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PIMA PREVENTION PARTNERSHIP

AZ · EIN 860695734 · $8.4M rev · operational · www.thepartnership.us
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Pima Prevention Partnership (PPP) is a nonprofit organization founded in 1992 that focuses on preventing adolescent substance misuse and supporting families through various educational and empowerment programs. Operating primarily in Tucson and Phoenix, Arizona, PPP aims to create conditions for change among underserved youth and their families by providing resources and support to promote healthy decisions.

activities · 53

what they do

direct service · 40
  • Active Parenting Curriculum Life Skills and Parenting Education
    Implements the Active Parenting curriculum, consisting of 3 weekly sessions for parents/caregivers of youth ages 5–12.
  • Adolescent Day Treatment Program Youth Justice Diversion & Reentry Support
    Established the Sin Puertas Adolescent Day Treatment program.
  • Adolescent Day Treatment Program Youth Justice Diversion & Reentry Support
    Established and operates the Sin Puertas Adolescent Day Treatment program.
  • Behavioral Health Outpatient Treatment
    Provides outpatient behavioral health treatment services, including the Sin Puertas Adolescent Day Treatment program, under a secured behavioral health license.
  • Behavioral Health Outpatient Treatment Outpatient Mental Health Counseling
    Provides outpatient behavioral health treatment services, having secured a behavioral health license.
  • Operates tuition-free charter schools (Pima Partnership High School, Pima Partnership Academy, Arizona Collegiate High School, Pima Partnership Performing Arts High School) for students in grades 6-12 with individualized learning plans and small class sizes.
  • Communication Aids for People with Disabilities Language Interpretation and Translation Services
    Provides free communication aids and services for people with disabilities, including qualified sign language interpreters and written materials in alternative formats such as large print, audio, and accessible electronic formats.
  • Deliver evidence-based youth substance use prevention programs Youth Substance Use Prevention Education
    Implements the Too Good evidence-based curriculum for youth ages 10–17 to prevent substance use by teaching drug effects, resilience, coping skills, and mental health awareness. Also delivered through the Axios program to reduce delinquency and violence.
  • Drug Abuse Treatment Program (Marshall Islands) Substance Use Disorder Treatment
    Opened a Drug Abuse Treatment Program in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  • Drug Abuse Treatment Program (Marshall Islands) Substance Use Disorder Treatment
    Operates a Drug Abuse Treatment Program in the Republic of the Marshall Islands.
  • Establish and operate specialized youth and family programs Youth Justice Diversion & Reentry Support
    Founded Pima County Teen Court, the Sin Puertas Adolescent Day Treatment program, the Stork's Nest residential program for pregnant women, and the statewide Mentoring Children of Prisoners initiative to address behavioral, legal, and family health needs.
  • Guiding Good Choices Program Life Skills and Parenting Education
    Delivers the Connect to Family Program using the Guiding Good Choices curriculum, consisting of 5 weekly sessions for parents/caregivers of youth ages 9–14, including one joint session with youth.
  • Initiate community and organizational development projects Community School Model Implementation
    Launched the Pan Asian Community Alliance Center, Arizona Collegiate High School in Phoenix, and the Full Court Press program, which reduced youth tobacco use by 27%, demonstrating community-level program innovation.
  • Language Services for Limited English Proficiency Language Interpretation and Translation Services
    Provides free language services to individuals with limited English proficiency, including qualified interpreters and translated written materials.
  • Mentoring Children of Prisoners Initiative
    Started the statewide Mentoring Children of Prisoners initiative.
  • Offer parenting and family strengthening workshops Life Skills and Parenting Education
    Provides structured, evidence-based parenting workshops in Pima County including Guiding Good Choices (5 sessions for parents of youth 9–14), Active Parenting (3 sessions for parents of youth 5–12), Strengthening Families (6 sessions with youth 10–14), and Staying Connected to Your Teen (5 sessions for parents and youth 12–17), focusing on communication, peer pressure, and substance use prevention.
  • Operate drug abuse treatment programs Substance Use Disorder Treatment
    Established a drug abuse treatment program in the Republic of the Marshall Islands and secured a behavioral health license to provide outpatient treatment services, expanding clinical service capacity.
  • Operate tuition-free charter schools for grades 6–12 Charter & Alternative School Operation
    Runs multiple tuition-free charter schools including Pima Partnership High School, Pima Partnership Academy (grades 6–8), and Pima Partnership Performing Arts High School, offering individualized learning plans and small class sizes. Expanded to include 6th grade and secured North Central Association accreditation.
  • Outpatient Behavioral Health Treatment Outpatient Mental Health Counseling
    Provides outpatient behavioral health treatment services, having secured a behavioral health license.
  • Parenting Skills and Family Strengthening Workshops Life Skills and Parenting Education
    Provides parenting skills training and family strengthening workshops in Pima County to prevent substance use and unhealthy risk behaviors among youth, including 1.5 to 2-hour workshops on communication, peer pressure, and substance use prevention.
  • Parenting Skills and Family Strengthening Workshops Life Skills and Parenting Education
    Provides parenting skills, training, and family strengthening workshops in Pima County to prevent substance use and unhealthy risk behaviors among youth, including 1.5 to 2-hour workshops on communication, peer pressure, and substance use prevention.
  • Peer-Assisted Sexual Health Education Youth Sexual Health Education
    Offers the Peer Assisted Leader Program (PAL) as part of the B-Unique initiative to engage youth as peer leaders in teen pregnancy and sexual health education.
  • Peer-Assisted Teen Health Education Youth Sexual Health Education
    Offers the Peer Assisted Leader Program (PAL) as part of the B-Unique initiative to engage youth as peer leaders in teen pregnancy and sexual health education.
  • Provide language and disability access services Language Interpretation and Translation Services
    Offers free communication aids for people with disabilities, including sign language interpreters and materials in large print, audio, and accessible electronic formats, as well as language services for individuals with limited English proficiency, including interpreters and translated materials.
  • Provide teen pregnancy and sexual health education Youth Sexual Health Education
