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Parent-to-Parent Support for Special Needs

01 Parent-to-Parent Support for Special Needs · 60 edit slice
14
orgs
60
activities
10
strategies
AZ
epicenter
the opening take
This slice touches 14 organizations and 60 activities — PILOT PARENTS OF SOUTHERN ARIZONA, Parent Alliance for Students with, SOUTHERN ARIZONA NETWORK FOR DOWN SYNDROME, Down Syndrome Network and others. Activity concentrates in Arizona (100%). The field's most common shared approach is "Peer-Led Capacity Building", run by 6 orgs.
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shortlist

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where this slice is thin

gap signals

Concrete structural gaps — method mix, geographic concentration, coalition density, funder diversity. Evidence is cited from the slice's own numbers.

where the field lives · works

geography

Orange headquarters dots are sized by how many grantees are based in the state. Green circles mark real locations these orgs say they serve — from city-level populations in this slice's impact_map_populations data. Toggle layers at the bottom right.

regional breakdown · hq density
Arizona 100% · 14 orgs
who's here

organizations in this field · 14

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where the money comes from

funders already active in this field

Funders named as a funding source on these orgs' own materials. The count is the number of orgs in this slice that cite them — higher means a funder with demonstrable commitment to the field.

Arizona Department of Economic Security, Division of Developmental Disabilities 1
Government
Arizona Department of Education 1
Government
Arizona Department of Health Services 1
Government
Arizona Developmental Disability Planning Council 1
Government
Arizona State Tax Credit 1
Government
Diane & Bruce Halle Foundation 1
Foundation
Federal Department of Education Office of Special Education Rehabilitation Services 1
Government
Ghost Block Wine, AO Winery, Dominick's Steakhouse, Bristol Global, Ueno Dental Center, and others 1
Corporate
Medicaid (AHCCCS & DDD) 1
Government
Mercy Care 1
Government
Season for Sharing 1
Foundation
The Abbett Family Foundation 1
Foundation
The Arizona Coalition for Family Support and Self-Determination 1
Foundation
The Board of Visitors 1
Foundation
how the field thinks

strategies in this slice

Theories of action extracted from the orgs in this slice. The count is how many orgs cite each one — a strategy run by many orgs in common is a through-line; one cited by a single org is still surfaced so the reader can gauge the full spread.

where strategy meets practice

strategies × activity types

How each shared strategy breaks down across the four activity types the orgs running it actually do.

direct service
advocacy
research
capacity building
Peer-Led Capacity Building
34
Person-Centered Empowerment
22
Family-Centered, Evidence-Based Integration
7
Translational Research Acceleration
5
Compatibility Matching
4
Faith-Integrated Formation
2
Financial Accessibility as Inclusion
4
Holistic Youth Development
3
who works with whom

named partnerships · coalitions · networks

Entities these orgs explicitly call out as partners, coalition members, or networks. Unlike the strategy-sharing graph below (which is inferred from shared approaches), these are relationships the orgs claim on their own sites.

Phoenix Children’s Hospital Partner
shared by 2 orgs
Raising Special Kids Partner
shared by 2 orgs
ALTCS Partner
shared by 1 org
AO Winery Partner
shared by 1 org
AXYS (Australia) Partner
shared by 1 org
AXYS (US) Partner
shared by 1 org
AZ Department of Health Services Funder
shared by 1 org
AZ Dept of Economic Security – Department of Developmental Disabilities Government
shared by 1 org
AZ Partners in Leadership Partner
shared by 1 org
AZ Premier Flag Football Funder
shared by 1 org
AZDOR Government
shared by 1 org
Ability 360 Partner
shared by 1 org
Administrative Office of the Courts Partner
shared by 1 org
Advisory Board Coalition
shared by 1 org
Advisory Council Partner
shared by 1 org
Ak-Chin Indian Community Funder
shared by 1 org
where the field connects

strategy-sharing network

Inferred from shared theories of action: each line connects an org to a strategy it runs. Organizations that share many strategies cluster through the same nodes — funders can spot the field's structural bridges.