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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/3/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Free Arts for Abused Children
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Bridget Costello Title: Director of Development
10. Phone Number: (602) 258-8100
11. Mailing Address: 352 E. Camelback Rd. #101
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85012
13. Email Address: bcostello@freeartsaz.org Website Address: www.freeartsaz.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Free Arts for Abused Children
15. Purpose of Grant: To provide therapeutic arts programs to heal 7,000 abused and traumatized children.
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $10,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 5
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $50,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past funding $1,017.18 in 2018
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Free Arts programs began in 1993, developed to interrupt the cycle of trauma in foster, abused and homeless
children's lives through the arts, providing a path to a healthier life. This continuing program incorporates the
trauma informed care curriculum with a knowledge of ACES scores (Adverse Childhood Experiences of
potentially traumatic events such as: experiencing violence or abuse, witnessing violence in the home or
community or having a family member attempt or die by suicide that occur in childhood from ages 0-17), and
our own outcomes model to deliver resilience-building art programs to the underserved population of
homeless and abused foster children.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Free Arts received funding from the State of Arizona from 2005 to 2021 primarily through the Victims of Crime Act
Grant; the Arizona Commission on the Arts from 1997 to 2021; the Arizona Lottery from 2010 to 2019; City of Phoenix
from 2002 to 2021; City of Peoria since 2011; City of Glendale from 2014 to 2017; City of Tempe 2009-2011; City of
Chandler from 2003 to 2018; City of Goodyear from 2012 to 2019; Casino Arizona from 2009 to 2019; and Desert
Diamond from 2016 to 2020. Free Arts is a current featured charity at the Gila River Casino Kiosk.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Free Arts Weekly Mentor Program builds trusting relationships by connecting volunteer mentors with small
groups of children. Mentors lead the children through intentional art making projects for 8 to 16-week sessions.
Our scripted mentor curriculum guides mentors through each session for maximum therapeutic benefit. Staff
support mentors by arranging substitutes, conducting site visits, and individual coaching. This support allows
mentors to be successful even in challenging circumstances.
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Free Arts Camp Series engages mentors and professional teaching artists to support children as they bravely
explore their stories through various art forms. The Camp Series allows children to share their skills and stories
with the public through: a one-week Multicultural Art Camp, the Art of Leadership Camp, and a two-week
Theater Camp. The Camp Series is the most popular program in the community we serve with the greatest
impact due to 30 hours of consistent programming. The program moves children quickly through outcomes
and towards our goal of building resilience.
Free Arts Professional Artist Series commissions professional teaching artists to teach a specific art form that
culminates in a final performance or exhibition. This program is particularly effective in building skills and self-
efficacy.
Free Arts Days connect children with their communities via one-day creative events with our arts and culture
partners. Partners include cultural institutions such as the Phoenix Art Museum, Arizona Ballet, and Phoenix
Symphony. This program allows children to explore a variety of art forms and connect with caring adult mentors
while learning about and experiencing the beauty of the art museums and cultural institutions.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
This program addresses the healthcare priority. Free Arts programs interrupt the cycle of trauma in foster, abused and
homeless children's lives and, through the arts, providing a path to a healthier life. The programs and written materials
available in both English and Spanish, and children can participate in multiple programs.
1) Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the project.
In June 2019, 14,205 Arizona children lived in out-of-home care and ranked 46th in the nation for child well-being. These
children struggle with feelings of anger, fear, shame, isolation, and sadness. Without effective intervention, these
children face an adult life thwarted by violence, drugs, crime, and other destructive behaviors. Free Arts programs
combine the arts and mentoring to help children build resilience, hope, develop self-efficacy, acquire skills, express
themselves, and feel safe. Free Arts' programs support children by connecting caring mentors and artists to provide an
outlet for emotional expression resulting in increased self-confidence, and the ability to build trusting relationships with
adults. Artistic self-expression helps people become more physically, mentally, and emotionally healthy, resolve
conflicts, develop interpersonal skills, manage behavior, reduce stress, handle life adjustments, and achieve insight. Free
Arts works with children 3 to 21 years old that come from 40 social service agencies in Maricopa County. This includes
children residing in homeless and domestic violence shelters, foster care group homes, foster and kinship families,
residential treatment centers, or attending alternative program schools. In 2019 Free Arts served 7,221 children with the
following demographics: Gender: 58% female and 42% male; Ethnicity: 43% Multi-Racial, 25% Hispanic, 16% African
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American, 13% Caucasian, and 3% American Indian; and Age 7% were 0-6 years old, 56% were 7-13 years old, 35% were
14-17 years old, 2% were 18-20 years old.
2) Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This is a continuing program with no previous funding from GRIC.
3) Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
This is a year round program with a fiscal year start of October 1, 2020.
4) Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Free Arts partners include cultural institutions such as: The Phoenix Art Museum, The Arizona Ballet, The Phoenix
Symphony and many other prominent organizations in the Valley for various projects.
5) Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
With partial funding we can implement the program, if we are unable to secure other funds we would reduce either the
number of programs or children served.
6) Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Free Arts has successfully offered programs to children since 1993. Our staff leadership team has 33 years of
accumulated service at Free Arts. The founding executive director is remains a donor and advocate, and the founding art
therapist, Margaret Beresford, returned to work with our alumni program. Free Arts maintains steady, controlled growth
in direct response to increased demand for services, balanced with the available funding to meet those services. Free
Arts' fundraising plan includes revenue from private/family foundations; corporate, state, and municipal grants;
individual donors; agency-driven special events; and third-party beneficiary events. At the previous year fiscal year
closing, September 30, 2020, Free Arts had 11 months of cash reserves.
7) Describe your plan to document progress and results.
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On March 11, Free Arts began outreach to partner agencies to inquire about policy changes related to COVID-19. By
March 13, half of our 40 partners reported canceling public outing and restricting visitations effective immediately. On
March 16, Free Arts made the difficult decision to pause all programming following CDC guidance and complying with
our partner agency restrictions. That same day, plans began for alternative programming that would continue providing
resilience-building arts opportunities to children who have experienced trauma and serve the community during this
difficult time.
Phase 1 Programs (March – July 2020)
Four alternative programs were decided upon and implemented immediately in Phase 1:
• Art Heals Videos: A YouTube video series accessible to everyone that included:
o Free Arts Family – Trauma-informed videos introducing basic self-awareness concepts and art-based
coping tools.
o Virtual Professional Artist Series – Teaching Artist led workshops focused on a specific art form.
o Alumni Experience – Real life talks and art created by Free Arts Alumni.
• Hope Packages/Take-Home Projects – Activities and materials for our partner agencies.
o Hope Packages –Curriculum for three simple art projects accompanied by a heartfelt letter of support
and mailed to every partner agency site.
o Take-Home Projects – Art projects with instructions and materials that partner agencies can request and
have hand-delivered by Free Arts staff members.
• Alumni Connection – Intentional opportunities designed to allow Alumni to connect to Free Arts, one another,
and community resources. These included one-on-one Connection Captains for Alumni, weekly video calls, and
art supply delivery.
• Caregiver Community – A weekly online meeting and corresponding Facebook group where partner agency staff
members and foster parents can share support and resources.
• Virtual Volunteer Orientations – The first step of the volunteer onboarding process was quickly transitioned
online.
Phase 1 Outcomes
Free Arts estimates 154 traditional activities were canceled due to COVID-19 (March – September), resulting in 2,707
children not being served in a traditional or in-person way. Through Phase 1 Alternative Programs over the past 20
weeks, Free Arts served 3,929 children and adults all around the state.
• Art Heals Videos –17 videos were shared on YouTube with a total 1,053 views.
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• Hope Packages – 227 packages were delivered to foster care group homes, shelters, treatment centers, and
foster families.
• Take-Home Projects – Art supplies were prepared, packaged, and delivered to 49 agencies (112 unique sites) for
2,800 children, totaling 8,100 individual projects.
• Alumni Connection – 25 active Alumni received a total of 233 touchpoints (calls, video conferences, and
deliveries).
• Caregiver Community – 54 members participated in the online community where 15 weekly hosted calls
featured local resilience and trauma-informed care experts
• Virtual Volunteer Orientations – 18 Orientations were hosted for 66 potential new volunteer mentors.
Phase 2 Programs (July – December 2020)
As this transitional and uncertain time continues, Free Arts is looking for additional ways to connect children with caring
adults including volunteer mentors and teaching artists. Current Phase 2 plans include:
Alternative Camp Series - For more than 20 years, Free Arts has offered a summer Camp Series for children experiencing
the trauma of abuse, neglect, and homelessness. These camps usually take place at a community location and involve an
average of 50 children per week from a variety of foster homes, group homes, shelters, and treatment centers around
Maricopa County.
Multicultural Arts Camp – This year Florence Crittenton, a Free Arts partner agency since 1995, agreed to partner with
Free Arts to host this year’s Multicultural Arts Camp on their campus for the 30 teens currently residing there. On July
13-17, four Free Arts teaching artists, two Free Arts staff, and two camp counselors created an on-site camp experience
that included dance, visual arts, music, and spoken word poetry. The teens learned artistic techniques and skills to
explore their own experiences and feelings about their current situations, including social issues such as the pandemic
and racial justice movement.
Theater Camp - This would have been the 20th year that Free Arts has partnered with the Herberger Theater Center to
create an unforgettable and transformative experience for teens. Typically, teens participating in Theater Camp rehearse
on stage at the Herberger Theater Center and perform to a live audience of more than 750 people over the course of
two shows. This year, teens learned and rehearsed via Zoom while staying at the foster care group homes, shelters, and
treatment centers where they reside. They worked with five professional teaching artists to explore theater, dance,
music, spoken word, poetry, and visual art. Over the course of two weeks and with the mentorship of these teaching
artists, the 20 teens creatively shared their stories, thoughts, feelings, and perspectives on the theme “Find Your
Frame”. These were combined into a final video performance that was recorded and shared online.
Virtual Mentoring – Free Arts is exploring three options to connect trained volunteer mentors with children in Free Arts
partner agencies (foster care group homes, shelters, and treatment centers).
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• Online mentoring using video conferencing.
• Supply drop of art supply regularly delivered by mentors.
• Art pen pals where mentors and children create and mail art to one another.
Bravery Box Project – In an expansion of Take-Home Projects, Free Arts plans to provide Bravery Boxes of art supplies
and intentional art activities to 10,000 children in foster care or low-income populations throughout Arizona. This
initiative is our largest to date and the first to extend our services statewide.
Resilience Murals - To highlight the creativity and resilience of communities during an especially difficult time in history,
Free Arts for Abused Children of Arizona will fund and coordinate the connection of five local mural artists with five
community partner sites to create five murals celebrating resilience.
Professional Artist Series – In this traditional Free Arts program, brought back in a safe way, professional teaching artists
lead the children through focused art-making sessions designed to develop skills and self-efficacy. Art forms include
painting, drawing, cooking, dancing, drumming, and beat making. At the end of each series, children celebrate their
accomplishments and demonstrate their skills to their peers at a culminating event.
Phase 2 Outcomes
Alternative Camp Series – Multicultural Arts Camp served 25 teens. Theater Camp served 13 teens.
Virtual Mentoring – A training specifically for virtual mentoring has been developed and experienced mentors will begin
mentoring virtually in January. The program will continue to expand into the spring.
Bravery Box Project – By December 9, over 80 volunteers assembled 6,000 Bravery Boxes. Through a partnership with
Positive Network Alliance 1,000 Boxes will be distributed to Title I students during the holidays. The remaining 5,000 are
pending distribution to children in foster care through the Department of Child Safety.
Resilience Murals – 5 Free Arts Teaching Artists, assisted by 5 Alumni Apprentices created murals at 5 Catholic Charities
sites around Maricopa County.
Professional Artist Series – 3 professional artist series, including visual arts and Hip Hop dance, were conducted this fall
at 3 Free arts partner agencies (2 groups homes and a shelter program) serving approximately 24 children total.
Feedback
"I feel like my soul came out.” Lexi, 14 years old, Theater Camp participant
“I was overwhelmed by the feelings of nostalgia when I first witnessed the mural. Seeing images of my home country
brought back memories of my childhood and the feelings of family. I was in tears.” Catholic Charities team member
“It is such a special moment to show a child their artwork, which is now on display through the mural. Not only does it
affirm their dignity but gives them a sense of ownership in their community.” Catholic Charities staff member
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8) Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a separate
attachment, please indicate that here.
Free Arts applied to the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in 2020 and was not funded.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salaries & Benefits $0 $1,281,293 $0 $1,281,293
2. Professional & Outside Services $5,000 $270,674 $0 $275,674
3. Program Expenses $5,000 $139,854 $0 $144,854
4. Operational Expense $0 $185,288 $0 $185,288
5. Fundraising $0 $34,984 $0 $34,984
6. Techology $0 $63,568 $0 $63,568
7. Outreach $0 $89,731 $0 $89,731
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Total Budget $10,000 $2,065,392 $0 $2,075,392
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salaries & Benefits: $1,281,293 icludes salaries, payroll taxes & fees, health and Dental, retirement, professional
development, worker’s comp, mileage, parking, travel awards based on prior years salaries and projected increases.
2. Professional & Outside Services: $275,674 includes support services in technology, counseling and teaching artists for
for programs, leadership, and accounting. Based on prior year expenses.
3. Program Expenses: $144,854 includes art supplies, program evaluation, refreshments , based on prior years and
projected program usage.
4. Operational Expenses: $185,188 includes bank fees, rent, furniture lease, liability insurance, office supplies, dues &
subscriptions, communications. Based on prior years expenses.
5. Technology: $63,568 inckudes hardware, software, database and maintenance. Based on previous year expenses.
6. Outreach: $89,731 includes advertising, postage, design, printing, and socia media
7. Fundraising: $34,984 includes donor recognition and event expenses based on prior years.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/10/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 E. Jefferson Street, Suite 960
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Ryan House
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Tracy Leonard-Warner Title: Executive Director
10. Phone Number: 602-200-0767
11. Mailing Address: 110 W. Muhammad Ali Way, First Floor
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85013
13. Email Address: tleonardwarner@ryanhouse.org Website Address: https://ryanhouse.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: End-of-Life Services for Children at Ryan House
15. Purpose of Grant: End-of-Life Care Services for Terminally-Ill Children
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $75,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $75,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Yes, Ryan House received a Capital Campaign grant of $500,000
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and awarded between 2008-2011; $100,000 awarded in 2014;
amount $50,000 awarded in 2017; $75,000 awarded in 2019 and 2020.
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County and throughout Arizona.
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Pediatric Palliative Care: Palliative care aims to holistically identify and alleviate the physical, psychosocial, spiritual, and
emotional pain for both the child and the family, enhance quality of life, and minimize suffering.
Pediatric End-of-Life Care: Families with a child facing end-of-life receive supportive planning and compassionate care
consistent with clinical, cultural, and ethical standards.
Grief and Bereavement Support: We offer Sibling Bridges of Support and Hope, family counseling through various
programs, a memorial wall, an annual community event to honor children who have died, and Treasured Memories
boxes to families that are filled with special keepsakes.
Life-Enhancing Therapeutic Activities: Certified child life specialists, certified music therapists, and trained volunteers
provide activities that address the isolation, pain, and fear children and siblings face with diagnosis and improve quality
of life.
Our goal is to provide coordinated care and improve the quality of life for medically fragile children and their
families. Ryan House’s success has become a catalyst for change in pediatric palliative and hospice care in Arizona and
across the country. Ryan House families represent every ethnic group and have varying income levels. When a family
receives the news that their child has complex medical needs, their world is turned upside down. Ryan House provides
parents and families with a strong, caring support system during an unthinkable time.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Ryan House is applying through Maricopa County, as the majority of the families we serve – 85% - reside in Maricopa
County. In the past, we have accepted Gila River Indian Community funds through the City of Scottsdale and Maricopa
County. We have also received CDBG funding several times through the City of Phoenix.
Ryan House serves medically-complex children throughout Maricopa County and Arizona. We are grateful for our
relationship with the City of Phoenix and Maricopa County, as well as our relationships with many cities throughout
Arizona. We always grow and strengthen our relationships with all the cities and municipalities in the State of Arizona.
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3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Our Ryan House staff, Board of Directors, and the medically fragile children and families we serve, would like to
thank the Gila River Indian Community for its ongoing support of Ryan House’s End-of-Life program. In 2020, we
provided 47 children and families support at End-of-Life. The end-of-life program brings culturally-sensitive and quality-
driven end-of-life care to children and families that they need and deserve.
The end-of-life program is designed to benefit children we serve who suffer from conditions that cause
significant functional impairment and are diagnosed by medical professionals to be irreversible and terminal. Ryan
House normalizes their life, offering an opportunity to make friends and participate in activities not otherwise available
to them. The Ryan House end-of-life program is the only in-facility pediatric end-of-life and hospice program of its kind
in the State of Arizona.
Our skilled Care Team provides hand-on care around the clock. This interdisciplinary team is comprised of
medical doctors, registered nurses, certified nursing assistants, child life specialists, social workers, chaplain,
bereavement counselor and volunteers. The Care Team provides comprehensive child-and-family-centric care. Our
typical client is not expected to live into their 20s and requires round-the-clock medical and basic care. Our program
provides supportive planning and care consistent with clinical, cultural, and ethical standards of each family served. We
address the emotional, spiritual, and social needs of the family while also providing relief of the symptoms, pain, and
stress associated with any serious illness.
A terminally ill child has no expectation of a cure for his/her disease or illness. According to the Arizona Child
Fatality Review Program (Twenty-Sixth Annual Report, November 2018, AZDHS), in Arizona, natural deaths due to
medical conditions increased 10% from 2017 (n=489) to 2018 (n=538) and accounted for 64% of all child deaths in the
state. Congenital anomalies, infections, cancer, neurological disorders, and cardiovascular diseases were the other
leading causes of natural death.
Research from the Journal of American Medical Association (JAMA Pediatrics Report, 2013) indicated that
parents of terminally ill children suffer from psychological and economic distress over their child’s diagnosis, prognosis,
and the increasing costs (co-pays) involved in medical and respite care.
During these uncertain times, we want to assure you that we are here for our families and our community, just
like we have been for the last 10 years. Ryan House remains open to help keep our medically fragile children with life-
limiting conditions out of the hospital to assist in not overwhelming the healthcare system.
