The Amphi Foundation ECHO (Educational Community Home Outreach) Program at Nash and Keeling Elementary Schools provides a community school-based approach to achieve student and community transformation by tackling academic and non-academic barrier through before and after school programs for elementary aged students, including new learning opportuniies for students and their families, with wrap-around services focused on health and wellness support. Nash and Keeling are in one of the most in-need zip codes in Arizona. Exciting after school programs entice students to attend classes with nearly 900 children, plus caregivers, benefitting from the program. Increased classroom attendance, higher test scores, and overall well-being; with increased financial literacy, better job prospects for their future, and greater community connection for caregivers will benefit the entire community.

ICS provides pathways leading to more stable and self-sufficient lives. The goal of ICS’s Emergency Financial Assistance program is to prevent eviction and keep families and seniors safe in their homes, which is critical because it is 3 to 5 times more expensive to rehouse people once they have lost their home.  ICS is a unique service agency because it has wrap-around services to give people a hand up including a brick-and-mortar food bank, mobile food bank, a workforce development program, and transportation, mobile meals and food box delivery for seniors and disabled adults, among other services.

Youth On Their Own (YOTO) supports the high school graduation and continued success of youth experiencing homelessness in Pima County. YOTO’s goal is to address the educational barriers faced by homeless youth by providing earned financial support, free basic needs like food and hygiene supplies, and the support of consistent adults. YOTO serves 1,500 youth experiencing homelessness each year at over 100 schools across the county and has a 93% graduation rate for its participants.