Population: People of all ages and backgrounds in low-income households struggling with food insecurity

Statewide

No Borders No Limits Produce Program

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Give an increasing number of food-insecure Arizonans regular access to the healthy produce they need to thrive.

By improving access to healthy foods, the No Borders No Limits Produce Program (NBNL) increases health benefits for the local community, limits waste, and reduces pollutants by keeping edible produce out of the landfill. Through relationships with a range of produce sources, NBNL either directly channels excess product to food banks or stages it for sorting and repacking. Funding will enable NBNL to provide approximately 40 million meals to more than 750,000 Arizonans facing food insecurity.

Population: Students in low-income and under-resourced communities

Maricopa

Pipeline of Postsecondary Access and Success Programs

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Bridge the gap for students who face socio-economic disadvantages and education barriers by ensuring equitable access to tools vital for higher education and lifelong success.

Funding will serve 2,080 students, primarily through Be A Leader’s Senior Boot Camp (including scholarships). Other resources include middle school early awareness programs and personalized guidance for university and community college students throughout their postsecondary journeys.

Population: Pregnant women in Douglas, Arizona, in need of prenatal care

Cochise

Chiricahua’s Prenatal Care for All Women in Douglas, Arizona

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Ensure prenatal care is equitable, accessible, and high-quality for all women in the Douglas area.

Chiricahua’s Prenatal Care program in the Douglas clinic offers essential access to quality, convenient, culturally sensitive prenatal care for women who live in low-income households, identify as an ethnic minority, or have no health insurance. Funding will support practitioner education and expand service capacity to help ensure that the Douglas community has reliable access to equitable prenatal care, enabling mothers and babies to attain optimal levels of health.

Population: Creighton University students and Creighton School of Medicine residents

Statewide

Knowledge Donor Program

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Shift the paradigm for medical and healthcare education to improve quality of trainee performance, eliminate patient risk, and reduce training program costs.

The Knowledge Donor Program modernizes cadaveric training with an ultra-high-fidelity replication of human anatomy in a non-living donor. By providing unparalleled procedural and operative training opportunities with zero risk to living patients, this program will offer a replicable blueprint for procedural safety, competency, and sustainability for other healthcare practitioners and academic institutions.

Population: Students from low-income backgrounds, most of whom are the first in their family to attend college

La Paz
Maricopa
Pima
Pinal
Yavapai
Yuma

Empowering Diversity Scholarship Mentoring Program

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Provide comprehensive mentoring for Empowering Diversity Scholarship recipients by pairing them with a Success Advisor for 1:1 guidance.

Services include mentoring enrollment counseling, academic tracking, financial aid advice, networking, and professional development opportunities. Funding will provide full wraparound services for 100 scholarship recipients (current or past) who are pursuing a postsecondary degree to increase their chances of graduation and long-term success.

Population: Low-income, single moms attending nursing school

Maricopa

Low-Income Single Mom Nursing Program

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Assist 105 single moms attending nursing school and their families who are struggling with low income, unstable housing, and inadequate transportation challenges.

The Low-Income Single Mom Nursing Program offers over $750,000 in financial aid, rent assistance, transportation support, and other wraparound services. Funding will enable approximately 30 nursing students to earn an associate’s or BSN degree and quickly enter the healthcare workforce, while 67 nursing students will move two semesters closer to their graduation date. Program participants will address a coming, critical shortage of more than 28,000 registered nurses in Arizona by 2025, as recently reported on 12News.

Population: Youth ages 13 to 21 who are experiencing homelessness and enrolled in school

Coconino
Mohave

Empowering Youth for the Future
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Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Help at-risk youth meet housing and other basic needs so they can thrive, graduate, and succeed.

Homeless Youth Connection’s (HYC’s) Empowering Youth for the Future program offers high-school-age youth experiencing homelessness trauma-informed, strengths-based interventions and safe and stable housing.

Youth coaches help participants identify and meet needs related to academics, health, housing, employment, and independent living skills. Basic needs, such as food, clothing, and transportation, as well as computers and other educational resources, are supplied when needed.

Funding will enable the program to support 700 students in completing the school year, increasing independent living skills, and establishing a plan for after high school.

Population: Underserved, low-income students and adults

Maricopa

College Depot at Phoenix Public Library: Providing Wraparound Care to Ensure Success

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Expand high school diploma (or equivalent) and college planning services to 125 students who otherwise would be financially prohibited from achieving their academic goals.

College Depot provides free, full-service college guidance and connects students with resources to remove barriers and ensure success. Services include 1:1 assistance, family consultation, and workshops on all aspects of the education planning process—from financial aid to career exploration.

Population: Unsheltered people with pets who struggle to access services and housing

Maricopa

The Arizona Pet Project

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Bridge the gap between human and animal services by resolving pet-related barriers to care for 100 individuals experiencing poverty, hunger, homelessness, domestic violence, or other crises.

Maricopa County estimates there are 140,000 fewer units of affordable housing than it needs, with nearly 10,000 individuals unsheltered. This leaves at least 1,000 individuals with pets struggling to access services, shelters, and transitional housing.

The Arizona Pet Project partners with local homeless shelters and human service agencies to ensure people can access physical and mental health services, employment, and shelter while keeping their entire family intact — including pets.

Population: Children in the Arizona foster care system, ages birth to 18

Coconino
Maricopa
Navajo

The Foster Alliance 2024

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: The Foster Alliance (TFA), formerly known as Arizona Helping Hands, is the state’s largest provider of essential needs to children in Arizona’s foster care system, currently serving 800 children monthly.

The TFA Essential Needs program reduces stressors of children in foster care, beginning with a safe place to sleep. Infants receive a crib, mattress, and fitted sheet, while children receive a twin bed unit that includes a mattress, bed frame, and bedding. Children also receive clothing, school supplies, footlockers, personal care kits, and much more. Funding will directly support two weeks of service for 300 children.

Population: Families experiencing homelessness

Maricopa

UMOM’s Family Emergency Shelter

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Break the cycle of homelessness for families served today and for future generations. The UMOM Family Emergency Shelter program offers the tools and resources clients need to permanently end their homelessness, including: 1:1 case management; employment services; advocacy with property management companies, landlords, courts, and partnering agencies; connection to community resources; and supportive services for children and youth.

Funding will enable 1,800 people to benefit from safe shelter and related services that support a transition to permanent housing at a rate of 80%, compared to the community standard of 64%.

Population: Families facing socio-economic challenges that significantly limit access to healthcare and result in absenteeism and decreased performance in school

Yuma

Foundation of YRMC Mobile Health Clinic

Impact Grant
Cycle 1, 2024

Project: Expand healthcare access in the Yuma School District to reduce school absenteeism, increase vaccine rates, enhance community engagement and prevention, and increase healthcare utilization.

Funding will enable Yuma Regional Medical Center (YRMC) to reach underserved youth by providing convenient and quality healthcare close to home. Care will be delivered by residents of YRMC's Graduate Medical Education program through a revitalized mobile health unit. Residents will provide quality healthcare in a timely and cost-effective manner while gaining invaluable experience.