We also provide bereavement care, which supports families in a number of ways, offering a personalized tile in
Ryan House’s Memorial Garden, a Treasured Memories bereavement box for families, support groups and family
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counseling. Our Memorial Garden now displays over 300 individualized hand-crafted ceramic tiles to honor Ryan House
children who have passed away since 2012.
The funding from the Gila River Indian Community, will continue to provide critically needed care to medically-
fragile children nearing end-of-life and their families as they navigate the unimaginable.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
The Ryan House End-of-Life program satisfies the Gila River Indian Community’s “Healthcare” funding area by
providing world-class healthcare for children with life-limiting and terminal conditions. While at Ryan House, our
interdisciplinary care team assumes full medical care of each child throughout their stay, extending unique opportunities
to maximize functioning, relieve pain, and significantly increase their quality of life. Without Ryan House, children would
suffer, medical costs for families and the community would significantly increase, and families would not have the
support they need and deserve throughout the journey of their child’s illness and passing.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
For children facing end-of-life in Arizona. Ryan House is the only place that provides inpatient pediatric end-of-life
and hospice care for medically fragile children – there is nowhere else to turn. The diagnosis of a terminal illness in a
child is devastating for all involved: parents, kinship caregivers, family members, and the children themselves, as they
grieve for the life they had planned for their child and believed they would have. The journey is most often long, lonely,
and devastatingly sad. It is difficult to acknowledge that a child is dying and will not live a normal lifespan. At Ryan
House, our home-like environment provides a safe and comfortable place for families to be embraced by our Care Team
while they endure the unbearable.
Ryan House serves diverse, medically complex children, ages birth to 18, and their families of all cultures, income
levels, and family sizes each year. When a family receives the devastating news that their child is facing a life-limiting or
terminal diagnosis, Ryan House is here to deliver world-class life-enhancing services and compassionate support, so
families can concentrate on being families and creating cherished memories. Our dedicated team cares for the entire
family to help them remain intact, and even thrive.
According to the 2018 Arizona Child Fatality Review Program, natural deaths due to medical conditions that cause
significant functional impairment and are diagnosed by medical professionals to be irreversible and terminal. Some are
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diagnosed with cancer, and some have suffered tragic accidents or are brought to Ryan House almost immediately after
birth with undiagnosed genetic conditions.
Over the last 10 years, the number of children in Maricopa County who would qualify for Ryan House services have
doubled from 5,000 to just over 10,000. Our families represent every ethnic group and have varying income levels.
Diagnoses of children served: 42% Neuro-developmental and Nervous System Disorders, 27% Congenital Malformations
& Chromosomal Abnormalities, 10% Endocrine & Metabolic Disorders, 4% Cancer, 2% Trauma, 2% Respiratory
Disorders, and 13% Other Diagnoses.
● Soliz and Camila are siblings born 21 months apart with a rare chromosomal syndrome called Wolf-
Hirschhorn Syndrome (4p-). Their parents consider Ryan House a “precious resource.”
● Josiah was a 9 year-old boy with Ewing’s sarcoma who died peacefully at Ryan House. He was a fragile, but
gentle boy who was very loved and adored. He received 1:1 visits from multiple staff members and
volunteers who spent quality time with him, reading him children’s stories, singing him lullabies, and
hanging out at the bedside keeping him company.
● Mariah was a 16 year-old who spent her last weeks at Ryan House. She fought an amazing fight and was a
true inspiration to many. She brought so much love and joy to everyone. Her last few weeks were showered
with appropriate activities and intervention where she got to be a ballerina one day, then a dinosaur, and a
real superhero. She also had an opportunity to get a complete make-over and be in a photo shoot. Ryan
House staff and volunteers helped maximize every second of the last days of her life to the fullest.
Ryan House will continue to provide end-of-life services for 50 families a year. This program continues to be
desperately needed and is the only one of its kind in Arizona.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
End-of-Life care at Ryan House is a continuing program. Yes, GRIC previously funded this project. Ryan House
appreciates the continued support from the Gila River Indian Community.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
The End-of-Life program and Ryan House is ongoing; it takes place and serves medically-complex children facing
end-of-life 365 days a year. End-of-Life care for children begins when the child enters Ryan House, and ends after each
child’s passing.
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We also provide bereavement services to help families through the grieving process, including: sibling support,
anticipatory grief support, an annual community event to honor passed children, bereavement boxes to families that are
filled with special keepsakes, and Enduring Ties, a group counseling session that is offered twice monthly. Once a family
is a part of Ryan House, they are always a part of Ryan House. Grant funds would be used during Ryan House’s
2020/2021 fiscal year (10/1/2020 – 9/30/2021).
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Ryan House uses a collaborative, team approach to program and care delivery and operates in partnership with
Hospice of the Valley to provide a full circle of care to children and families beyond its walls. Shared facilities and
operations enable both organizations to benefit from considerable cost savings, allowing more funds to be spent on
direct services.
Ryan House also partners with hospitals, including Phoenix Children’s Hospital, and other Arizona organizations that
serve children with life-limiting and terminal conditions, such as Make-A-Wish Arizona. These partnerships ensure that
the unique and individualized needs of Ryan House children and families are met. Make-A-Wish Arizona and Ryan House
also refer clients to one another for services; Ryan House children qualify for wishes, and some of the children served by
Make-A-Wish Arizona qualify for stays at Ryan House. Furthermore, our medical director leads the palliative care
program at Phoenix Children’s Hospital and is a highly-regarded specialist in the emerging field of pediatric palliative
care.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
If partial funding was received for this project, Ryan House would still be able to implement our project, but may
have to turn away children and families when funding becomes unavailable.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Ryan House uses an aggressive fundraising program that includes corporate and foundation grants, individual
donations, workplace giving campaigns, third-party events, and three signature special events. Our organization remains
fiscally-sound, and our fundraising program continues to grow each year.
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As a part of our efforts to diversify revenue sources, our Reimbursement Committee and committed Board of
Directors continue to work with state lawmakers and insurance industry experts to advocate for Ryan House services.
Ryan House continues to offset expenses by increasing volunteer staff support and in-kind donations of goods and
services.
Unfortunately, the amount of funding received affects the number of children and families served. It is a sad reality
that the number of children and families in need of our care continues to grow.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Ryan House documents progress and results through case management files, medical records, feedback from
children and siblings, qualitative testimonials given by parents and caregivers, staff observation, and anonymous parent
surveys. In our most recent program evaluation, success of this program and the positive effects of services on children
and their families were indicated through anonymous parent/guardian surveys.
Results/Outcomes showed that:
● 100% of families would recommend Ryan House to a friend or colleague.
● 96% of families are able to participate in activities that are meaningful to them.
● 95% of families of children participating in the program experienced improved family dynamics
and quality of life.
● 95% of families feel connected to a community of support.
We anticipate that the outcomes for this grant will be similar to the ones outlined above.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Ryan House received the following funding for our Child Life Program from Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation:
2020: $7,000, 2019: $15,000; 2018: $15,000
Ryan House has applied for, and received, funding from the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community,
specifically for our Sponsor-A-Stay Respite Program for the last 5 years. Awards are as follows:
2020: $125,000, 2019: $125,000; 2018: $125,000; 2017: $125,000; 2016: $75,000; 2015: $75,000
In 2015, Ryan House applied to Tohono O’Odham for the Sponsor-A-Stay Program for $50,000. This request was
declined.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: 10/1/2021 – 9/30/2022
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Program Staff Salaries/ERE $75,000 $170,945 $0 $245,945
2. Contract Staff $ $9,984 $0 $9,984
3. Office Expenses $ $869 $0 $869
4. Insurance/License Expenses $ $1,769 $0 $1,769
5. Facility Costs $ $869 $0 $869
6. Technology Costs $ $2,228 $0 $2,228
7. Employee Relations $0 $1,679 $0 $1,679
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Total Budget $75,000 $188,343 $0 $263,343
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Program Staff Salaries/ERE: This line item totals $245,945 and includes a portion of the cost of our Certified Nursing
Assistant, Nursing Staff, and Child Life Specialists and their employee-related expenses.
2. Contract Staff: This line item totals $9,984 and includes a portion of the cost of our staff contracts.
3. Office Expenses: This line item totals $869 and is a portion of our office supplies.
4. Insurance/License Expenses: This line item totals $1,769 and includes a portion of our insurance and license costs.
5. Facilities: This line item totals $869 and is our program allocation for facility costs.
6. Technology: This line item totals $2,228 and is our program allocation for technology costs.
7. Employee Relations: This line item is $1,679 and is our program allocation for employee recognition.
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To ensure a complete application and proper submission please refer to the Grant Application Instructions.
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Thank You Gila River Indian Community!
2020-2021 Interim Grant Report
End of Life Care for Terminally-Ill Children
During 2020, Ryan House provided:
Services to 272 unique
children.
24,864 hours of respite care
to 103 children.
Supported 47 children and
their families at end-of-life. AUBREY
100% of families would
recommend Ryan House to a
friend or colleague.
96% of families are able to
participate in activities that
are meaningful to them. “Aubrey knows she is here (at Ryan House) to play
95% of families of children and the fun has arrived," said Aubrey’s mother,
participating in the program Lindsay. “She discovers something new every visit.
experienced improved family She plays dress up. She loves to play with the
dynamics and quality of life. dollhouse. It has become a second home for her.
95% of families feel She is so comfortable. (Ryan House) is like
connected to a community of Disneyland for her.”
support.
Diagnosis: Aubrey has Joubert syndrome, causing a
42% Neurodevelopment & malformed brainstem. It affects her muscle tone
Nervous System Disorders. and ability to swallow; she’s at risk for aspiration;
27% Congenital she has cystic kidney disease and hypertension.
Malformation/ Chromosomal She does not talk or walk and can’t see well, so she
Abnormalities. is learning sign language to communicate.
10% Endocrine Metabolic
Disorders.
4% Cancer
2% Trauma
2% Respiratory System
Disorders
13% Other
“My son loves the attention and love he
receives at the Ryan House. I have three
other children (including another one
with special needs) so having a loving
place for Mattie to go allows me to
focus on my other children a bit for a
time. Just today he asked if he could go
back to the Ryan House. He loves it
there!”

Gila River Indian Community Grant Application
Grant Cycle 2021
Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/12/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W Jefferson #10
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom / Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGaming Grant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Southwest Human Development
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Andrea Chiasson Title: Grants Specialist
10. Phone Number: 602-633-8688
11. Mailing Address: 2850 North 24th Street
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85008
13. Email Address: grants@swhd.org Website Address: www.swhd.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Children’s Developmental Center
15. Purpose of Grant: To provide services to children with complex medical, developmental and/or behavioral health
needs.
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $60,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 3
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $180,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Yes 2015- $75,000 / 2012 - $150,000 / 2010 - $150,000
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and
amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
For Office Use Only:
Data Entry Receipt Evaluation
Review  Approval - Amount $  Denial

Gila River Indian Community Grant Application
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NARRATIVE SECTION
Children’s Developmental Center Proposal
Prepared by: Southwest Human Development
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Founded in 1981, Southwest Human Development’s mission is to strengthen the foundation Arizona’s children need for
a great start in life. Our vision is a positive future for every child. We have long been recognized as a leader in providing
comprehensive services for children ages birth to 5 and their families in the following areas: Child Development; Mental
Health; Easterseals Disabilities Services; Early Communication, Language and Literacy; Head Start and Early Head Start;
Family Support and Child Welfare; and Professional Development and Training. We are Arizona's largest nonprofit
dedicated to early childhood development, with a staff of over 900 serving more than 140,000 young children and their
families annually. Our overall goal is to help children establish a healthy foundation by preventing problems before they
arise, or when they already exist, intervening as early and effectively as possible.
Southwest Human Development supports young children with delays or disabilities and their families through a large
number of programs. These include Early Head Start; Healthy Families; Early Intervention (Arizona Division of
Developmental Disabilities); the Infant/Toddler Feeding Program; Newborn Intensive Care Follow-Up Program; Nurse
Family Partnership; Smooth Way Home (support for fragile infants transitioning home from the Newborn Intensive Care
Unit); Good Fit Counseling Center (infant mental health program); S.E.N.S.E. (Substance Exposed Newborn Safe
Environment); several programs supporting children and families involved in the Department of Child Safety system; and
the Fussy Baby Program (a service of the Birth to Five Helpline), and The Children’s Developmental Center (CDC). The
CDC provides a wide ranges of medical, developmental, and behavioral health services to infants and young children,
and their families. The agency is, therefore, well-informed as to the needs of this population and we have the discipline-
specific expertise needed to provide well-rounded and evidence-based assessment and intervention services.
Gila River Indian Community funds would support the Children’s Developmental Center of Southwest Human
Development, which perfectly reflects our mission and vision as it focuses on young children with developmental delays
or disabilities and their families. Our goal is to promote the best possible future for them through effective prevention
and intervention services. We are well-known for providing innovative, evidence-based programs for vulnerable and
under-served young children and families. The Children’s Developmental Center exemplifies our commitment to this
population.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, If the applying organization is a non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether it be through
partnership, collaboration, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality governmental sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable.”
Maricopa County has been our municipality partner for State Shared Revenue Grants we have received from the Gila
River Indian Community in the past, and will be serving in this capacity for our GRIC Grant Cycle 2021 application.
Southwest Human Development has a long history of collaboration with a wide range of community partners, and has
well-established working relationships with many organizations serving young children and families. Here is a sampling
of our engagement with Maricopa County in recent years:
Since 2013 our Nurse-Family Partnership program has had a contract with Maricopa County Dept. of Public Health to
provide nurse home visiting for women who are having their first baby, from pregnancy until the baby is 2 years old. This
program helps first-time mothers have a healthy pregnancy and baby, build a strong network of support, make a safe
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home for their baby, find opportunities to continue their education, develop job skills, and set goals for the family’s
future.
Since 2015 we have had a contract with Maricopa County Superior Court to present our New Beginnings Program which
provides support for separating and divorcing/divorced parents and helps them learn and practice skills to increase
positive interactions with their children post-divorce.
From 2011 to 2016 our Smart Support program had a contract with Maricopa County to provide mental health
consultation for Maricopa County Head Start to promote the social and emotional development of all children in care,
and to help providers respond to children with behavioral challenges.
In 2009 our Emergent Leader program provided training, technical assistance, mentoring and consultation for Maricopa
County Early Head Start in toddler classrooms at East Valley Institute of Technology and Compadre High School.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Funding will support the Children’s Developmental Center (CDC) at Southwest Human Development. The CDC serves
families who would not otherwise have access to the specialized and critically important medical, developmental, and
behavioral interventions we provide.
The Children’s Developmental Center is a place where families come to receive state-of-the-art, comprehensive
assessment, treatment planning, and intervention services from a team with expertise in complex developmental
disorders of early childhood. Our team has a special focus on young children ages birth to 5 with, or at-risk, for Autism
Spectrum Disorder (ASD), feeding disorders, developmental delays secondary to trauma or abuse, and fragile infants
coming home from the NICU. Many of these children have a combination of medical, developmental, and mental health
challenges. The CDC is unique in our community in being able to bring together medical, developmental, and mental
health specialists to provide one comprehensive, holistic and fully integrated treatment plan which address the needs of
the child and family as a whole. Our One Child, One Family, One Team approach means that our professional team of
pediatric specialists provides integrated care – members meet regularly, collaborate and ensure that all advice,
evaluations, treatments and follow up are coordinated and that family concerns and questions are heard and addressed.
CDC services include:
 Knowledge and expertise about community resources - we act as advocates and a point-of-contact for resources
that can help families. This includes working with other early intervention providers and educators to develop an
appropriate and effective service plan.
 Multidisciplinary team assessment – resulting in one comprehensive and integrated evaluation report. We remain
one of the very few providers in Maricopa County who are able to do virtual diagnostic assessment for children with
autism.
 DIRFloortime® – an evidence-based treatment designed for children with autism and other children with
educational, social-emotional, mental health, and/or developmental challenges. The CDC is one of the few certified
DIRFloortime® providers in Maricopa County.
 Behavioral Health/Mental Health Services (psychologists, child therapists, infant mental health specialists) - to
provide treatment for the many psychological problems which are frequently associated with autism, feeding
disorders, and trauma.
 Occupational therapy and speech/language therapy – to address the high incidence of sensory processing, language,
communication, and motor deficits in children with ASD, feeding disorders, and those who have experienced
trauma.
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 Assistive technology: provides technological solutions and support to enable children to communicate, play, read,
use augmentative communication systems and computers, achieve mobility, improve learning, and interact
successfully with others.
 Nutrition – to address the high incidence of feeding disorders and wide range of gastrointestinal disorders in
children with autism and premature infants.
 Feeding therapy – helping to fill a critical shortage of pediatric feeding therapists in Maricopa County.
 Pediatrician – for evaluation, liaison with other community medical providers, and consultation to other CDC team
members.
 On-going care coordination – support for families to ensure each child’s plan is understood and followed by
everyone involved (e.g. teachers, child’s physician, and therapists). Care-coordination also supports coordination
and communication between individual providers.
As COVID-19 ravages our community, Southwest Human Development has done a quick pivot to telehealth services in
order to continue to serve families. There is a window of opportunity for children with serious developmental disabilities
to receive services that provide the best possible outcome. They can’t wait until COVID-19 subsides to get these
services. They need them as early as possible and the CDC, through the use of telehealth, is able to provide access.
Because of the CDC’s commitment to this population, families are receiving the same responsive, coordinated, high
quality services as they did pre-pandemic.
The establishment of telehealth services has allowed the CDC to expand its reach. We are now able to serve more rural
and homebound families, who previously had limited options for early intervention services. These are families who
often suffer from social isolation, which is a known social determinant of health.
The CDC is nimble in that when the COVID pandemic subsides we can quickly return to in-person services. Telehealth,
however is likely to remain an option for some families.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community. (Priority funding areas include: Economic Development, Education, Healthcare, Public Safety,
Transportation).
The proposed project responds to the Gila River Indian Community’s Healthcare priority funding area as follows:
No other local organization or provider offers the full range of services provided by the Children’s Developmental Center
or has a fully integrated medical, developmental, and mental health/behavioral health approach to working with young
children with complex developmental problems and their families. As described in greater detail below under “Target
Population,” we focus on young children who are likely to have medical, mental health, and educational needs which are
inter-related. There are a few hospitals, organizations, and private providers that offer similar services but lack critical
components shown by research to produce more effective outcomes. The Arizona Early Intervention Program (AzEIP)
and Local School District Special Education Programs do provide special education, occupational and physical therapy,
speech services and psychological evaluations. However, the AzEIP providers typically do not provide in-depth
assessment or diagnosis and do not have a medical or psychological/mental health component. Likewise, Local School
District Special Education Programs do not have a medical team member, and often do not have psychologists/mental
health providers with specific expertise in autism or developmental delays secondary to trauma. Specialist services such
as a dietitian, DIRFloortime® providers, feeding therapists, assistive technology specialists, and infant mental
health/trauma experts are very difficult to find.