    Delivers evidence-based curricula—Choosing The Best, Love Notes, and Positive Potential—to youth in grades 6–10 on healthy relationships, sexual risk avoidance, and STD/HIV prevention. Includes the Peer Assisted Leader (PAL) program under B-Unique to engage youth as peer educators.
  • Staying Connected to Your Teen Curriculum Life Skills and Parenting Education
    Delivers the Staying Connected to Your Teen curriculum, consisting of 5 weekly sessions for parents/caregivers and youth ages 12–17, offered in-person and in hybrid format.
  • Strengthening Families Curriculum Life Skills and Parenting Education
    Delivers the Strengthening Families curriculum, consisting of 6 weekly sessions where parents/caregivers and youth ages 10–14 participate together.
  • Substance Use Prevention Education Youth Substance Use Prevention Education
    Implements the Too Good evidence-based curriculum for youth ages 10-17 to prevent substance use by teaching about the effects of drugs, building resilience, developing coping and communication skills, and increasing awareness of mental health resources.
  • Substance Use Prevention Education Youth Substance Use Prevention Education
    Implements the Too Good evidence-based curriculum for youth ages 10-17, teaching about the effects of drugs, building resilience, developing coping and communication skills, and increasing awareness of mental health resources to prevent substance use.
  • Support youth development and prevention programs through event funding Volunteer Mobilization & Management
    Uses proceeds from events to support school-based academic enrichment, juvenile delinquency and violence prevention, substance use prevention, mentoring, and family workshops that strengthen youth and family units.
  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention Education Youth Sexual Health Education
    Provides teen pregnancy prevention education using evidence-based curricula (Choosing The Best, Love Notes, Positive Potential) to youth in grades 6-10, teaching about healthy relationships, sexual risk avoidance, and STD/HIV prevention with age-appropriate content.
  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention Education Youth Sexual Health Education
    Provides teen pregnancy prevention education using evidence-based curricula (Choosing The Best, Love Notes, and Positive Potential) to teach youth in grades 6-10 about healthy relationships, sexual risk avoidance, and STD/HIV prevention, with age-appropriate content.
  • Teen Pregnancy Prevention Education Youth Sexual Health Education
    Provides teen pregnancy prevention education using evidence-based curricula (Choosing The Best, Love Notes, and Positive Potential) to teach youth in grades 6-10 about healthy relationships, sexual risk avoidance, and STD/HIV prevention, with age-appropriate content tailored to middle and high school students.
  • Train youth in advocacy and leadership through Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y) Youth Substance Use Prevention Education
    Operates the Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y) program that trains students in public speaking, media literacy, legislative advocacy, and message development, empowering them to lead drug-prevention initiatives via press conferences, presentations, and legislative testimony.
  • Tuition-Free Charter Schools Charter & Alternative School Operation
    Operates tuition-free charter schools (Pima Partnership High School, Pima Partnership Academy, Arizona Collegiate High School, Pima Partnership Performing Arts High School) for students in grades 6-12 with individualized learning plans and small class sizes.
  • Youth Leadership and Advocacy Training Youth Substance Use Prevention Education
    Operates the Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y) program, training students in public speaking, media literacy, legislative advocacy, and message development to lead drug-prevention initiatives and advocate in their communities through various activities.
  • Youth Leadership and Advocacy Training Youth Substance Use Prevention Education
    Operates the Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y) program to train students in public speaking, media literacy, legislative advocacy, and message development, empowering them to lead drug-prevention initiatives and advocate in their communities through various activities.
  • Youth Violence and Delinquency Prevention Youth Resilience & Risk Prevention Workshops
    Delivers the Axios program using the Too Good evidence-based curriculum to reduce youth violence and delinquency by teaching conflict resolution, communication, and pro-social skills, addressing topics like bullying, aggression, gun safety, and mental health, and offers one-on-one coaching or school-based mentoring for youth ages 10-17.
  • Youth Violence and Delinquency Prevention Youth Resilience & Risk Prevention Workshops
    Delivers the Axios program using the Too Good evidence-based curriculum to reduce youth violence and delinquency by teaching conflict resolution, effective communication, and pro-social skills, with content addressing bullying, aggression, gun safety, and mental health, and offers one-on-one coaching or school-based mentoring for youth ages 10-17.
  • Youth Violence and Delinquency Prevention Youth Resilience & Risk Prevention Workshops
    Delivers the Axios program using the Too Good evidence-based curriculum to reduce youth violence and delinquency by teaching conflict resolution, communication, and pro-social skills, addressing bullying, aggression, gun safety, and mental health, and offering one-on-one coaching or school-based mentoring for youth ages 10-17.
research · 3
capacity building · 10
  • Build organizational and partner capacity Youth Justice Diversion & Reentry Support
    Initiated the PRO Neighborhoods Grant Making program, established Pima Partnership Properties, LLC, launched the Youth and Family Services Department, expanded services through a merger with COPE Community Services, opened offices in Phoenix and Tucson, and obtained corporate and school accreditations to strengthen institutional infrastructure.
  • Obtained Corporate Accreditation.
  • Corporate Merger with COPE Community Services Organizational Mergers and Acquisitions
    Completed a corporate merger with COPE Community Services.
  • Evaluation and Grant Writing Services
    Initiated evaluation and grant writing services for a new customer base.
  • PRO Neighborhoods Grant Making Program
    Initiated the PRO Neighborhoods Grant Making program in collaboration with partners.
  • Pima Partnership High School Accreditation Post-Scholarship Alumni Support
    Secured North Central Association accreditation for Pima Partnership High School (PPHS).
  • Pima Partnership Properties, LLC
    Established Pima Partnership Properties, LLC.
  • Pima Partnership Properties, LLC Establishment
    Established Pima Partnership Properties, LLC.
  • Youth and Family Services Department Youth Justice Diversion & Reentry Support
    Initiated the Youth and Family Services Department at Pima Prevention Partnership.
  • Youth and Family Services Department Establishment Youth Justice Diversion & Reentry Support
    Initiated the Youth and Family Services Department at Pima Prevention Partnership.
strategies · 27

