parent training and education, birth parent counseling, adoption placement, specialized medical foster care for young children, post-placement case management, support and supervision, and community education.

Executive Director: Ron Adelson, 602.254-2275 x4414

Arizona Quest for Kids

Arizona Quest for Kids offers both mentoring and financial support for students with high academic potential from economically challenged families.

Executive Director: Victor Vidales, 602.636.1860 x15

Greater Phoenix Youth at Risk

Phoenix Youth at Risk builds self-esteem; increases school performance; and works to break the cycle of violence, substance abuse and gang activity among high-risk young adults aged 15-18.

Executive Director: Linda Lyman, 602.258.1012 x303

ICAN

"Improving Chandler Area Neighborhoods" (ICAN) provides free, comprehensive out-of-school-time programs that empower young adults to be productive, self-confident and responsible citizens.

Executive Director: Christy McClendon, 480.821.4207

Kids at Hope

Hope creates a culture of acceptance, encouragement and empowerment for all children through a four-year program that trains the employees of organizations interfacing daily with children.

Executive Director of Administration: Kim Heredia, 602.674.0026

Mental Health America of Arizona Presents OPTIONS

Offering Parents and Teens Information On Needless Suicide (OPTIONS) is a free depression education and suicide prevention program.

Executive Director, Mental Health America of Arizona: Barbara Dawson, 480.994.4407

New Directions Institute

New Directions Institute provides early brain development research and training tools in the form of seminars & “Brain Boxes” to parents, caregivers and community members.

Executive Director: Jill Stamm, PhD, 602.371.1366

Peer Solutions

Peer Solutions cultivates positive social change by uniting schools, families and communities through STAND & SERVE, an asset-based, primary prevention initiative fostering respect, empathy and ownership of solutions. Peer Solutions works with high school students to model respectful behaviors and increase violence prevention awareness for middle school students in the Tempe school district.

Director: Janet Harayama, 602.225.0942

Scottsdale Prevention Institute

Scottsdale Prevention Institute promotes positive youth development and provides prevention services to schools throughout the Valley of the Sun, including Scottsdale, Cave Creek and charter and parochial schools.

Executive Director: Mary Ellen Tinsley, 480.443.3100 x223

Teen Lifeline

Teen Lifeline provides a peer mentoring approach to suicide/crisis hotline coverage. Arizona has one of the highest teen suicide rates in the country.

Executive Director: Michelle Moorhead, 602.248.8337

The WHEEL Council

The WHEEL Council works to prevent drug and alcohol use and other destructive behaviors in young people by combining storytelling, the arts, and cultural empowerment with scientific research.

Executive Director: Dora Rodriguez Sanchez, 623.703.2282