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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 with special needs, 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 with Special Needs (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 with special needs.
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Tanis Bryan, Ph.D., President
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Karen Burstein, Ph.D., Vice
President
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Lee Hunter, M.Ed., BCHA 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., BCHA Project Manager:
480-222-8800, ext 24.
l.hunter@swifamilies.org
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