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SWIft® Resources of Arizona
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The connection to your community and statewide
resource information for children, youth and adults, their families,
professionals and community members. |
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SWIft® Resources of Arizona is a project of Building Community Health in
Arizona: Implementation of Integrated Services, supported by grant #
6H29MC00005 from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau (MCHB), Title V, Social
Security Act.
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Southwest Institute for Families and Children (SWI) family-centered
research, education, dissemination
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SWI Mission: to contribute to the emergent knowledge-base and
disseminate results in ways that are responsive to the beliefs, values and
needs of families and children and the professionals who serve them.
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SWI conducts research, demonstration, implementation, evaluation
and training projects that advance knowledge, change practice,
and thereby improve the quality of health, education and social
services for families, children and youth.
- Karen
Burstein, Ph.D., Director
- Lee Hunter,
M.Ed., Project Manager
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See www.swifamilies.org for more
information on SWI projects and products.
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Building Community Health in Arizona (BCHA): Statewide Implementation of
Integrated Services
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Five Parent-led Community Action Teams and the SWI Statewide Steering Committee
address goals that:
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establish enrollment/ eligibility process across multiple agencies
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develop a system for sharing secured, confidential child data
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maximize resources through models of braided or blended funding
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streamline care coordination across agencies and sites
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SWIft
Resources of Arizona
www.swifamilies.com
Nine Arizona
communities map community resources related to individuals with special needs,
also through the BCHA grant.
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Please click here to locate
the community action team in your region.
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Lee
Hunter, M.Ed., Project Manager:
480-222-8800, ext 24.
l.hunter@swifamilies.org
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