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In the community, SPI has programming at El Centro de la Familia (Paiute Neighborhood Center) and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation.

El Centro de la Familia

SPI’s El Centro de la Familia at Scottsdale's Paiute Neighborhood Center addresses the needs of Scottsdale's Hispanic population.  Innovative prevention programming is provided through youth/family education, community mobilization, health & public safety initiatives and public social marketing.   The vision is to build resilience among families and neighborhoods by strengthening and empowering residents with knowledge and a plan of action to improve the health and safety of all persons who live there.

Prevention initiatives focus on:

Family substance use/abuse prevention for ages 4-adulthood

Family Literacy & Education:

Promotes literacy by affirming the family’s native language and provides enhancing reading and language skills.  Specific programs allow children to increase skills and knowledge in decision making and problem solving while learning the consequences of substance abuse.

• English as a Second Language Basic & Advanced
• Parenting Classes
• MotherRead:  Mother & Child Literacy
• Incredible Years:  Literacy & Life skills ages 3-5
• Star Power Team: Literacy & Life Skills ages 6-10
• Tutoring
• Prevention/Social Service/Domestic Violence

Community Development:

Supports and creates a sense of community participation and personal empowerment to address community protection and risk factors while promoting internal and external collaborations and coalitions.  Residents assume leadership roles which embrace the Strategic Prevention Framework.

• SNIA:  Scottsdale Neighborhoods In Action (Underage Drinking) Coalition, for more information click here.
• Promotoras: Women’s Leadership
• Los Lideres:  Men’s Leadership
• Youth in Action: Peer Leadership (includes aTennis Program)
• Conexiones: Hispanic Community Resource
• Nights in the Park: Youth in Action Outreach
• Cultural Events: Celebrations which advocate the prevention of underage drinking, and dangers associated with alcohol & drug use/abuse

2009/2010

All program services/classes are provided in Spanish and English. For more information contact Liz Avila, Program Director, 480-312-0003.

RECOGNITION

El Centro de la Familia is the recipient of the 2009 Science to Service Award and the 2007 Arizona Department of Health Services nominee for the prestigious National Exemplary Award for "Innovative Substance Prevention Programs, Practices and Policies." These awards are sponsored, ultimately, by SAMHSA of the US Department of Health & Human Services and provide wonderful recognition of an outstanding program and a tribute to the staff at El Centro de la Familia.

Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation

SPI joined forces with the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation to address the unique family and community needs of tribal members who live and transition between the traditional reservation and the urban setting of metro Phoenix/Scottsdale.  Together they provide an innovative approach to prevention programming through youth/family education, community mobilization, and health & public safety initiatives at the Wassaja Family Services location.  The vision is to prevent the onset and progression of substance abuse across all age groups, and promote positive family values and healthy lifestyles.

Prevention initiatives focus on:

• Family Substance Abuse Prevention for ages 4-adulthood
• Early Childhood Education (Incredible Years)
• Teen & Peer Leadership (Keeping It Real)
• Cultural Events (celebrations which advocate the prevention of underage drinking & dangers associated with alcohol & drug use/abuse)
• Parenting Classes (Active Parenting)
• Coalition Development (Healthy Families Forward), for more information click here.)

For more information contact Henry Beauduy, Director of Wassaja Family Services, 480-789-0989.