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The Children’s Developmental Center is known for:
GOLD-STANDARD ASSESSMENT PROCESS: Substantial evidence indicates that a multidisciplinary team assessment leads
to a more accurate diagnosis. This is rarely available to families in Arizona, especially for those who are living in poverty,
are uninsured or underinsured. Team assessments are initially more time-intensive than individual discipline-specific
assessments but are ultimately more efficient. This is because (1) a more accurate diagnosis results in a more effective
intervention plan; (2) parents avoid going from one specialist to another and having to determine on their own how best
to integrate the various findings and recommendations; and (3) a team assessment promotes an integrated approach to
treatment which helps avoid duplication of services.
INDIVIDUALIZED AND WELL-INTEGRATED TREATMENT PLAN: The individual differences in young children with
developmental disorders is well documented. They have a wide range of co-existing developmental, medical, and
mental health problems – most of which cannot be treated independently of each other.
SPECIALTY TREATMENTS AND INTERVENTIONS: Specific services which may be unavailable or not covered through state
agencies or insurance. These include: DIRFloortime®, dietitian, feeding therapy, and assistive technology.
SPECIALIZED CARE COORDINATION ACROSS SYSTEMS: The CDC has a well-deserved reputation for taking the time to
listen to families, fully exploring their concerns and questions, and helping them understand their child as a whole. We
help families navigate an often complex service delivery system, both at the time of their initial contact with us and
through follow-up after their child has been evaluated and is receiving intervention services.
The CDC makes every effort to collaborate with other community practitioners and not to duplicate services. Their input
is solicited during the initial intake process; they are invited to participate in the team evaluation; they are consulted
regarding assessment results and treatment recommendations; and they receive regular updates and progress reports.
Initial assessments and on-going intervention are designed so as to supplement services already in place.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the project.
The Children’s Developmental Center addresses the acute shortage of comprehensive, specialized, and well-integrated
medical, developmental, and mental health services for young children with complex developmental disorders and their
families. The CDC also addresses the specific difficulties encountered by families with limited resources, and the
challenges presented by the service delivery system itself. Following is a list of some of the most important issues
impacting timely access to high-quality services:
A. Needs/problems to be addressed:
 Siloed approach to care for children with special needs or developmental delays. Fragmented service delivery
system. Research clearly shows that a multidisciplinary, family-centered, and team-based approach is most effective
for these children and families, and yet it is very difficult to find in Arizona – especially for low-income or socially
isolated families. Medical services and developmental therapies (OT, PT, Speech) are traditionally provided
separately from psychological or mental health services. Children with developmental delays or complex medical
problems are less likely to have a medical home than are typically developing children. There is poor communication
between providers – including record sharing – and lack of understanding of Arizona’s complex eligibility
requirements. There are a large number of children with mild to moderate delays who do not qualify for early
intervention services because Arizona has some of the most restrictive eligibility criteria for early intervention
services in the country.
 Shortage of professionals with the following areas of expertise: Specialized therapy for young children at-risk for or
diagnosed with autism (particularly interventions such as DIRFloortime®); infant mental health; pediatric feeding
therapy; developmental support for premature infants including those with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome; and
trauma-informed care. Shortages in Arizona are more acute than in other parts of the country due to lack of
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recognition of, and reimbursement for, these services, as well as very restrictive eligibility requirements to access
them.
 Increases in numbers of children in need of services. These include high numbers of children who experience
trauma, rising incidence of children with autism, and high incidence of children with feeding disorders. The
prevalence of premature and medically fragile infants continues at an unacceptably high rate in the U.S. and in
Arizona, reflecting increased survival rates of babies who are born prematurely, have low birth weight, and suffer
from other complex medical conditions. The current opioid crisis has resulted in a dramatic increase in the number of
babies who are born substance-exposed and whose families are in crisis at the time of birth.
 Delayed diagnosis, assessment, and treatment. Early identification, assessment, and treatment are critical for
optimal developmental, academic, and social outcomes. The children served by the CDC often experience delayed
diagnosis and treatment for a host of reasons including lack of diagnostic expertise, restrictive state eligibility
requirements, lack of coordination and collaboration between providers, and lack of capacity in the professional
community.
 Financial constraints. Access to these professionals is especially difficult for families with limited funds, who are
often uninsured or under-insured (meaning their insurance doesn’t cover needed services or they have deductibles
so high they cannot possibly meet them). Furthermore, reimbursement rates for services from insurance and our
government grants and contracts never cover the full cost of the service. And there are many critical aspects of the
work such as appropriate triage, resource and referral, and coordination of care that are time-intensive but are non-
billable. These factors result in families either having to wait months for services, or worse, not being served at all,
due to lack of funds.
B. Target Population:
The Children’s Developmental Center (CDC) serves young children ages birth to 5 with complex developmental disorders
and their families. These include children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), developmental delays secondary to
trauma or abuse, feeding disorders, and fragile premature infants. These children are likely to face multiple challenges,
which cannot be addressed separately and in isolation – but which must be understood and treated in a holistic manner
and supported by a multidisciplinary team. Each of these groups has a high incidence of co-existing problems (medical,
developmental, and mental health) which require a comprehensive approach to diagnosis, intervention planning, and
treatment.
Following is a more detailed description of the specific needs of our target populations:
 AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD) has physical, psychological, and functional components. Possible associated
problems include: gastrointestinal (GI) problems, seizure disorders, anxiety disorders, feeding disorders, behavior
disorders, cognitive delays, communication problems, sensory-processing difficulties, and fine and gross motor
problems. None of these challenges can be addressed in isolation, as they each have the potential to impact other
areas of development and functioning. No two children with ASD are the same, and effective treatment planning
depends on a diagnostic process that reflects and takes into account each child’s individual developmental,
behavioral, and medical status. The incidence of children with autism continues to rise, but there is a critical
shortage of comprehensive assessment and specialized treatment services for very young children with autism in
our community.
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 FEEDING DISORDERS often reflect underlying medical, developmental, and mental health/behavioral health issues.
A large number of young children experience significant problems with feeding and swallowing which can have
serious short and long term consequences for their physical, developmental, and social/emotional well-being. Some
children must be tube-fed, and some have such severe reflux that eating becomes painful for them. This can
constitute a major stress on families, interfering with virtually every aspect of daily life. Children at-risk for feeding
disorders include medically fragile premature infants, children with cardiac, pulmonary, and neurological (cerebral
palsy) problems, and an estimated 50% of children with autism. Due to Arizona’s very restrictive eligibility criteria for
early intervention services, parents often must wait a year or more from the time they first express concerns about
their child’s eating until diagnosis of a feeding problem is made.
 DEVELOPMENTAL DELAYS SECONDARY TO TRAUMA AND ABUSE include sleeping or eating disorders, tantrums,
aggression, excessive crying, withdrawal or sad behavior, or bonding and attachment issues. Communication
problems and academic difficulties are also common. The impact of trauma and other adverse childhood
experiences (ACEs) on later health and development are well known. These children are at great risk for long-term
negative outcomes, but also have great potential for successful outcomes with appropriate interventions such as
those offered by the CDC.
 FRAGILE INFANTS and families transitioning from the Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) back to their
community. This population includes babies of varying prematurity (23-36.6 weeks gestation), very low birth weight,
congenital abnormalities, substance exposed, bronchial pulmonary dysplasia, neurological damage, feeding
disorders, and multiples. NICU graduates are at high-risk for hospital re-admission and are less likely to have a
medical home. Feeding struggles are common for NICU graduates, as well as significant cognitive, motor,
behavioral/mental health, and communication problems. Families with a baby in the NICU are at higher risk for
abuse and neglect, financial burdens, and attachment problems. These families also experience a high incidence of
mental health problems including post-partum depression, NICU PTSD (mothers and fathers – sometimes not
expressed until several months post-discharge), anxiety disorder, and OCD.
The Children’s Developmental Center at Southwest Human Development is uniquely qualified to address the needs of
these children and families. The CDC helps families avoid visits to multiple specialists, and assists them in navigating an
often fragmented and significantly under-resourced service delivery system. Interventions are designed in collaboration
with community partners such as early intervention providers, local school districts, community therapists, and the
medical community.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
The Children’s Developmental Center is well-established, however, the program is continually evolving. We are making
every effort to increase our capacity to serve the growing number of children and families in need of our services. This
requires assuring a cost-effective service delivery model, recruiting (and often training) clinical staff with the needed
expertise, increasing our participation in the new AHCCCS Complete Care plans which offer integrated medical and
behavioral health care, pursuing higher rates of reimbursement, and intensive fund-raising efforts. We are actively
pursuing all these strategies.
The Gila River Indian Community awarded grants for the CDC in 2010 and 2012.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
There are no specific start and finish dates, and the timeline is flexible, as the CDC is an ongoing program of Southwest
Human Development.
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8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
The Children’s Developmental Center has an extensive network of relationships and partnerships within the community.
These include the , the AZ Dept. of Economic Security/Division of Developmental Disabilities, community therapy
providers, many area hospitals, newborn intensive care programs, parent advocacy and support organizations such as
Raising Special Kids, Feeding Matters, Head Start and Early Head Start, Healthy Families, local school district special
education programs, and primary care providers.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes. However, this would impact the number of children and families we are able to serve.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
We have secured negotiated contracts with four AHCCCS Complete Care plans for the provision of integrated medical,
developmental, and behavioral health services. AHCCCS has recently made a commitment to offering its beneficiaries
comprehensive and integrated care. Medical and behavioral health providers are called upon to work together in an
effort to understand each client’s individual needs and to develop an effective treatment plan. The CDC is one of the few
programs that has a fully integrated system in place. We are very hopeful that our experience and expertise will be
recognized by additional AHCCCS plans and that we will be able to obtain the specialized rates needed to provide this
level of care to the high-need population we serve. We believe having a well-documented track record of offering high-
quality and cost-effective services through our integrated model will be a great asset in achieving this goal.
However, even with the potential of AHCCCS funding, the CDC is in need of philanthropic support in order to ensure that
families seeking services are able to receive them. Southwest Human Development has a comprehensive fund
development plan that includes individual giving, special events, direct mail, sponsorships, corporate/foundation grants,
and volunteer engagement.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
The CDC has a number of strategies for evaluating the impact of services on children and families.
1. We assess progress by measuring goals and outcomes identified for each child and family. These goals are created in
collaboration with the multidisciplinary assessment team, any community providers that may be involved in care,
and the families themselves. This helps ensure goals are appropriate, functional, measurable and individualized to
meet each unique family’s priorities. Progress is regularly evaluated. As referenced above, we expect that families
receiving services through the CDC will achieve an average of at least 85% of their individual child/family goals at the
end of a six month period of intervention.
2. In addition, family satisfaction surveys are conducted upon exiting the program. This is done by phone surveys and
electronically. Survey questions assess family satisfaction with various aspects of the services provided. Individual
staff are notified about comments related to their work and these are discussed in supervision. Our goal is that
family satisfaction surveys will indicate an average of 4 on a 5 point Likert Scale.
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3. The CDC is in the process of designing and implementing an Electronic Health Records (EHR) system. This system will
assist in ensuring all program goals are met effectively. Our third proposed service delivery outcome includes serving
500 families through resource and referral support, providing comprehensive transdisciplinary team assessment to a
minimum of 75 families, and providing DIRFloortime® therapy to a minimum of 100 families. The EHR system will
allow us to efficiently track productivity, community need, and quality measures to ensure our targeted service
numbers will be met and that comprehensive services are delivered.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a separate
attachment, please indicate that here.
Southwest Human Development submitted applications to the Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation in 2011, 2014, and 2015,
which were declined. Applications were also submitted to the Tohono O’odham Nation in 2016, 2017 and 2018, which
were also declined. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community has awarded grants for our Birth to Five Helpline in
2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.
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Southwest Human Development
Children's Developmental Center
07/01/21 to 06/30/22
Year 1 of 3
Amount Requested
Amount Requested or Secured from In-Kind
Proposed Budget Expense from GRIC Other Funders* Contributions Total Budget
1. Salary $ 60,000 $ 1,321,561 $ 1,381,561
2. Employee Related Expenses $ 359,206 $ 359,206
3. Consultants/Temp Staffing $ 31,850 $ 31,850
4. Equipment $ 12,720 $ 12,720
5. Marketing/advertising $ 2,000 $ 2,000
6. Printing $ 1,248 $ 1,248
7. Professional Development $ 10,400 $ 10,400
8. Supplies and Materials $ 6,745 $ 6,745
9. Telephone and Technology $ 7,488 $ 7,488
10. Travel $ 13,884 $ 13,884
11. Other $ 3,788 $ 3,788
12. Agency Overhead @ 10% $ 183,089 $ 183,089
Total Budget $ 60,000 $ 1,953,979 $ - $ 2,013,979
*The Children's Developmental Center is supported through State of Arizona contracts, private and public insurance, corporate and
foundation grants, our annual Easterseals Walk With Me event, and other philanthropic giving.

Southwest Human Development
Children's Developmental Center
07/01/22 to 06/30/23
Year 2 of 3
Amount Requested
Amount Requested or Secured from In-Kind
Proposed Budget Expense from GRIC Other Funders* Contributions Total Budget
1. Salary $ 60,000 $ 1,347,992 $ 1,407,992
2. Employee Related Expenses $ 366,390 $ 366,390
3. Consultants $ 32,487 $ 32,487
4. Equipment $ 12,974 $ 12,974
5. Marketing/advertising $ 2,040 $ 2,040
6. Printing $ 1,273 $ 1,273
7. Professional Development $ 10,608 $ 10,608
8. Supplies and Materials $ 6,880 $ 6,880
9. Telephone and Technology $ 7,638 $ 7,638
10. Travel $ 14,162 $ 14,162
11. Other $ 3,864 $ 3,864
12. Agency Overhead @ 10% $ 186,751 $ 186,751
Total Budget $ 60,000 $ 1,993,059 $ - $ 2,053,059
*The Children's Developmental Center is supported through State of Arizona grants and contracts, private and public insurance, corporate and
foundation grants, our annual Easterseals Walk With Me event, and other philanthropic giving.

Southwest Human Development
Children's Developmental Center
07/01/23 to 06/30/24
Year 3 of 3
Amount Requested
Amount Requested or Secured from In-Kind
Proposed Budget Expense from GRIC Other Funders* Contributions Total Budget
1. Salary $ 60,000 $ 1,374,952 $ 1,434,952
2. Employee Related Expenses $ 373,718 $ 373,718
3. Consultants $ 33,137 $ 33,137
4. Equipment $ 13,234 $ 13,234
5. Marketing/advertising $ 2,081 $ 2,081
6. Printing $ 1,298 $ 1,298
7. Professional Development $ 10,820 $ 10,820
8. Supplies and Materials $ 7,017 $ 7,017
9. Telephone and Technology $ 7,791 $ 7,791
10. Travel $ 14,445 $ 14,445
11. Other $ 3,941 $ 3,941
12. Agency Overhead @ 10% $ 190,486 $ 190,486
Total Budget $ 60,000 $ 2,032,920 $ - $ 2,092,920
*The Children's Developmental Center is supported through State of Arizona grants and contracts, private and public insurance, corporate and
foundation grants, our annual Easterseals Walk With Me event, and other philanthropic giving.

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PROJECT BUDGET DETAIL*
Children’s Developmental Center Proposal
Prepared by: Southwest Human Development
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous
page. Include the dollar figure and how it was derived.
*Budgets for Year 2 and Year 3 are the same as the budget for Year 1, with the addition of 2% increases
in Salary and Employee Related Expenses. These salary-related increases result in Agency Overhead
increases as noted in the submitted budgets.
1. Salary – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $1,381, 561
Dr. Trudi Murch: SWHD’s Director of the Services for Children with Disabilities Department .2 FTE -
$24,619
Dr. Murch is responsible for administrative and programmatic oversight of the Children’s
Developmental Center (CDC) and supervises the CDC assistant director.
Tina Martin: Children’s Developmental Center Assistant Director. .9 FTE - $78,138
Tina is responsible for direct supervision of the CDC’s program managers. She provides individual and
group supervision for the management team. She is responsible for overseeing all clinical,
administrative and budget aspects of the Center.
Corinne Canivez: Children’s Developmental Center Program Manager: .9 FTE - $66,579
Corinne oversees the CDC’s direct service staff. She provides individual and group supervision for the
staff. Corinne also provides care coordination services for CDC families.
Dr. Sharon Perugini: Children’s Developmental Center Clinic Coordinator: 1.0 FTE - $99,970
Sharon is responsible for the coordination of clinic evaluations within the CDC. She provides individual
and group supervision for psychology staff and behavior health technicians providing care coordination
and DIRFloortime® services to children and their families. Sharon also provides diagnostic evaluations
and treatment of children served by the CDC.
Lisa Weiss: Children’s Developmental Center Feeding Services Coordinator: .8 FTE - $68,485
Lisa is responsible for the coordination of feeding services within the CDC. She provides individual and
group supervision for the feeding and nutrition specialists providing feeding services to children and
their families. Lisa also provides direct feeding therapy to children served by the CDC.
Julie Gonzalez: Children’s Developmental Center ASD Services Coordinator: .8 FTE - $53,499
Julie is responsible for the coordination of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) services within the CDC.
She provides individual and group supervision for the direct service staff providing ASD services to
children and their families. Julie also provides direct Floortime services to children served by the CDC.
Pediatrician: .1 FTE - $26,000
The pediatrician is responsible for medical consultation to the CDC.

Psychologist: 1.8 FTE - $162,423
The psychologists are responsible for diagnostic evaluation and treatment of children and families
served by the CDC.
Pediatric Therapists: 4.3 FTE - $319,736
Pediatric therapists include Speech/Language Pathologists, Physical and Occupational Therapists who
are responsible for providing specialized pediatric therapy to the children and families served by the
CDC.