how they think

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named programs · 8

what they call their work

Axios/"I am Worthy" Project
Violence prevention program for youth ages 10-17 using the Too Good curriculum to reduce aggression, teach conflict resolution, and promote pro-social skills and mental health awareness.
B-Unique
Teen pregnancy prevention program for pre-teens and teens using evidence-based curricula including Choosing The Best, Love Notes, and Positive Potential to promote healthy relationships and sexual risk avoidance.
Connect to Family Program
Multi-week parenting workshop series using Guiding Good Choices and Active Parenting curricula for caregivers of youth ages 5-14 to strengthen family bonds and prevent substance use.
Parent/Caregiver Workshops
Offers parenting skills training and family strengthening workshops to help families avoid substance use and other unhealthy risk behaviors.
Partnership Schools
Tuition-free charter schools for grades 6-12 offering individualized learning plans, small class sizes, and support services to help students succeed academically and personally.
Strengthening Arizona Families
Family strengthening program using Strengthening Families and Staying Connected to Your Teen curricula for caregivers and youth ages 10-17 to improve communication and reduce risk behaviors.
Tucson Youth 411
Substance abuse prevention program for youth ages 10-17 using the Too Good evidence-based curriculum to build resilience, teach effects of drugs on the brain and body, and improve mental wellness knowledge.
Youth 2 Youth (Y2Y)
Youth advocacy and empowerment program that trains students in public speaking, media literacy, legislative skills, and community advocacy to combat substance abuse.
relationships · 6

who they work with

  • Active Parenting Partner — Uses the Active Parenting curriculum in its multi-week workshop series.
  • COPE Community Services Partner — Completed a corporate merger with COPE Community Services in 2016.
  • Guiding Good Choices Partner — Implements the Guiding Good Choices curriculum in its Connect to Family Program.
  • Starr Pass Golf Club Partner — Host venue for the annual Harry Kressler Classic golf tournament
  • Strengthening Families Partner — Implements the Strengthening Families curriculum in its family workshop programming.
  • U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights Government — Entity with which individuals can file civil rights complaints regarding access or discrimination issues related to PPP's services.