Developmental Specialists: 7.1 FTE - $370,031
Developmental Specialists are responsible for providing developmental guidance, care coordination
and DIRFloortime® to the children and families served by the CDC.
Administrative Support: 2.9 FTE - $112,081
The administrative team provides support to the CDC program managers and direct service staff by
helping to maintain the CDC databases, ordering needed materials, organizing staff training, assisting
with the development of program materials, and providing any other needed administrative support.
2. Employee Related Expenses – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $359,206
The agency rate of 26% of staff salary includes: federal and state taxes; worker’s compensation; social
security; medical, dental, vision insurance; life and ADD insurance; and 401(k) retirement plan.
3. Consultants/ Temporary Staffing Agency – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $31,850
Dietitian to provide nutrition consultation for children with feeding disorders.
Translation to provide interpretation of clinical reports for non-English speaking families.
4. Equipment – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $12,720
5. Marketing/Advertising – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $2,000
6. Printing – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $1,248
7. Professional Development/Staff Training – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $10,400
8. Supplies and Materials – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $6,745
9. Telephone and Technology – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $7,488
10. Travel (mileage) – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $13,884
11. Other expenses – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $3,788
Food expenses related to feeding focused therapy sessions with children and their families.
Reading Is Fundamental (RIF) books for the CDC to support a literacy program.
12. Overhead – Total proposed Year 1 budget: $250,665
Standard 10% agency rate

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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/10/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 West Jefferson, 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGaming@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Lost Our Home Pet Rescue
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Jodi Polanski Title: Founder and Executive Director
10. Phone Number: 602-445-7390
11. Mailing Address: 2323 South Hardy Drive
12. City: Tempe State: Arizona Zip Code: 85282
13. Email Address: jodi@lostourhome.org Website Address: https://www.lostourhome.org/
Project Information
14. Project Name: Temporary Care for Pets and Pet Families Facing Crisis
15. Purpose of Grant: To provide boarding and medical care for pets whose families temporily can’t care for their pet
when escaping domestic violence, or are homelessness, or need hospitalization. The pets are reunited with their
loving families after the crisis is resolved.
16. Priority Funding Area Project does not fall within these categories
17. Annual amount requested $25,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $25,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past No
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and
amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
The mission of Lost Our Home Pet Rescue (LOH) is to provide compassionate services to pets and people in
crisis. LOH provides comprehensive solutions to permanent and temporary displacement , pet abandonment,
and hunger, by helping both pets and their families. We are a no-kill rescue with progams linked to
preserving the human-animal bond whenever possible. Our programs and activities include Rescue &
Adoption, 90-day Temporary Care Program, a Pet Food Bank, a Domestic Violence Pet Companion Shelter on
the campus of Sojourner Center (and partnerships with other domestic violence shelters), Low-Income
Boarding, and a Pet-Friendly Rentals Program. We also recently formed a relationship with a staff member at
Gila River Indian Animal Control to take in dogs that are scheduled to be euthanized. Once taken in, we
provide spay/neuter, vaccinations, dewormer, tic and flea treatment along with any other medical needed.
Once the dogs are medically ready, we place them for adoption. We have taken in 79 dogs in the last 4
months, averaging 20 dogs a month, and look forward to continuing this relationship long-term as needed.
In 2008, Jodi Polanski was a local mortgage banker who saw first-hand the devasting effects of the housing
market crash. Jodi founded Lost Our Home as a direct, grassroots response to help thousands of people in
need. Word of Lost Our Home’s work to help those losing their homes spread quickly and requests for
support for people and pets in many other forms of crisis poured in. Soon after its inception, Jodi quickly
expanded LOH to offer additional programs for pet parents who were victims of domestic violence,
experiencing homelessness, sick veterans, and the elderly.
Our proactive approach provides a continuum of care to keep pets out of already overcrowded shelters,
where they risk being euthanized, and with the families that love them. As such, we provide meaningful
options for our community’s most vulnerable populations. Our Temporary Care Program, our most requested
service, is the first of its kind in Arizona, is used as a model nationwide, and is being taught at animal welfare
conferences across the nation.
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LOH’s goals are to keep families together and preserve the human-animal bond. Our main goal is to provide
safety net services to pet parents during challenging circumstances so they don’t have to make the choice of
staying in an unhealthy or dangerous situation or risk losing their pets forever.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Lost Our Home is applying through Maricopa County, as we serve pets and pet parents coming from all over the
County. We have a contract with the City of Tempe and have received funding from them both for the contract work
and through 2 grants. We also have a relationship with Maricopa County Animal Care and Control.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Lost Our Home is respectfully requesting a one-year grant of $25,000 to support our Temporary Care
Program (TCP). Through TCP, we provide pets with food, housing for 90 to 120 days, and medical treatment
including spay/neuter and vaccinations, so they leave healthier than when they arrived and to prevent litters
of unwanted puppies or kittens families can’t afford. Many of the pets admitted to the TCP have not received
basic medical care due to their owners’ inability to afford it. In many cases, pets have undiagnosed or
untreated illnesses or injuries. Lost Our Home covers these costs too. We provide comprehensive general
and medical care because we believe that every pet deserves the chance to live a healthy, pain-free life.
Today, our programs are needed more than ever, as COVID-19 has caused record numbers of
unemployment, homelessness, and domestic violence. Our biggest focus of the TCP is helping domestic
violence survivors. According to the City of Phoenix, domestic violence increased in 2020, due in large part to
the stay-at-home orders from COVID-19. With reports of increased domestic violence situations and
homelessness due to rising unemployment numbers, we have seen an increase in TCP applications. This is
frightening, since historically, we have always had a waiting list of more than 50 pets at any given time for
our Temporary Care Program. LOH is only able to serve a percentage of the clients that need our help
because of program costs. Not only do those waitlist requests represent pets in need of help, they represent
women and children living with domestic violence or homelessness, leaving them vulnerable and in
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desparate need of a place to keep their pet safe while they get the assistance they need to leave their dire
circumstances. GRIC funds would enable us to take in more pets and give more women and children the
chance they need to escape from their dangerous situations.
Keeping pets and families together protects both human and animal needs, as well as leading to longer,
healthier, happier lives and a stronger community. The goal is for each pet parent to resolve their crisis while
their pet is being cared for in our Temporary Care Program and be reunited with their pet that has been well-
cared for and loved. Helping pets physically and mentally heal while their pet parents regain their stability
takes time and resources, which is even more essential during the surge of new TCP applications due to
COVID-19. We plan to help as many needy pets and pet parents as we can, but with COVID-19 causing so
much uncertainty of funding for the program, we can only plan for rescues for which we have funding.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Our Temporary Care Program satisfies the healthcare funding priority. When we take in pets through our
Temporary Care Program, pet parents are able to get the medical and emotional care they need to regain
their well-being and become strong enough to care and provide for themselves and their pets. For the pet
parents who don’t seek hospitalization to the pet families who don’t leave their domestic violence or
homeless situations because they are afraid of losing their pets, bringing their pets to LOH is the first step to
becoming healthy and whole again. It is also focused on providing loving care to hundreds of animals each
year.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
COVID-19 has caused job losses and great economic uncertainty. Metro Phoenix has lost an estimated
52,600 jobs over the past year, and its unemployment rate has risen to 6.3% from 3.9%. (The Arizona
Republic, Oct. 19, 2020). The City of Phoenix reports that both homelessness and domestic violence
increased in 2020 due to COVID.
However, people experiencing homelessness can't take their pet to a shelter or into a public building
where they seek social services. In Phoenix, 50% of the homeless are women, children or families; 8.6%
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are veterans; and 50% of homeless women reported domestic violence as the cause. Only 3% of
domestic violence shelters nationwide allow pets, while 40% of domestic violence victims will not leave
their abuser for fear of their pet's welfare if left behind. LOH helped build an on-campus pet shelter and
manages its daily operations for Sojourner Center, one of Arizona's largest domestic violence shelters.
For veterans suffering from mental illness or addiction, pets are often their lifeline, but are not allowed at
in-patient treatment facilities. Many low-income elderly also will forgo medical treatment, surgery, or
hospitalization because they have no one to care for their pet.
In 2020, the TCP served 240 pet parents, compared to 160 in 2019. Our waiting list, typically 50+
applicants, has increased to 150. We can continue to help our most vulnerable as long as we have
funding support to keep up with the increased need. This year, we anticipate serving 350 pets and hundreds
of pet parents – the need is great, both for the services we provide and funding to make them possible.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
Our Temporary Care Program is a continuing program. GRIC has not previously funded this project.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Community members in crisis reach out to LOH through several channels, including our website,
by phone, and through referrals. Once an application is completed (via web, phone, etc.), it is reviewed by
the organization’s social workers and intake counselor, and prospective clients are then contacted by phone.
A thorough needs assessment is done for each client that helps determine which human and pet-related
resources the individual or family need in order to stabilize their situation. Upon review of an application and
assessment, applicants are either accepted, declined, or placed on a waiting list.
Upon acceptance into the program, social workers connect the client with resources identified in the needs
assessment. As one of our core programs, the TCP is ongoing with pets entering and exiting throughout the
year.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
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We have a partnership with Sojourner Center where we manage the Pet Companion Shelter located on their
campus, specifically for the temporary care of pets of women and children escaping domestic violence. We
provide pet food, training, and vet care, as well as pet-related support to families living in the shelter so pets
can remain closely connected to their families during this critical time. Sojourner funds the program and we
supplement as we can. We also work with New Life Center and CAAFA Domestic Violence shelters in different
capacities to provide pet care for their clients and with CASS as they provide support for families facing
homelessness.
In 2020, we partnered with AZ Pet Project on a social worker position. This employee works at our shelter
and in partnership with our Temporary Care Coordinator.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes, Lost Our Home would continue to implement this vital program, but may have to serve fewer pets and
pet families as a result.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
In 2020, LOH has ramped up fundraising efforts to diversify funding streams and increase revenue. Funding
currently comes corporate and foundation grants and contributions, individual giving, special events, our
monthly “Paw Partners” donor program, and third-party fundraisers. Last year, we hired a Certified Grants
Professional to find new funding opportunities and secure additional revenue. We also realized our growth
requires a dedicated fundraising professional and a plan for effective donor stewardship; therefore, in May
2020 we also hired a Philanthropy Officer to handle major gifts. In addition, LOH applied for emergency
COVID-19 grants, many of which were successful. The additional COVID-19 emergency revenue helped the
agency weather the storm of the early months of COVID-19 that introduced increased costs due to a
decrease in volunteers, an increase in needed PPE, and various other factors.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Evaluation methods to measure the program's success will include both quantitative and qualitative data,
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including:
• Number of pets, individuals and families served
• Demographics of people served
• Perceived quality of life for people and pets served
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
This is Lost Our Home’s first grant application submitted to any tribe.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: 7/1/2021 – 6/30/2022
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Boarding cost $15,000 $230,000 $0 $245,000
2. Licensed vet and medical care $7,000 $47,480 $0 $54,480
3. Medical transport $0 $3,500 $0 $3,500
4. Medical supplies $3,000 $16,982 $0 $19,982
5. In-kind pet food and supplies $0 $16,249 $0 $16,249
6. Purchased supplies – non medical $0 $2,275 $0 $2,275
7. TCP staff $0 $58,612 $0 $58,612
8. TCP Behaviorist $0 $19,550 $0 $19,550
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Total Budget $25,000 $394,648 $0 $419,648
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. $245,000 boarding costs – Total days of care 24,500 (based on an average length of stay 70 days and 350 pets); cost of
$10.00 per day
2. $54,480 licensed vet care – exams, rabies, all medical excluding spay/neuter
3. $3,500 medical transport – transporting pets to and from medical appointments
4. $19982 medical supplies – for in-shelter care (vaccinations-except rabies, tests, medications, etc.)
5. $16,249 in-kind pet food and supplies – pet food and supplies received as in-kind gifts
6. $2,275 purchased supplies – non-medical supplies
7. $58,612 TCP staff – coverage for 7 days/week (Program Coordinator and TCP Foster Coordinator) 35/25 hrs per week
for one year
8. $19,550 TCP Behaviorist – 14 hours per week for one year
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/11/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson Avenue, Suite 960
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGaming Grant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: American Red Cross of Central and Northern Arizona
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Barbara Carey Title: Grants Manager
10. Phone Number: 480-226-0744 or 602-347-6508
11. Mailing Address: 4747 N. 22nd St., Suite 100
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85016
13. Email Address: Barbara.carey@redcross.org Website Address: redcross.org/local/az-nm
Project Information
14. Project Name: Blood Saves Lives – Every Minute of Every Day
15. Purpose of Grant: Grant funding from the Gila River Indian Community would be used to underwrite 45
blood drives in Maricopa and Pinal Counties. These blood drives would be projected to generate
approximately 1,350 units of blood, providing life-saving blood and blood products for 4,050 recipients – mothers
giving birth, cancer patients needing transfusions, accident victims, organ transplants, people living with sickle cell
disease, those with blood disorders, individuals with rare blood types and countless others for whom the availability of
blood can mean the difference between life and death.
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $175,500.00
18. Number of years that funding is requested one
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $175,500.00
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past 2015: $175,000
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and 2017: $100,000
amount 2019: $200,000
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State of Arizona, however focus of this application is Maricopa and
21. Geographic area served
Pinal Counties
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
For over 100 years, the American Red Cross in Arizona proudly has delivered on our mission, helping people
prevent, prepare for and respond to emergencies. Our Arizona Red Cross Chapters serve all 15 Arizona counties
and are part of the American Red Cross Arizona-New Mexico Region.
Services are provided in accordance with our mission: The American Red Cross prevents and alleviates human
suffering in the face of emergencies by mobilizing the power of volunteers and the generosity of donors,
furthering our vision to partner with the people of Arizona to develop and foster safer families, neighborhoods
and worksites … to promote a system of community self-sufficiency and compassionate response when
emergencies arise.
American Red Cross volunteers and employees are committed to improving the quality of human life and
enhancing self-reliance by providing disaster response and recovery, emergency family services, and
preparedness and safety training. During FY 2020, your Red Cross in Arizona provided vital services to
families and individuals in crisis while preparing our community members with life-saving skills. Our
accomplishments included:
• Responded to 881 local disasters, of which approximately 95% involved home fires
• Assisted 1,515 families / 3,943 individuals who suffered disaster incidents
• Provided over $854,000 in direct financial assistance for food/groceries and clothing; emergency shelter and
rent; bedding and household items; and replacement of prescription drugs, eyeglasses, medical supplies and
health-related items
• Installed 4,646 free smoke alarms, serving 5,131 individuals through the Home Fire Campaign
• Trained 41,707 individuals in CPR, first aid, AED, Babysitting and Family Caregiving, Aquatics, community
disaster education and other life-saving classes
• Offered Service to the Armed Forces assistance to over 30,000 service members and their families, including
outreach services and pre-deployment briefings, emergency message relays, casework services, and financial
aid casework management
• Worked with the International Red Cross and Red Crescent societies to link families separated by armed
conflict, natural disaster or civil unrest in their home countries, and offered International Humanitarian Law
classes
• Collected and distributed donations of over 61,000 units of blood through the Red Cross Arizona Blood
Services Region, a subdivision of the single largest supplier of blood in the US, operating 24/7
From mining towns to metropolitan areas, deserts to shining seas, nearly every second of every day, someone is
assisted by the American Red Cross. Every two seconds, someone in America needs blood. Every eight
minutes, the Red Cross responds to a disaster in the community. We are proud to uphold our pledge to the
American people: when the Red Cross is notified of a disaster, the Red Cross responds, 100% of the time.
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2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
The Red Cross worked with Maricopa County in 2015, 2017 and 2019 for funding from the Gila River Indian
Community. Our Disaster Cycle Services staff work in partnership with county emergency services staff and
first responders throughout Arizona in the context of disaster relief operations.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Blood saves lives – the words are simple, the phrase rolls smoothly off the tongue, it almost slips past unnoticed due to its
very simplicity. Yet the meaning is profound and true – blood saves lives, today and every day, and there is no substitute.
Every two seconds, someone in the US needs lifesaving blood. But during a global pandemic—perhaps more than ever—
blood serves as a critical, irreplaceable part of our nation’s healthcare infrastructure. Emergencies don’t wait – for mothers
giving birth, cancer patients needing transfusions, accident victims, organ transplants, people living with sickle cell
disease, those with blood disorders, individuals with rare blood types and countless others, the availability of blood can
mean the difference between life and death.
As the largest single blood collection organization in the U.S, the Red Cross is uniquely positioned for this important
work. The American Red Cross helps meet the constant demand for blood by providing about 40% of the nation’s blood
supply—more than any other blood bank in the U.S.—serving as an essential partner to thousands of hospitals and cancer
treatment centers across the country. Powered by more than 2.6 million generous blood donors, our nationwide network
and the latest technology, we deliver lifesaving blood on a tremendous scale, providing more than 5.6 million blood
products to patients in need annually.
To fulfill our mission, the Red Cross holds about 520 blood drives daily nationwide. In Arizona in the immediate past
fiscal year, we held 2,645 blood drives, collecting 61,753 units of blood. Looking specifically at Maricopa and Pinal
Counties during this timeframe, 802 of the blood drives were in Maricopa County and 96 in Pinal. In terms of units of
blood collected, 20,917 units were collected in Maricopa County and 2,496 in Pinal. Collectively, these community-based
events are the driving factor behind our ability to supply the nearly 13,000 units of blood needed every day nationwide,
but they are expensive – approximately $3,900 per blood drive. The project we propose to the Gila River Indian
Community is to underwrite 45 blood drives in Maricopa and Pinal Counties in calendar year 2022. Each drive collects
approximately 30 units of blood, and each unit can help three recipients. This means that your gift of $175,500 would
underwrite 45 local blood drives (about 5% of the total number of drives in Maricopa and Pinal Counties) and could
provide life-saving blood and blood products for 4,050 recipients.
This journey—from blood donor to recipient—is complex and costly, totaling about $1.7 billion a year nationwide. But
it’s worth it. We do what it takes to ensure patients have blood when they need it, where they need it. You can help the
Red Cross get lifesaving blood to people in need through your investment in our Blood Services program. Thank you for
your consideration.
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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Seen through the lens of the priority areas identified by the Gila River Indian Community, our request for
funding to underwrite 45 local blood drives relates most directly to health care, The American Red Cross helps
meet the constant demand for blood by providing about 40% of the nation’s blood supply, serving as an essential partner
to thousands of hospitals and cancer treatment centers across the country.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
Whether it is a personal emergency, a community-wide crisis or a global pandemic, people across America rely on the
Red Cross for blood that is safe and readily available. Every two seconds, someone in the US needs lifesaving blood. The
Red Cross is honored to play a critical role in the delivery of our nation’s healthcare. Many lifesaving medical treatments
like chemotherapy, organ transplants and general surgeries would not be possible without reliable blood and blood
products.
The problem is having the right amount and type of blood available when it is needed, where it is needed. The driver for
the arm-to-arm journey from blood donor to recipient is the local blood drive, of which literally hundreds are needed
across the country every day. When an individual makes a blood donation, they contribute “whole blood,” containing a
mixture of three separate components: red blood cells, platelets and plasma. During processing, whole blood can be
separated via centrifuge, allowing for what physicians refer to as component therapy. In modern medical treatments,
patients may receive whole blood or just the components of blood that their specific condition requires. Component
therapy is an effective and efficient use of blood products, as patients use only what they need, leaving remaining
components for other patients. Each year, Red Cross technicians process approximately 6.5 million blood products in
facilities across the country, but all of this is dependent upon the local blood drives.
The Red Cross, in partnership with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), is collecting plasma from individuals fully
recovered from COVID-19 at our blood collection centers across the country. This plasma contains COVID-19 antibodies
that are being used to treat people who are seriously ill from the virus. Once again, this lifesaving effort is dependent upon
the local blood drives.
Another area of Red Cross support includes FDA-authorized testing of all blood, platelet and plasma donations
for the presence of COVID-19 antibodies. This test indicates if the blood donor’s immune system has provided
antibodies to the virus, regardless of whether the donor ever showed symptoms. The test is being conducted in
addition to existing tests to monitor for infectious diseases as a way to help our blood donors and the broader
health community better understand their exposure to this virus. The essential element for all of these efforts?
The local blood drive.
The Red Cross is proud to manage and be the largest contributor to the American Rare Donor Program, which tracks and
organizes rare donor information. The goal of the program is to better meet the needs of patients with rare blood types.
The Red Cross administers the American Rare Donor Program 24/7, making requests for searches possible at any time. A
rare blood request may entail searching a database to locate the right match that is found in less than one in 1,000 donors.
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These rare units are transported on demand across the country and, in some instances, the world, but it all starts with the
local blood drive.
The Red Cross provides in-depth testing, typing and matching of blood products for people with sickle cell disease. To
better serve people with sickle cell disease – a disease that disproportionately affects Black Americans -- we are initiating
special efforts to cultivate a larger pool of Black donors, as these donors are more likely than other demographic groups to
have blood best suited to alleviate the painful symptoms of sickle cell disease in most patients. Having a larger pool of
Black donors will result in better blood matches and increase the number of people with sickle cell disease we can serve.
Yet again, it all starts with the critical element – the local blood drive.
As it relates to this application, the target population is everyone in Maricopa and Pinal counties who meets the
qualifications to be a blood donor. We need to strategically collect enough blood to have it available on a
moment’s notice to meet the healthcare needs of patients locally and across the country, and this means making
local blood drives safe, secure, convenient and widely known.
How many donors? As many as possible, of course, and this will be influenced in part by the number of blood
drives. To quantify in terms of this application, 45 local blood drives would mean approximately 1,300 to 1,500
donors. How many recipients? Over 4,000 – men and women, adults and children, cancer patients, sickle cell
patients, mothers giving birth, accident victims.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This is a continuing program. GRIC has not previously funded American Red Cross blood drives, but you have
most generously supported the general Blood Services line of service through the adoption of an older
bloodmobile and the purchase of a new bloodmobile.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Blood drives are held in Maricopa and Pinal counties throughout the year, so your funding would be put to use
immediately upon receipt.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
We partner with businesses, community organizations and churches in sponsoring blood drives, and we
supply blood throughout Arizona. Our Blood Services department nationwide works with the Food and Drug
Administration for efforts related to the safety of blood products and, most recently, in relation to COVID-19.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
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Partial funding would mean underwriting a smaller number of blood drives.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Humanitarian Services and Blood Services speak to the heart and soul of the American Red Cross nationwide
and here in Arizona, part of the core services of the Red Cross, and will require on-going funding. We will
continue to seek such funding through various corporate and foundation partners and United Way. The
American Red Cross is not a government agency. Our appeals to the compassion and generosity of Arizona
residents, foundations and businesses enable us to provide these vital services and will be on-going.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
We are committed to diligently tracking all activity and will be pleased to share with you when and where local
blood drives are held, the number of blood drives, the number of donors and the number of units of blood
collected. We know that each unit of blood collected can benefit up to three individuals, but we do not have the
ability due to privacy concerns to track who receives each unit of blood.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
The American Red Cross Greater Phoenix Chapter has received funding from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community in support of Disaster Cycle Services, most specifically helping to underwrite the direct
financial assistance provided to disaster clients in Maricopa County.
We have applied for funding from the Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation in support of Humanitarian Services. That
application was not funded.
The American Red Cross Southern Arizona Chapter has received funding from the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in
support of Disaster Relief and Service to the Armed Forces. They applied for funding from the Tohono
O’odham Nation, but the application was not funded.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: January 1 – December 31, 2022
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. We are requesting funding in the amount of $175,500 for 45 blood drives @ $3,900 per drive. This $3,900
figure can be further broken down as follows: Blood Collections Staff = $2,240; Donor Recruitment and
Marketing = $916; Medical & Other Supplies = $596; Blood Drive Vehicles = $117; Power Red Cell
Equipment = $31.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application:1/21/2021(NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County:Maricopa county, Queen Creek
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County):Jack Selles
4. Mailing Address:307 W. Jefferson 10th floor
5. City: Phoenix State:Arizona Zip Code:85032
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom
Email Address: mc12percentgaminggrant@mail.maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Equine Spirit Programs
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Julie Jimenez Title: program manager
10. Phone Number:4802992506
11. Mailing Address: 17016 e. san tan blvd
12. City: queen creek State: Arizona Zip Code: 85142
13. Email Address: equinespiritprograms@gmail.com Website Address:www.equinespiritprograms.com
Project Information
14. Project Name: Warrior Spirit
15. Purpose of Grant: to provide behavioral health education including wellness activities to improve the overall
health of veterans & their family or caregivers
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $25000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 5
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $125000
number of years)
20. Has your organization receivedpast funding Yes,2018,2019,2020 $75000
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Gilbert, Chandler,Queen Creek, San Tan Valley
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Equine Spirit Proram {ESP} is a successful equine assisted learning program with a 10 year history of
promoting resiliency among at risk youth, adults with the expansion to veterans & their caregivers in the last
5 years. ESP was established as a IRS tax empt 501c3 non profit in 2014. Equine Assisted Learning is listed as a
Best Practice in the First Nations Behavioral Health Association Catalogue of Effective Behavioral Health
Practices. The mission of the program is to educate its participatnts with the life skills necessary to improve
their mental health.. The program increases their overall health by promoting self-discovery, targeting
personal growth & mental health wellness, as well as addressing professional/career development.
We offer a life skill activity focused program that utilizes a research based equine assisted learning model,
EAGALA (Equine ssisted Growth And Learning Assn.). The goal of ESP programs is to assist the participant in
positively affect their mental and physical health by utilizing equine assisted learning. This personal growth is
achieved through the personal interactions of humans and horses. The targeted area of growth for this grant
proposal will be to assist and engage veterans in their healing process thorugh equine assisted learning
ESP founders are a military family with both a Viet Nam Veteran and active military family members currently
serving. This brings a personal passion to this program and a heart for our military who choose to dedicate
their lives to the service of our country.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
ESP is a non-profit working in partnership with various veterans groups, domestic violence shelters, state
education powerment programs, Honor House Veteran transition of Phoenix, Wounded Warrior outreach
program to offer the equine assisted learning to area veterans and their family members.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
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GOAL: The goal of this equine assisted learning (EAL) program is the healthcare education and learning of
specific skills as defined the individual or group for the increase of resiliency characteristics for our military
warriors and/or the family members who care for them. This is an experiential process where the individuals
or groups participate with horses in assigned ground activities. There is no riding in this program. Horses are
attuned to the feelings rather than the behaviors of people near them. This relationship creates a process
which allows the horse to “miirror” the authentic feelings of the participant.
EAL addresses a variety of mental health and human development needs including behavioral issues,
attention deficit disorder, PTSD, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, relationship problems and
communication needs. The unique synergy of the Human and the Horse creates new and challenging ways to
facilitate successful change in the areas of need. Participants are challenged by the experiential process to
address and solve personal problems, identify and reach personal goals, build trust, and ultimately move
toward what is necessary to accept the change required for a healthy lifestyle.
Clinical evidence and generations of human experience show that horses have a special ability to help people
work through emotional barriers without shame and stigma. This is especially true and valuable for people
who suffer the effects of trauma. This allows us to improve the overall health and wellness of those veterans
who participate.
In the previous grant cyce 2017-2020, Prop 202 funding allowed for us to provide services to veterans, their
wives, and family members caring for them. The proposed total number of vetereans served for the 3 year
period was reached in the first 2 years. That said, there is a great need to serve veterans that live in and
around the Gila River Indian community thus we are requesting 5 year funding for this application.
ACTIVITIES; 16 cycles of 8 (1hour) EAL sessions (total of 128 hours) will be delivered in each of the 5 years of
funding. All services are provided at the Equine Spirit Ranch in Queen Creek, a community which lies adjacent
to the Gila River Indian Community. Participants are continually engaged In their own healing process. The
solutions offered include the specific needs of the veteran, with respect to their culture and meets them on
their own terms. Programs are adapted to serve the needs of the veterans returning to their community and
the needs of the family members who support and care for them. The veteran program utilizes the research
based E.A.G.A.L.A. (Equine Assisted Growth And LearningAssn.) model and curriculum, adapted for 8
sessions which incudes an evaluation component. Each session can accommodate up to 12 participants.
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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Equine Assisted Learning(EAL) an effective research based strategy which includes healthcare and education,
two of Gila River’s funding priorities.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
NEED: It was our experience in the 2017-2020 three year grant from Gila River, that we actually provided 3x
the number of hours of service as originally proposed due to the requested the need for alternative
behavorial programs for veterans and their families. It was our experience that those veterans who came to
us for services had tried multiple other therapies with no result and in desperation turned to equine
therapy/equine assisted learning for assistance.
PROBLEMS: Our veterans return with a myriad of mental health issues to include, depression, anxiety, PTSD,
stressed family reationshis,inability to return to work or function socially in society. Veterans report that
traditional therapies do not work for a variety of reasons., allowing equine therapy and equine assisted
learning to more gently address the issues that they believe is holding them back.
TARGET POPULATION: The program targets military veterans, from any military conflict or service branch
experiencing mental health issues that impact their ability to function. The program includes the family
members they live with and the caregivers that provide for them
NUMBERS SERVED: Numbers served will vary as veterans present for individual services or may present with
a partner and children for the same hour of services. A more accurate measure would be how many hours of
service will be provided in a grant year. We will provide 128 hours of programming per grant year which can
accommodate 1 to 12 participants per program hour.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This is a new program for this funding year. Gila River has previously funded Warrior Spirit programs during
the 2017-2020
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7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
The program begins October 1 when Arizona weather cools off enough for participants to enjoy being
outside, We try to complete all programming by June1 for the same consideration of Arizona weather.
Timeline Is always adjustable to weather conditions.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Veterans serving veterans, veterans administrations from Mesa and Phoenix, CAAFA, a domestic violence
shelter, Wounded Warrior Outreach Program all participate by giving us referrals, passing out information
for veterans to review and consider.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
We would need to adjust the number of cycles proposed but yes with partial funding we would still be able
to provide partial programming.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
We continue to apply for grants, apply for funding from local agencies and various funding streams including
research foundations willing to support veteran initiatives. We are currenty developing a fundraising strategy
for various venues of private and corporate donations to be utilized In providing additional programming,
which alllows us to provide in kind funds for program delivery.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Staff conducts ongoing observation w/supporting notes to monitor participants during the delivery of all
sessions. Notes are then reviewed and recorded by staff following the session, to assess the progress of the
participant and to make any necessary adjustment to the program to allow for participant to move forward
toward their goals. All participans review their goals on the last session to decide what negative behaviors
they will leave behind and what positive behaviors/ habits they are taking with them into their future,
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12. Indicate anyapplication to and/or awards made bya tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years.If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
None other than Gila River, since the PROP 202 funds require that services are provided near to or adjacent
to an Indian community. Gila River is that community adjacent to Queen Creek, the location of the Equine
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Project Budget
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For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. program horses $4950 $0 $1459 $6409
2. program supplie $930 $0 $94 $1024
3. facility rental/arena time $4579 $0 $1095 $4579
4. liability insurance $1935 $0 $165 $2100
5. mental health professional $2805 $0 $397 $3202
6. EAGALA equine specialist $2145 $0 $455 $260
7. equine assistant $825 $0 $384 $2304
8. equine helper $406 $0 $384 $1920
9. program evaluation $825 $0 $0 $825
10. bookkeepping $1200 $0 $0 $1200
11. corral/arena set up/clean up $4400 $0 $1130 $4400
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Program Horses- _1-3_horses are utilized as part of the programs treatment team and are rotated to accommodate
the need for equine for various sessions. Horses are leased at $50 per hr x 128 hours = $6409. $ 4950 requested / $
1459 inkind
2. Program Supplies –Incudes the items used to interact with the horses in the actual activities, i.e., buckets, cones,
brushes, currycombs,lead ropes, halters, incentives fo participants. $1024. $930 requested / $94 inkind
3. Facility rental/arena time Arena time wil be required conduct all program sessions. $4579. $3484 requested / $
1095 inkind
4. liability insurance – Liability Insurance is required for those at possible risk of being sued by third parties or
negligence. Among the most usual classes of mandatory policy are those that cover businesses who offer professional
services to the public. Public policy therefore requires that such businesses should carry insurance so that if their
activities do cause loss or damage to another, money will be available to pay for compensation = $ 2100. $1935
requested / $165 inkind
5. mental health Professional – Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with the certified mental
health professional $25 x 128 program hours= $3202 $2805 requested / $394 inkind
6. Eagala equine specialist – Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with a certified equine
specialist $20.31 x 128 program hours =$2600 $ 2145 requested / $455 inkind
7. equine assistant – Contracted fees allow the program to contract with an equine assistant $18 x 128 program hours =
$2304. $1920 requested / $384 inkind
8. equine helper – Contracted fees allow the program to contract with an equine helper $15 x 128 program hours =
$1920 $1536 requested / $384 inkind
9. program evaluation – Contracted professional fees for the evaluation of the program to include annual data summary
report of program services at the end of each program year = $825.
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10. bookkeeper – Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with a monthly bookkeeper to record and
process all data collected for each participant at each program session ; as well as the tracking of line item budgets to
remain compliant with grant allocations. $1200.
11. corral/arena set up/clean up – Contracted fees provides for staff to assist with corral and arena to be set up and
clean up for all program sessions. $4400 . $3270 requested / $1130 inkind
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/10/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Arizona YWCA Metropolitan Phoenix
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Genevieve Villegas Title: Director of Advancement
10. Phone Number: 602-258-0990
11. Mailing Address: 8561 N. 61st Ave
12. City: Glendale State: Arizona Zip Code: 85302
13. Email Address: Genevieve.villegas@ywcaaz.org Website Address: www.ywcaaz.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Senior Meals Program
15. Purpose of Grant: To provide meals for low-income seniors and disabled adults
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $10,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $10,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past funding Yes, $5,000 in both 2019 and 2020
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Glendale and El Mirage
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
YWCA formed in London, England in 1855 by Emma Robarts and Mrs. Arthur Kinnaird. In 1858, YWCA formed in the
United States with women’s residences opening in New York and Boston. A long history of providing social services and
creating a platform of equality led the YWCA to Arizona in 1912. YWCA Maricopa County’s (YWCA) mission is dedicated
to eliminating discrimination, empowering women, and promoting peace, justice, freedom and dignity for all. Since
1912, YWCA programs have educated, advocated for, fed, and provided vital support to vulnerable members of our
community. Our clients are low-income women and their families, seniors, and disabled adults in Maricopa County. The
specific community issues YWCA programs address are elderly hunger in Glendale, financial instability, and empowering
women.
The Senior Meals program feeds, engages, and sustains vulnerable seniors and disabled adults in Glendale and El
Mirage, providing the only Meals-on-Wheels program in that area. Own It Financial Education provides financial
education to disadvantaged women and their families through collaborative efforts with 40 other non-profits and
organizations. The Women’s Empowerment Series and Young Women’s Forum elevates women and young
professionals. And YWCA’s Stand Against Racism advocates for the elimination of racism and the end to the gender pay
gap.
Organization Goals:
Goal A: Fund Development: Create, implement, and manage a comprehensive fundraising operation
Goal B: Organizational Development: Ensure the YWCA is financially sound and has appropriate policies and procedures
in place to strengthen stability and accountability
Goal C Board Development: Enhance the Board to represent the community and strengthen the organization
Goal D: Marketing and Communications: Strengthen the brand and increase awareness of the YWCA
Goal E: Programs: Create and sustain programs that achieve our mission
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
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municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
YWCA’s Own It program works with a number of the City of Phoenix related groups and receives funding from the City of
Glendale for our Meals on Wheels and Senior Meals Program.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
The Senior meals program offers meals, social activities, companionship, and transportation to 1,200 low-income seniors
in the Glendale and El Mirage, Arizona. We coordinate services among four locations to provide hot meals in a group
setting, educational opportunities, self-improvement activities, health screenings, health fairs, and other socialization
activities. The program engages and supports clients through Dial-A-Ride and delivers Meals On Wheels to home-bound
clients. Home deliveries serve as a social visit and wellness check, often circumventing loneliness and isolation. We
provide pet food for client animal companions through our We Feed Four Feet program. Participants are asked to make
a minimal contribution for their meals. Clients qualify based on financial need through a confidential intake interview
and application.
Activities:
1) Serve one nutritious meal each weekday at one of three senior center locations and once a month at an additional
senior center.
2) Registered dietitian approves all meal menus.
3) Provide transportation to and from each senior center location for lunch participants.
4) Provide meal delivery for home-bound participants.
5) Schedule Health and Wellness presentations at two centers twice a month.
6) Provide socialization activities, special events, community resources, supplemental food programs, health fairs, and
health screenings to address loneliness and isolation.
Program Goal: Seniors and/or disabled adults eat at least one nutritious meal each weekday.
Outputs:
1) Provide 36,000 meals to 700 unduplicated seniors and disabled adults in the Glendale area at one of four locations.
2) Deliver 67,000 nutritious meals to homes of 500 unduplicated seniors and disabled adults unable to visit one of our
locations.
3) Provide 11,000 rides to and from the Senior Center for seniors and disabled adults with Dial-A-Ride through YWCA.
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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
This program meets the GRIC priority of health by providing nutritious hot meals, disease prevention, wellness activities,
recreational activities that promote physical fitness, nutrition in seniors and disabled adults. In the U.S., 8.6 million
adults over 60 face hunger, and nearly a third of them are disabled. There is a way to help. Nutrition programs for our
elderly prevent or delay early placement of seniors in nursing homes. They help manage chronic health conditions
reducing costly hospital and care center stays. Our Senior Meals program provides nutrition, socialization, and support
to seniors and disabled adults helping them eat, remain independent, and live with dignity.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
One in five Arizonans reported that there were times in the past 12 months that they didn't have enough money to buy
food their family needed. St. Mary's Food Bank reports that 1 in 7 Arizona seniors live in poverty, and Arizona's hunger
rates are higher than national averages. Glendale's fastest growing population segment is baby boomers ages 55 to 64.
Meals on Wheels recently found that 83% of low-income seniors do not receive the home delivered meals they need.
The US Senate Committee on Education and Labor maintains that proper nutrition extends seniors' lives and helps them
maintain independence when combined with recreation, socialization and education. Nutrition programs prevent or
delay placement of seniors in nursing homes and help people manage chronic health conditions. The YWCA works to
nourish and support seniors in Glendale and El Mirage. The target population is low-income seniors and disabled adults
in Glendale AZ and surrounding communities. Key findings include that 57% of participants report their meal from YWCA
as their main meal and 47% report as their only meal of the day. This program serves approximately 1,200 low-income
disabled adults and seniors in Glendale aged 55 years and older.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
Continued program. Although GRIC has funded our Senior Meals Program, it has not funded this program.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
This is a year round program with a fiscal year ending on June 30th.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
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The YWCA collaborates and shares resource with several agencies in the West Valley with a goal to eliminate elderly
hunger and is the only organization that delivers meals to the elderly in Glendale and El Mirage. The main Senior Center
coordinates meal service and delivery among three other centers including Glendale Community Center, Glendale Adult
Center, and the Japanese Senior Center. The City of Glendale provides recreation and socialization activities. St. Mary's
Food Bank Alliance shares maintenance food and supply items, and stocks our food pantry with take home items.
Gleaners Brown Bag Program supplies free food products out of the Senior Center weekly and Waste Not provides
excess food products. The YWCA Center also collaborates with the Area Agency on Aging to develop, coordinate, and
deliver services to seniors.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
If we received partial funding and are not able to secure through other sources we would seek to secure the remaining
funds through other sources.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Our comprehensive development plan seeks funding from: individuals, corporations, foundations, and government
entities each year. We have a planned giving legacy program to create sustainability for the organization. We develop
strong relationships with funders through volunteer opportunities and opportunities to participate in the YWCA
programs.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
We evaluate the program based on reaching the outlined goals and adjusting to the impact of COVID-19. Due to COVID-
19 concerns we closed the four senior center locations to eliminate crowds. Social activities and transportation services
are temporarily suspended. We make daily wellness calls to seniors to offer companionship and community. For our
dine in clients we began mobile distribution at one location for meal pick-up. Requests for home delivered meals
increased 65%. In June we delivered 9,600 meals compared to a typical month of 5,800 meals. Area Agency on Aging
requested that partner agencies provide seven meals a week instead of five, increasing meals by another 40%. We
intake five to 10 new clients every few days and expect demand to continue into 2021.
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We increased production of shelf stable and frozen meals for delivery, requiring additional funds for more food, supplies
and staff. We received funding from federal partners for food costs and seek additional funds for supplies and staff.
Increased expenses include paper products, storage containers, insulated delivery items, cleaning supplies, mileage,
masks, gloves.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
We submitted grant applications to Tohono Oodham, and Fort McDowell Yavapai Tribes in the past five years, none
were approved.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Marketing & Outreach $0 $5,544 $0 $5,544
2. Communications-Phones $0 $3,460 $0 $3,460
3. Depreciation $0 $9,112 $0 $9,112
4. Employee Benefits & Training $0 $43,091 $0 $43,091
5. Raw & Packaged Food $10,000 $251,996 $0 $261,996
6. Insurance $0 $11,698 $0 $11,698
7. Vehicle & Transportation $0 $37,062 $0 $37,062
8. Occupancy-Bldg-Permits $0 $58,965 $0 $58,965
9. Operational Expense $0 $29,744 $0 $29,744
10. Payroll Taxes $0 $46,796 $0 $46,796
11. Postage & Printing $0 $2,351 $0 $2,351
12. Professional Services $0 $14,060 $0 $14,060
13. Salaries $0 $511,411 $0 $511,411
14. Specific Assistant Dial a Ride $0 $24,000 $0 $24,000
15. Office Supplies $0 $6,586 $0 $6,586
Total Budget $10,000 $1,058,876 $0 $1,065,876
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Marketing & Outreach: ($5,544) Estimated expense for marketing materials and community outreach
2. Communications, Phones ($3,460): Allocation of phone, fax and internet services based on plan pricing
3. Depreciation ($9,112): Allocation of depreciation expense
4. Employee Benefits & Training:($43,091) Paid time off, health insurance, and retirement plan percentage calculated
based based on total program payroll, employee training
5. Raw & Packaged Food ($261,996): Raw and packaged food based on anticipated numbers to be served
6. Insurance ($11,698): Allocation of insurance expense
7. Vehicle & Transportation ($37,062): Estimated vehicle an transporation costs associated with coordinating services at
various locations and food deliveries
8. Occupancy-Bldg-Permits ($58,965): Cost allocation of office space and maintenance
9. Operational Expense ($29,744): Website management, IT support, and database fees
10. Payroll Taxes ($46,796): Payroll taxes based on estimated percentage of total program payroll
11. Postage & Printing ($2,351): Estimated postage and printing and copying expense of program
12. Professional Services ($14,060): Dietician and other professional services
13. Salaries ($511,411): Projected Program Director and staff annual salary expense
14. Specific Assistance Dial a Ride ($24,000): Dial a ride transportation services estimated for clients
15. Office Supplies ($6,586): Estimated basic office supplies
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/12/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W Jefferson, 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: mc12percentgaminggrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Future for KIDS
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Madonna Bistany Title: Executive Director
10. Phone Number: 480-947-8131
11. Mailing Address: 1425 W. Southern Avenue, Suite 10A
12. City: Tempe State: Arizona Zip Code: 85282
13. Email Address: madonna@futureforkids.org Website Address: www.futureforkids.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Discover Your Future
15. Purpose of Grant: A $50,000 grant over two years will help Future for KIDS provide 500 elementary and middle
school youth with trauma-informed, mentor-driven out-of-school time programming in an effort to help mitigate the
impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on academic achievement.
16. Priority Funding Area Education
17. Annual amount requested $25,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 2
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $50,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past funding 2019 - $50,000 over two years
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Future for KIDS has a mission to provide mentor-driven out-of-school-time programs and camps that focus on
academics, athletics, and ethics to improve the lives of youth who face adversity. With an overarching goal to
mitigate the long-term effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences, our mentor-driven programs build resiliency,
teach healthy habits, and inspire personal and social development.
As a child, our founder, retired NFL player Rodney Smith, dreamed of being a professional athlete. Through
the power of a strong adult mentor, Rod was inspired to succeed on and off the field. In 1991, he began the
work of Future for KIDS with a vision that all children should have the opportunity to participate in free,
quality sports camps. Under the visionary leadership of Madonna Bistany since 2006, we have expanded to
offer three distinct programs:
1) DISCOVER YOUR FUTURE, a program for elementary and middle school students that meets weekly
throughout the school year. The focus is on mentor-led ethics discussions, STEAM activities, and physical
fitness.
2) SPORTS AND FITNESS CAMPS are one-day events that facilitate athletic activities and expose youth to the
importance of higher education.
3) CAMP FFK, a full week of fun that features sports and fitness, STEAM activities, nutrition education, and
educational field trips.
Since our inception, we have touched the lives of more than 135,000 children, and now serve 1,200 youth
between the ages of 6 and 14 annually. Future for KIDS recently received the Commitment to Quality Award
from the Arizona Center for Afterschool Excellence for our Discover Your Future program, and we are Service
Enterprise Certified by The Governor’s Office on Youth, Faith and Family.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Future for KIDS’ programs benefit youth throughout Maricopa County. Specific to this proposal, Maricopa
County will serve as our municipal sponsor, and we plan to hold Discover Your Future out-of-school time
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programming at ten sites across the Valley: Phoenix (7), Tempe (1), Mesa (1), and Scottsdale (1). In addition,
we host Youth Sports & Fitness Camps at ASU in Tempe and Grand Canyon University in West Phoenix and
Camp FFK at Homeward Bound in Phoenix.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Discover Your Future, our free, 26-week, out-of-school time program, utilizes a trauma-aware approach that
focuses on resiliency building for youth. Recognizing the vitality of youth mentorship as it relates to
educational attainment and personal development, Future for KIDS embeds the program with mentor
relationships, enabling youth to grow socially and emotionally because of these healthy, supportive, and
potentially life-changing relationships. Dedicated volunteer mentors lead small groups (1:4) through a fun, yet
challenging, high-impact curriculum. The two-hour, weekly program incorporates three elements:
ethics/personal development discussions (25 minutes), athletic activities (35 minutes), and STEAM projects (45
minutes). For example, participants may engage in a discussion on what it means to be responsible, play a
game of 4-Square, and complete a challenge to build paper towers. In addition, Future for KIDS arranges for
guest speakers representing businesses and organizations throughout Arizona to visit program sites. These
professionals share information about their work and career path inspiring our young participants to “discover
their future” and encouraging them to make goals and plans to find their path.
During the 2021/22 school year, Future for KIDS aims to offer ten Discover Your Future program offerings,
reaching up to 500 at-risk 3rd-8th grade youth across Maricopa County who do not have access to other
programs. Based on prior years’ results, we anticipate youth will achieve the following outcomes:
(1) 85% of Discover Your Future participants will report that they built a relationship with their mentors, that
having a mentor was important to them, and that their mentors cared for them
(2) 85% of participants will report Discover Your Future helped them learn new things, building academic skills
and confidence
(3) 80% of participants will report that Discover Your Future helped them to become more physically active
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Discover Your Future aligns with Gila River Indian Community’s focus on Education by providing youth from
disadvantaged situations with the additional support needed to succeed in school and beyond. We accomplish
this in three ways: 1) connecting youth with a positive adult mentor, 2) building academic skills and
confidence, and 3) investing in social-emotional learning. Consistent with other findings, the 2014 report for
MENTOR: The National Mentoring Partnership found that youth mentorship relationships have the capacity to
increase high school graduation and college enrollment rates and improve attitudes about school. Discover
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Your Future provides youth with up to 52 hours of interaction with their mentor. Unique to Future for KIDS
approach, we utilize a group mentorship model which is better suited to achieve our desired outcomes for
youth who have experienced ACEs. A study shows nearly 90% of youth prefer a group model. Moreover, this
setting enables mentees to derive benefits from their peers as well as their adult mentor. The group model
fosters a safe environment for youth to learn how to respectfully collaborate, form camaraderie, seek
consultation, establish group and individual accountability, and develop leadership skills.
The largest program component, STEAM challenges, gives youth hands-on opportunities to reinforce and/or
supplement science concepts they are learning in school. With mentors leading brainstorming, asking
powerful questions, and encouraging teamwork and problem-solving, youth complete challenging projects
and build confidence in their academic abilities.
Finally, a 2010 study “A Meta-Analysis of After-School Programs That Seek to Promote Personal and Social
Skills in Children and Adolescents,” reported that low-income students who participated in high quality
afterschool programs went to school more, behaved better, and received better grades, ultimately narrowing
their achievement gap. Additionally, the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning reported
that youth who participate in after-school programming targeting social and personal development improve
significantly in positive feelings and attitudes, indicators of behavioral adjustment, and school performance.
Future for KIDS utilizes the nationally validated “Character Counts” model produced by the Josephson Institute
to teach youth the “Six Pillars of Character” (fairness, caring, citizenship, trustworthiness, respect, and
responsibility) and to embed opportunities for social-emotional development into the program.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
According to America’s Health Rankings, 17% of Arizona children (higher than the national rate of 14.7%) have
faced more than two Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), such as neglect, abuse, and other forms of
household dysfunction. Research shows that children who grow up in sustained stressful situations exhibit
reduced physiological regulatory systems, leading to weaker health outcomes and delayed cognitive
development. These youth are also more likely to face challenges in school as the number of ACEs is the
primary predictor of academic challenges, absenteeism, and behavior problems (Blogett 2014). Fortunately,
having positive adult relationships and a safe space outside the home can provide children with the emotional
support they need to overcome challenging life circumstances. However, 56% of at-risk youth have never had
an adult mentor due to lack of available programming or financing (Mentor 2014). Youth facing adversity are
more likely to struggle with academic, social, emotional, and health problems than their peers, yet they are
simultaneously underserved due to the lack of programming that would benefit them the most.
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Exacerbating the challenges, the changes caused by the COVID-19 pandemic often lead to a lack of social
connection, poor educational progress, and insufficient community support for students. According to
national assessments during the pandemic, students are falling behind academically, with students of color
falling further behind in math than their white peers. Additionally, a significant number of students nationwide
have dropped out of the education system. Future for KIDS is committed to helping mitigate the devastating
impact this crisis has had on our local children. Discover Your Future increases access to critical mentor
relationships for these vulnerable youth– while also increasing access to vital, out-of-school enrichment
programming to help overcome learning loss.
During the 2021/22 school year, Future for KIDS aims to serve 500 youth ages 7-12 through Discover Your
Future. We target youth who have experienced multiple ACE’s from economically depressed areas in Maricopa
County. A full 100% of the children we serve come from families that earn low incomes. Not only do we serve
children that attend Title 1 schools, but we partner with a low-income housing development run by Native
American Connections and Homeward Bound which provides housing to families that were homeless. Based
on past years, we anticipate the ethnic breakdown of participants will be approximately 40% Hispanic, 20%
Black, 10% White, 5% American Indian, and 25% Other.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
Discover Your Future is a continuing program. In 2019, GRIC awarded Future for KIDS $50,000 over two years
in support of this program.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
This request is for Discover Your Future programming during the 2021/22 and 2022/23 school years. The
annual implementation timeline is:
July – September: FFK finalizes partnerships, creates marketing flyers, registers youth, and recruits, screens,
and trains mentors.
August – May: Future for KIDS holds weekly Discover Your Future programming throughout the school year.
May – June: Programs conclude. We conduct all program evaluation, complete internal and external reports,
and modify curriculum as needed to achieve goals.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Future for KIDS collaborates with several local organizations to provide Discover Your Future. Our program
partners donate space and help promote the program to the youth they serve. We anticipate the following
organizations will continue to partner with us in the coming year:
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• Homeward Bound: A transitional housing community for families experiencing homelessness.
• Native American Connections Coral Canyon: A low-income housing community in Phoenix.
• Holdeman Elementary School: A Title I school in Tempe.
• Arizona Conservatory for Arts and Academics: A Title I school in Mesa.
• Roosevelt School District: Three elementary schools in the Roosevelt School District in South Phoenix
(Percy Julian, CO Greenfield, and Ignacio Conchos).
Future for KIDS has worked hard to build strong relationships with local funders that seek to better the lives of
at-risk youth in our community. While this is one of our first applications for funding for the 2021/22 school
year, perennial funders that support the program each year include Cardinals Charities, UPS, Vanguard, Tempe
Diablos, and Fry’s Foundation.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes. The extended lack of access to enrichment programming and supportive adult and peer relationships
outside the home must be addressed. Future for KIDS aims to fill this gap for youth in Maricopa County and
will continue to seek the philanthropic partnerships to do so. Our program is scalable based on the amount of
funding secured. Ultimately, more funding means more youth will receive essential after-school programming.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
After 16 years, Discover Your Future continues to be a cost effective and sustainable program thanks in large
part to our volunteer mentors and the in-kind donations of space from our program partners. We have
developed diverse revenue streams to support the program including foundation and corporate grants,
individual donors, special events, and United Way funding.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Future for KIDS measures the number of youth served, number of mentor hours, and number of program
offerings by tracking registration and attendance. To measure Discover Your Future’s outcomes, we
administer a pre- and post- youth survey, as well as a parent and mentor survey at the end of the program.
We continue to test new strategies to promote response rates on the parent survey. The surveys measure
program outcomes, such as 1) The development of meaningful mentorship relationships; 2) An increase in
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knowledge of physical fitness and healthy lifestyles; and 3) An increase in knowledge of STEAM topics. Our
Program Director compiles the evaluation findings into a final report, which can be made available to
stakeholders.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: Year 1 - July 1, 2021 – June 30, 2022; Year 2 budget will be largely the same
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salaries and Wages $15,000 $0 $0 $207,260
2. Benefits and Taxes $2,000 $0 $0 $24,740
3. Supplies and Equipment $5,000 $0 $0 $25,100
4. Occupancy Allocation $1,000 $0 $0 $12,000
5. Printing and Marketing $1,000 $0 $0 $5,000
6. Non-payroll Insurance $0 $0 $0 $4,000
7. Travel $500 $0 $0 $3,750
8. Guest Speaker Stipends $500 $0 $0 $3,350
9. In-kind Expense $0 $0 $100,000 $100,000
10. Administrative Allocation $0 $0 $0 $17,800
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12. Click here to enter text. $0 $0 $0 $0
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Total Budget $25,000 $0 $100,000 $403,000
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salaries & Wages ($207,260): Program Manager (0.9 FTE), Volunteer Coordinator (0.9 FTE), Program Specialist (0.675
FTE), Community Outreach Coordinator (0.7 FTE), Program Assistant (0.9 FTE) 4 Program Leads (1.2 FTE combined)
2. Benefits & Taxes ($24,740): Payroll taxes, Worker’s Compensation
3. Supplies & Equipment ($25,100): Program supplies, curriculum, sports equipment, snacks
4. Occupancy Allocation ($12,000): A portion of rent and utilities allocated to the program
5. Printing & Marketing ($5,000): Flyers and promotional materials
6. Non-payroll Insurance ($4,000): Liability insurance
7. Travel ($3,750): Staff and volunteer mileage reimbursement
8. Guest Speaker Stipends ($3,350): Speaker stipends and/or gifts
9. In-kind Expense ($100,000): Partner site facility use and program supplies
10. Administrative Allocation ($17,800): An allocation of management and general expenses
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/12/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W Jefferson Street
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Mission of Mercy
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Paula Carvalho Title: Executive Director
10. Phone Number: (602) 861-2233
11. Mailing Address: 360 E. Coronado Rd, Suite 160
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85004
13. Email Address: pcarvalho@amissionofmercy.org Website Address: amissionofmercy.org/arizona
Project Information
14. Project Name: Access to Health Care for Uninsured Families
15. Purpose of Grant: To provide free primary medical care to uninsured families who might otherwise not have
access to health care.
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $50,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $50,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past funding Yes, 2017 - $20,000; 2016 - $55,000; 2010 - $150,000
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Mission of Mercy (MOM) was founded in 1994 by a pharmacist who recognized that low-income patients in need of
medical care were also in need of compassion and dignity. With a mission to “restore dignity and provide ‘healing
through Love,’” she recruited colleagues in the medical field to create a new kind of medical organization: a mobile clinic
that provided care completely free of charge, never asking patients to prove their poverty in order to receive services. As
a pharmacist, she also understood the critical importance of providing medications as an integrated part of medical care.
In October 1997, Mission of Mercy launched in Arizona and began serving the uninsured in communities of high need,
starting with two clinic sites in Central Phoenix and Mesa. Since that time, our program has grown to six locations
throughout Maricopa County and has provided nearly 254,000 free medical visits and 422,000 free prescription
medications to 60,000 unduplicated patients. There are tens of thousands of community members — mothers, fathers,
children, and grandparents — who have regained their health and their livelihood thanks to Mission of Mercy.
MOM’s primary goal is to provide an accessible, reliable medical home for uninsured and underinsured patients without
access to care, thereby reducing the unnecessary use of hospital emergency departments for conditions better managed
in a primary care clinic.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
MOM has been awarded grants from the municipalities of Avondale, Goodyear, Glendale, Gilbert, and Chandler for the
health care services we provide their residents.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Mission of Mercy provides free primary health care services to uninsured and underinsured patients, including
prescription medications, patient support, and health education for managing chronic conditions at six rotating clinic
sites throughout Maricopa County. All sites are fully bilingual and serve neighborhoods of documented unmet need in
Avondale, Central and South Phoenix, Maryvale, Mesa, and Chandler. Clinics are hosted by churches and community
centers, and one of our two mobile medical units is on-site, stocked with medical supplies and prescription medications,
thereby enabling us to "bring the doctor to the people" in underserved neighborhoods across the Valley. The mobile
nature of our program allows us to easily access the communities with the highest need and the least access to health
care services.
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MOM’s highly experienced, dedicated medical staff and volunteers embody compassion and dignity for patients
suffering from unmet health needs. Longstanding partnerships with our volunteers and community health partners help
strengthen the safety net for patients who have fallen through the cracks of our health care system. We wouldn’t be
able to provide them with the quality, comprehensive health care they need and deserve without prominent partners
such as Sonora Quest Laboratories, which provides all lab work at no cost, or Dignity Health and Banner Health who
offer pro bono imaging services, specialty care, and referral services.
Continuing MOM’s founder’s original intention, we do not charge for any of our services. We operate with contributions
from individual, foundation, and corporate sources, which alone could not sustain us if not for the 200 volunteers in
medical and non-medical roles who dedicate themselves to this work year-around.
In late 2019, MOM implemented a pilot program to serve the 47% of patients suffering from diabetes at two of our
clinics. With the help of a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES), patients receive regular exams,
prescription medications, and the tracking of the key indicators of diabetes: weight, body mass index, blood pressure,
and Hemoglobin A1c levels. In addition, she conducts individual and group diabetes education sessions to help them
improve their health. While the pilot is currently in two clinics, the hope is that the documented impact on patients will
allow for its replication to every clinic. While clinics were closed for exams this past spring due to COVID-19 and the
CDCES was unable to monitor patients’ indicators, she continued to reach out through telehealth calls to patients to
provide emotional and educational support and encourage good eating habits, and the patients could still visit their
MOM clinic to refill their prescription medications.
The onset of COVID-19 created greater urgency for providing vital services to the underserved, especially our chronically
ill patients who rely on medication to manage their illnesses. In mid-March, as the state began mandating social
distancing guidelines, we stopped providing exams out of concern for the health and safety of our staff, volunteers, and
especially our patients. However, MOM’s mobile medical unit continued to travel to each of our clinic sites on its normal
schedule, where our skeleton crew refilled our patients’ medications. With 85% of our patients battling a chronic illness
and taking home an average of 2.8 medications per visit, continuing our services in this limited manner helped keep
patients healthy and avert emergency room visits and hospitalizations.
In June, our clinics reopened to limited patient exams, closely following CDC guidelines. Due to increased demand, our
most at-risk patients receive priority appointments. Current patients waiting for an appointment, or who are not yet
comfortable entering the clinic, continue to receive medication refills via our mobile unit; however, they are triaged to
monitor their current condition and determine any emergent needs. New patients are currently referred for care
elsewhere until our capacity increases enough to accept those who have recently become uninsured after losing their
employment due to COVID-19.
Without the health care patients receive at MOM clinics, the consequences of not managing their condition could be
critical. They could find themselves in significant debt from overwhelming medical expenses, unemployed due to health
issues, at risk of severe complications such as heart disease and stroke, and possibly an early death.
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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Mission of Mercy’s project is the epitome of Gila River Indian Community’s health care funding priority. By providing
free access to primary medical care, prescription medications, and referrals for any necessary lab work, imaging, or
specialty care, we are keeping low-income patients, many of whom suffer from a chronic illness, out of the emergency
room where they may end up because they didn’t seek care when their ailments were minor. In addition, a person’s
health isn’t always rooted solely in the physical, so our community partners help patients connect to other social
services they may need.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
The Maricopa County Department of Public Health reports that in 2016, 15.1% of residents (more than 600,000 people)
had no health insurance, and 45.9% of insured residents could not afford health care (defined as underinsured),
meaning more than a half million people cannot afford quality, reliable health care. Those numbers are expected to
increase due to COVID-19, since many of the newly unemployed will likely have lost their insurance coverage as well.
Mission of Mercy’s patient population faces numerous hurdles in accessing quality health care. Most work multiple jobs.
Some are single parents. Many earn too much for Medicaid, but too little for private insurance. While underinsured
patients have insurance coverage, they are unable to afford medical care due to the high deductibles and/or co-pays
they have to meet before coverage begins.
Access to health care means more than offering patient exams. Because many of MOM’s patients have limited English
proficiency, we have bilingual medical interpreters to ensure clear communication between providers and patients. In
addition, our clinics are located near public transportation so those without other means of transportation can easily
access our clinics. We have also been fortunate to offer fresh produce at two of our clinics as part of a pilot program,
promoting healthy eating and addressing food insecurity for patients living in food deserts.
With 85% of our patient population suffering from at least one chronic condition – the most prevalent of which are
hypertension (59%), diabetes (44%), and high cholesterol (27%) – the need for our services is great. MOM clinics fill the
gap in health care services to these vulnerable populations and removes barriers to care, ensuring patients have an
equitable, reliable medical home to meet their health needs. Currently, women encompass more than half of patients. A
significant proportion of our patient population identifies as Latino/Hispanic (75%), trailed by Caucasian (12%), African
American (6%), and Asian (3%).
Without access to affordable care, patients might otherwise find themselves in the emergency department, have a
shorter and lower quality of life, and/or incur financial hardship due to costly medical care.
We hope that by the time this grant will be awarded that the COVID-19 virus will have waned due to vaccination efforts
and we can resume operations on a pre-COVID scale. We therefore project serving 3,000-3,200 unduplicated patients in
our 2021-22 fiscal year.
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6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This is a continuing program. GRIC last funded this project in 2017.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Mission of Mercy is open daily in one of six locations throughout Maricopa County:
• Every Monday – Avondale Baptist Church, Avondale
• 1st & 3rd Tuesday of the month – Maryvale Church of the Nazarene, Maryvale
• 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month – Black Family & Child Services, South Phoenix
• Every Wednesday – North Phoenix Baptist Church, Phoenix
• Every Thursday – Christ the King Community Center, Mesa
• 1st & 3rd Friday of the month – Chandler First Church of the Nazarene, Chandler
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Contributing to Mission of Mercy’s high quality of care are our community partners who provide medical and non-
medical services to our patients that supplement what we offer:
• Albertsons Safeway: Provides free flu shot clinics and pharmacy resident students
• American Heart Association: Provides free heart health education materials for patients.
• Arizona Diabetes Foundation: A Certified Diabetes Educator from ADF works on-site to provide comprehensive
diabetes education to patients suffering from the condition.
• Banner Health: Provides free radiology services to MOM patients.
• Dignity Health: Refers patients without a medical home to MOM and provides free radiology, specialty services,
and financial support. They also provide flu shot clinics in the East Valley and chronic disease education.
• Direct Relief International – donated medications, medical supplies and PPE
• Estrella Mountain Community College: Provides volunteer certified bilingual medical interpreters.
• Humana – donates prescription medications
• Maricopa County Department of Public Health: Offers free immunizations and patient education materials.
• Mayo Clinic: Assisted in the development of a patient survey to evaluate the effectiveness of our programming
and patient satisfaction but will also give us needed information about our patients’ unmet health-related social
needs.
• Sonora Quest Laboratories: Provides free lab services to MOM patients, as well as financial support.
• Southwest Human Development: Provides resources and information for early childhood programs.
• St. Vincent de Paul Medical Clinic: Accepts referrals of patients for free specialty care such as rheumatology and
wound care for complications of diabetes.
• Walgreens – Provides flu shot vouchers in partnership with Americares
In addition, Mission of Mercy is grateful for the 200 volunteers, in medical and non-medical roles, who have dedicated
their time to helping us care for our patients. These dedicated volunteers are the lifeblood of our organization and
contribute more than 10,000 hours of service annually. When we closed our clinics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, we
wanted to ensure that our volunteers (as well as patients and staff) remained healthy. Now that we are seeing patients
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again, and COVID vaccines are becoming more widely available, we anticipate more volunteers will return in the coming
months to serve our patients. Currently, about 60 volunteers are actively serving across our six clinic locations.
Volunteers serve our patients in a variety of ways:
• Thirteen percent of our volunteers are physicians who treat our patients.
• One-quarter – the largest proportion – of our volunteers are nurses.
• Nearly 18% of volunteers are interpreters, helping patients and doctors/nurses communicate.
• Other volunteers help with patient registration and scheduling, special events, pharmacy, patient education,
administration, and fundraising.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
If we receive partial funding, the project will continue. Because Mission of Mercy does not charge patients for services,
we are completely reliant on contributed income to maintain the quality of care we provide. Fundraising is an ongoing
activity and we are grateful to each individual, foundation, corporation, municipality, and tribal nation that supports the
work we do, financially as well as through in-kind goods and services.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Mission of Mercy earns no revenue from its services. We operate thanks to contributions from individual, foundation,
and corporate sources, both cash and in-kind. In addition, we are grateful for the nearly 200 volunteers in medical and
non-medical roles who dedicate themselves to this work year-round. MOM is also currently developing planned giving
and endowment programs to further strengthen our finances and ensure our program will be available for those who
depend on us.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
All patient information, including contact information, demographics, clinic visits, diagnoses, and medications are
collected in our electronic medical record system. Mission of Mercy expects to serve 3,000-3,200 patients in the 2021-22
fiscal year. One way we measure progress is to monitor how often patients visit the clinic. In FY20, the average number
of visits was 4.7, an increase of 0.4 from the prior year. In combination with an increase in medications that were
dispensed, we attribute this increase to our patients, who may have had no access to health care prior to finding us and
are making a concerted effort to manage and improve their health. The increased visits and medication indicate they are
committed to taking care of their complex health issues that require a medical home where they can receive regular
care.
The launch of MOM’s new patient survey, which was developed in partnership with the Mayo Clinic, was postponed due
to COVID, but with a planned launch in 2021, we’ll be able to evaluate the effectiveness of MOM’s programs and provide
information about any unmet needs experienced by patients.
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12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Desert Diamond Casinos sponsors our annual breakfast event:
• 2020 - $1,000
• 2019 - $1,000
• 2018 - $1,000
• 2017 - $2,500
• 2016 - $2,500
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Project Budget
Budget Period: July 1, 2021-June 30, 2022
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salaries & Benefits $35,000 $355,000 $0 $390,000
2. Contracted Services $0 $102,000 $0 $102,000
3. Medications & Medical Supplies $15,000 $85,000 $1,390,000 $1,490,000
4. Non-medical Supplies & Equipment $0 $13,000 $0 $13,000
5. Marketing/Postage/Printing $0 $23,000 $0 $23,000
6. Travel & Transportation $0 $6,200 $0 $6,200
7. Dues & Subscriptions $0 $3,300 $0 $3,300
8. Occupancy $0 $18,000 $45,000 $63,000
9. Communications $0 $20,000 $0 $20,000
10. Licenses & Insurance $0 $33,000 $0 $33,000
11. Depreciation $0 $31,000 $0 $31,000
12. Other Expenses $0 $3,500 $0 $3,500
13. Central Services $0 $51,000 $0 $51,000
14. Volunteer Services $0 $0 $742,000 $742,000
15. Click here to enter text. $0 $0 $0 $0
Total Budget $50,000 $694,000 $2,177,000 $2,971,000
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Includes Salaries and Benefits of medical staff - $390,000 for two full-time physicians and two part-time nurses. These
positions manage triage and patient care, oversee pharmacy operations, order and track medical supply inventory, and
supervise volunteer providers.
2. Contracted Services - $102,000 for providers and vendors paid on contract, including medical providers and food
distributors.
3. Medications & Medical Supplies - $1,490,000 are for direct patient care; 93% of which are donated to MOM.
4. Non-medical supplies & equipment - $13,000 for office supplies and equipment needed to operate the clinics.
5. Marketing/Postage/Printing - $23,000 for expenses promoting MOM’s clinics, patient support and education,
community outreach, and service partnership development.
6. Travel & Transportation - $6,200 for transportation expenses – e.g., fuel, maintenance, and service – associated with
MOM’s two mobile medical units.
7. Dues & Subscriptions - $3,300 for related medical expenses.
8. Occupancy expenses - $63,000 (71% if which is in-kind) includes rent and utilities.
9. Communication expenses - $20,000 for IT, telephone, website, and support of electronic medical records system
10. Licenses & Insurance - $33,000 for liability insurance for MOM’s prescence at clinic sites and licenses for medical
practice
11. Depreciation - $31,000
12. Other expenses - $3,500 for miscellaneous expenses not associated with any other category, such as bank charges.
13. Central Services - $51,000 for fees paid to the Mission of Mercy headquarters in Pennsylvania to cover expenses such
as human resources, IT, and marketing that are not administered at the affiliate locations.
14. Volunteer Services - $742,000 is the value of Volunteer time donated to MOM’s medical services.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application:2/10/2021(NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County:Maricopa county, Queen Creek
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County):Jack Selles
4. Mailing Address:307 W. Jefferson 10th floor
5. City: Phoenix State:Arizona Zip Code:85032
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom
Email Address: mc12percentgaminggrant@mail.maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Equine Spirit Programs
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Julie Jimenez Title: program manager
10. Phone Number:4802992506
11. Mailing Address: 17016 e. san tan blvd
12. City: queen creek State: Arizona Zip Code: 85142
13. Email Address: equinespiritprograms@gmail.com Website Address:www.equinespiritprograms.com
Project Information
14. Project Name: Trauma Focused Equine Therapy
15. Purpose of Grant: to provide behavioral health education including wellness activities to improve the overall
health of veterans & their family or caregivers
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $25000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 3
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $75000
number of years)
20. Has your organization receivedpast funding Yes,2018,2019,2020 $75000
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Gilbert, Chandler,Queen Creek, San Tan Valley
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Equine Spirit Proram {ESP} is a successful equine assisted learning program with a 10 year history of
promoting resiliency among at risk youth, adults with the expansion to veterans & their caregivers in the last
5 years. ESP was established as a IRS tax empt 501c3 non profit in 2014. Equine Assisted Learning is listed as a
Best Practice in the First Nations Behavioral Health Association Catalogue of Effective Behavioral Health
Practices. The mission of the program is to educate its participatnts with the life skills necessary to improve
their mental health.. The program increases their overall health by promoting self-discovery, targeting
personal growth & mental health wellness, as well as addressing professional/career development when
applicable.
We offer a life skill activity focused program that utilizes a research based equine assisted learning model,
EAGALA (Equine Assised Growth And Learning Assn.). The goal of ESP programs is to assist the participant in
positively affecting their mental and physical health by utilizing equine assisted learning. This personal
growth is achieved through the personal interactions of humans and horses. The targeted area of growth for
this grant proposal will be to address the effects of trauma and adverse childhood experiences and assist in
the self directed healing process of the young participants and their family members.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
ESP is a non-profit working in partnership with various residential treatment centers, domestic violence
shelters, state education empowerment programs, and currently serve clients who are attending local area
public shccols, charter schools and home school parents as well.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
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ACE’s (Adverse Childhood Experiences) are traumatic experiences that can have a profound effect on a child’s
developing brain and body with lasting impacts on health. There are 10 recognized ACE’s which fall into 3
categories: 1) Abuse, physical, emotioinsl, sexual 2) Neglect: physical, emotional, 3) Household Dysfunction:
mental illness or suidcide attempt, incarceration,mother treated violently, substance abuse, divorce,or
separation. Accordng to ACE studies, a person with 4 or ACE’s is 12x as likely to attempt suicide, 10x as likely
to use injection drug, 7x as likely to be an alcoholic.
Trauma is broady experienced, pervasive, and can have ong lasting effects. The ripple effects of trauma can
be transmitted between interactions with families and communities for generations. Historical trauma is the
cumulative emotional and psychological wounding, spanning generations, which can emanate from a
massive group trauma.
GOAL: The goal of this equine assisted learning (EAL) program is to have at risk youth learn & understand
appropriate responses or life skills that are needed to be developed to meet the their personal challenges.
These life skills will ultimately increase their sense of purpose and connectedness to their peers, school and
community. This increase in connectedness has a direct correlation to reducing the effects of trauma and
adverse childhood experiences which includes but is not limited to growing up with physical or mental abuse,
household dysfunction, parental divorce or separation, domestic violence, substance use and incarceration of
family members.
Equine Assisted Learning (EAL) is an experiential process where the individuals or groups participate with
horses in assigned ground activities. Individuals learn about themselves and others by participating in
activities and then processing their responses. There is no riding in this program. Youth are required to
develop and apply certin lifes skills that can be translated from the arena to their personal life in order to
improve their interactions with family, school and community.
ACTIVITIES; 16 cycles of 8 (1hour) EAL sessions (total of 128 hours) will be delivered in each of the 3 years of
funding. Each behavioral helath educational sessions builds upon the other and includes activities that
develop and enhance positive behavioral healath and resiliency characteristics. Creative thinking,
communication, problem solving, work ethic, responsibility, teamwork, self confidence and attitude are all
cornerstones of a positive mental helath standard of living.
All services are provided at the Equine Spirit Ranch in Queen Creek, a community which lies adjacent to the
Gila River Indian Community. Participants are continually engaged In their own healing process. The solutions
offered include the specific needs of the individual, with respect to their culture and meets them on their
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own terms .Our agency partners agree to refer clients by a mutually agreed process and all participants are
responsible for their own transportation to the ranch. Each session can accommodate up to 8 participants.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Equine Assisted Learning(EAL) an effective research based strategy which includes healthcare and education,
two of Gila River’s funding priorities.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
There is a perceived need of this underserved rural community to have accessible youth centered, gender
responsive, data driven and culturally sensitive life skills programming to promote the individuals’ abilities to
overcome the barriers presented by childhood trauma. Increasing the ability of youth and their famiy
members to identify and address ways in which they can participate in the child welfare systems so as to
promote positive behavioral health. Assist youth and their family members to learn to self direct life building
strategies that will contribute to the overall health of a growing community. Adults who are interacting daily
with these youth will be able to recognize the childs naural reactions to trauma, and provide support and
alternatives instead of punishment for disruption. There will be 40 hours of progrgramming annually,
available to all participants. Each session can accommodate up to 8 participants er session. Each participants’
session is comprised of an initital interview and assessment, followed by 8 hours of arena time.
NUMBERS SERVED: Numbers served will vary as families present for individual services or may present with
their children for the same hour of services. A more accurate measure would be how many hours of service
will be provided in a grant year. We will provide 40 hours of programming per grant year which can
accommodate 1 to 8participants per program hour.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This is a new program for this funding year. Gila River has previously funded Warrior Spirit programs during
2017-2020
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7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
The program begins October 1 when Arizona weather cools off enough for participants to enjoy being
outside, We try to complete all programming by June1 for the same consideration of Arizona weather.
Timeline Is always adjustable to weather conditions.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
We currently serve youth that attend Castell High /school, America n Leadershp .Academy, SanTan Foothills.
As well as Home Schooled chiidren, all refer their students to us. CAAFA, a local domestic violence shelter,
refers youth and their family members to our program and will continue to do so. We are also partners with
the state Empowerment Scholarship Account program, to provide services to children with special needs.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
We would need to adjust the number of cycles proposed but yes with partial funding we would sill be able to provide
partial programming.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
We continue to apply for grants, apply for funding from local agencies and various funding streams including
foundations willing to support a initiatives. We are currenty developing a fundraising strategy for various
venues of private and corporate donations to be utilized In providing additional programming, which alllows
us to provide in kind funds for program delivery.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Staff conducts ongoing observation w/supporting notes to monitor participants suring the delivery of all
sessions. Notes are then reviewed and recorded by staff following the session to assess the progress of the
participant and to make any necessary adjustment to the program to allow for participant to move forward
toward their goals. All participans review their goals on the last session to decide what negative behaviors
they will leave behind and what positive behaviors/ habits they are taking with them into their future,
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12. Indicate anyapplication to and/or awards made bya tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years.If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
None other than Gila River, since the PROP 202 funds require that services are provided near to or adjacent
to an Indian community. Gila River is that community adjacent to Queen Creek, the location of the Equine
Spirit Ranch.
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Project Budget
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For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. program horses $4950 $0 $1459 $6409
2. program supplie $930 $0 $94 $1024
3. facility rental/arena time $4579 $0 $1095 $4579
4. liability insurance $1935 $0 $165 $2100
5. mental health professional $2805 $0 $397 $3202
6. EAGALA equine specialist $2145 $0 $455 $2600
7. equine assistant $825 $0 $384 $2304
8. equine helper $406 $0 $384 $1920
9. program evaluation $825 $0 $0 $825
10. bookkeepping $1200 $0 $0 $1200
11. corral/arena set up/clean up $4400 $0 $1130 $4400
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Program Horses- __1-3_horses are utilized as part of the programs treatment team and are rotated to asccommdate
the need for equine for various sessions. Horses are leased at $50.00/hr x 128 hours = $6409.00 $4950 requested /
$1459 inkind
2. Includes the items used to interact with participants., i.e., buckets, cones, brushes, currycombs,lead ropes, halters,
incentives fo participants, for a total of $1024. $930 requested / $94 inkind
3. Facility rental/arena time Arena time wil be required conduct all program sessions. $4579. $3484 requested / $1095
in kind.
4. liability insurance – Liability Insuraance is required for those at possible risk of being sued by third parties or
negligence. Among the most usual classes of mandatory policy are those that cover businesses who offer professional
services to the public. Public policy therefore requires that such businesses ahould carry insurance so that if their
activities do cause loss or damage to another, money will be available to pay for compensation = $2100. $1935
requested / $165 inkind.
5. mental health Professional – Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with the certified mental
health professional $25 x 128 program hours= $3202. $2805 requested / $394 in kind
6. Eagala equine specialist – Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with a certified equine
specialist $20,31 x 128 program hours = / $2600. $2145 requested / $455 inkind
7. equine assistant – Contracted fees allow the program to contract with an equine assistant $18 x 128 program hours =
$ 2304. $1920 requested / $383 inkind
8. equine helper – Contracted fees allow the program to contract with an equine helper $15 x 128 program hours =
$1920 . / $1536 requested / $384 inkind
9. program evaluation – Contracted professional fees for the evaluation of the program to include annual data summary
report of program services at the end of each program year = $825.
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10. bookkeeper – Contracted professional fees allows the program to contract with a monthly bookkeeper to record and
process all data collected for each participant at each program session ; as well as the tracking of line item budgets to
remain compliant with grant allocations. $1200.
11. corral/arena set up/clean up – Contracted fees provides for staff to assist with corral and arena to be set up and
cleaned up for all program sessions. $_4400. $3270 requested / $1130 inkind
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/11/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson St. #10
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom/Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Phoenix Children's Hospital Foundation
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Angela Gordillo Title: Manager, Foundation Giving
10. Phone Number: 602-697-3955
11. Mailing Address: 2929 E. Camelback Rd. #122
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85016
13. Email Address: agordillo@phoenixchildrens.com Website Address: https://phoenixchildrensfoundation.org/
Project Information
14. Project Name: Injury Prevention – Train the Trainer
15. Purpose of Grant: The Center for Family Health and Safety at Phoenix Children's Hospital seeks to add an Injury
Prevention Specialist who will train and certify individuals in partnering agencies to implement evidence-based injury
prevention education and products intended to reduce the rate of unintentional childhood injuries and fatalities.
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $99,698.46
18. Number of years that funding is requested 3
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $299,095.38
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past We have received funding from GRIC in the past –
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and 2010 - $150,000; 2013 - $181,495; 2016 - $100,000; 2018 -
amount $200,000
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County; Arizona; Southwest Region
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Since 1983, the mission of Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) has been to provide hope, healing and the best possible
health care to children. Phoenix Children's is the only freestanding pediatric hospital in Arizona, and is the sixth largest
children’s hospital in the nation. Phoenix Children’s offers comprehensive health care and support services to more than
148,000 children and their families each year within 75 pediatric subspecialties. The Emergency Department serves an
astonishing 80,000 children annually. For the seventh consecutive year, the Hospital was nationally recognized by U.S.
News & World Report for our premier treatment and facilities. The six Centers of Excellence at Phoenix Children’s
feature the Hospital's largest clinical programs, and represent the very finest in pediatric healthcare in Arizona,
including: Barrow Neurological Institute at Phoenix Children's , Center for Cancer and Blood Disorders, Children's Heart
Center, Center for Pediatric Orthopedics, Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and the Level One Pediatric Trauma
Center.
Today, Phoenix Children’s is recognized as the indispensable regional provider of high acuity care for patients with
medically complex conditions. Moving forward, the Hospital is working to achieve world‐class status by dedicating
resources to the following:
• Physician‐Scientists – the recruitment of renowned physicians with unique skill sets to combine the integration of
cutting‐edge research into present day patient care
• Discovery – we will transform pediatric care, creating new therapies through participation in collaborative
consortiums, clinical trials and research
• Innovation – revolutionary advancements in pediatric methodologies, treatments and medicine will enhance and
improve patient outcomes
• Destination Medicine – building our stellar reputation, premier care will attract patients across the globe for complex
medical treatment
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Maricopa County has served as a fiscal pass‐through for Gila River Indian Community grants awarded to
Phoenix Children’s in 2010, 2013 and 2016. Phoenix Children’s also worked with Maricopa County to submit
12% tribal gaming grants to Gila River Indian Community in 2015. Phoenix Children’s receives federal grant
support through Maricopa for clinical services, most recently a multi‐year award for the Emergency Department
Expansion.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
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The Center for Family Health and Safety at Phoenix Children's Hospital uses a public health approach to bring
evidence-based, data-driven injury prevention, safety and wellness programming to communities across
Arizona. Through collaborative efforts with local partners serving families in need and a number of tribal
communities, the Center’s Injury Prevention Program provides mentorship, curriculum and safety products
for distribution that smaller partners may otherwise be unable to access. A key component to the Injury
Prevention Program’s approach is focused on providing much needed safety products that prevent the
leading causes of death for children in the State of Arizona. The Program distributes thousands of units of car
seats, home safety kits, and safe sleep packs annually. When coupled with evidence-based education, safety
equipment is more likely to be used correctly and regularly.
Safe sleep, home safety, and child passenger safety classes are offered multiple times a week at Phoenix
Children’s. The Program seeks to add an additional injury prevention specialist who will be primarily
responsible for implementing the train the trainer model with partnering agencies and organizations. Over
the past 14 years, collaborative partnerships have been established with shelters, schools, clinics, pregnancy
centers and tribal communities that provide local and direct access to services for families in need. These
partnerships have been imperative in expanding the program’s reach as these agencies host classes and
events and refer families to our program. In recent years, Phoenix Children's has been able to expand reach
and impact even further by offering a train the trainer component to interested partners. Phoenix Children’s
trains individuals at partner agencies to become safety subject matter experts in their own communities,
which are at greatest risk for motor vehicle and sleep related injuries and deaths. The addition of a safety
specialist gives the program greater ability to grow its efforts in community work and engagement. The
injury prevention specialist will work with existing partners, but more importantly create new partnerships
and expand the train the trainer model. The model will provide training to community leaders, gaining them
access to a culturally sensitive curriculum, and injury prevention products for distribution to participants.
The products will include car seats, booster seat, play yards, sleep sacks, cabinet locks, and furniture straps.
With the expansion, new partners, including tribal communities, will be able to train their own community
and have the support of an injury prevention specialist.
Understanding how preventable injuries occur is just the beginning. Learning valuable skills and allowing for
practical application of those skills through the proper use of safety equipment is the next critical step to
ensuring parents are able to provide their children with safe environments and proactively prevent
unintended childhood injuries. A study of 300,000 children and families in the Journal of Emergency Nursing
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indicates that individuals are more likely to utilize safety equipment when they receive it in conjunction with
an educational component. We know our approach works as evidenced by the constant flow of referrals
from partnering agencies and our well attended classes. In training partners to do this work, we are providing
children and families an invaluable resource within their own communities.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
The Center for Family Health and Safety programming aligns with Gila River Indian Community’s priority area of
Healthcare. By providing preventative tools, we decrease the numbers of visits to emergency departments and trauma
centers for preventable injuries. This public health model serves to both increase individual and overall community
health and decrease downstream community cost.
The Injury Prevention Program brings safety education, materials and equipment directly to children and families who
are most at risk of suffering a preventable injury or fatality. More often than not, the families who have the greatest
need are the least likely able to afford safety materials and equipment on their own. Providing essential safety products
to underserved children and families, we hope to decrease the number of injuries, potential fatalities and visits to our
hospital.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
The leading causes of accidental injury deaths in Arizona (2019) are motor vehicle crashes and suffocation,
accounting for 65 percent of all preventable deaths. Motor vehicle crashes are the leading cause of death for
children in Arizona. Lack of vehicle restraint is the greatest risk factor for these deaths. Providing free car
seats in conjunction with classroom education and a car seat inspection by a certified child passenger safety
specialists ensures a family can correctly use the car seat on every ride. Our train the trainer model will equip
communities most at risk for motor vehicle accidents with a car seat specialist right in their own community.
The second leading cause of death for children is suffocation and unfortunately many of these are due to
unsafe sleep environments. Awareness and support of safe sleep practices are hindered when families lack
the ability to provide a safe sleep environment. Our experience implementing safe sleep programming tells
us once a family attends a safe sleep class they understand the reasoning behind safe sleep
recommendations and willingly commit to keeping their infant safe. Families also appreciate receiving a
sleep sack, this not only helps keep their child warm, but it easily replaces a blanket that families typically use
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in a crib. However, the infant stage is relatively short and in no time the young infant is crawling and starting
to pull themselves up. The Injury Prevention Program provides supplemental materials to keep young
children safe in the home from additional injury. Furniture straps to prevent furniture tip-overs (it is
estimated over 2,100 children younger than age 6 are injured due to tipping furniture) and cabinet locks to
secure cleaners and other toxic items to ensure they are kept out of the reach of children (children younger
than 6 years of age comprise nearly half of all poison exposures at 43 percent) are distributed with Safe Sleep
packs when a parent/caregiver attends a Safe Sleep class.
Education for caregivers while providing safety equipment improves adherence to both safe sleep and child
passenger safety practices. In order to ensure the greatest reach and expansion of programs a train the
trainer approach will be used. With funding from the Gila River Indian Community, the Injury Prevention
Specialist will be able to educate and provide safety products for 250 families annually, for a total of 750
families across the three years. Additionally, the Injury Prevention Specialist will train a minimum of 5
partners annually, who will each have an expanded reach of 100 to 200 families, yielding an anticipated reach
of an additional 2,250 families.
In 2020, even during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Center for Family Health and Safety was able to pivot and
meet the strict guidelines to prevent spread and yet continue to ensure children remained safe while
sheltering at home. Last year, 951 families were still able to receive instruction on the topics of child
passenger safety, home safety and safe sleep. More than 3,500 items were distributed, including 473 play
yards and 894 car seats.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
The Center for Family Health and Safety and the injury prevention programs have been in existence for 14
years. This request is an expansion of injury prevention efforts so that the program can create a downstream
reach. The Gila River Indian Community has not previously funded this project.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
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Feb 12, 2021 Submit proposal and time event schedule to Maricopa Country (pass through agency)
March 30, 2021 Upon approval from Maricopa County, submit proposal to Gila River Indian Community
October 2021 Award Notification – move forward with position request and posting
January 2022 Implementation – within 3 months of grant award, specialist will begin outreach with new and
existing partners and providing training
*timeline can be flexible based on award notification date
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
The Injury Prevention Program has largely relied on philanthropic funding for operations since its inception in
2007. As the needs and the program expanded, the program has been able to secure funding from various
sources for operations and new programming. The Valley Toyota Dealers have provided funding for
operational support as well as safety products. In an effort to fund additional staff support, program
administrators will continue to solicit funders that align with the Injury Prevention Program’s mission.
The Injury Prevention Program partners with several organizations to reach and serve families of young
children. Its comprehensive service model engages other family serving organizations in an effort to ensure
successful outcomes. These partners include:
1. UMOM New Day Center – a family shelter
2. Native Health – Urban Phoenix Native American Clinic
3. Hopi Tribe
4. Ak-Chin Indian Community
5. Gila River Indian Community
6. Salt River PimaMaricopa Indian Community
7. Isaac School District – Phoenix, Arizona
8. Dunbar Elementary School – Phoenix, Arizona
9. An additional focus will be placed on areas that have historically been underserved and we have
been unable to expand to, due to staffing limitations.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
We would be grateful for any level of support from the Gila River Indian Community to hire an additional
Injury Prevention Specialist. Should partial funding be granted, all monies would be allocated to safety
products such as car seats, booster seats, play yards, sleep sacks, cabinet locks and furniture straps. A full
award of $299,095.38 will help expand outreach to additional tribes and community organizations.
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10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Historically, the Injury Prevention program has relied heavily on philanthropic support for operations. The program has
evolved to include additional FTE’s under the hospital budget. Despite our best efforts, there has always been
community need for car seats and safe sleep environments to eliminate preventable deaths. The injury prevention
program has a commitment to the children and families in Phoenix to serve as a resource for much needed safety
equipment as well as education and support to the many great organizations we partner with. This model serves to
prevent and reduce injuries and enhance current injury prevention efforts. Thank you for your consideration of this
critical service to the most vulnerable in our midst.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
When all funding is secured for the injury prevention expansion, we can begin the hiring and onboarding of a new Injury
Prevention Specialist position. Once the new staff person is on-boarded and meets training and certification
requirements, they will begin leading community efforts. The injury prevention program is regularly evaluated for
program impact and effectiveness of services. Evaluation criteria includes measures such as number of caregivers
served, number of safety products distributed, pre and post knowledge tests, and finally demonstration of correct use of
provided safety products.
Program effectiveness is measured in several ways. The program measures success by tracking the number of
community partnerships as well as the types of services provided by those partners. Additionally, we will monitor the
Arizona Child Fatality Review Team annual reports for decreases in fatalities.
As more people are trained and injury prevention efforts continue to expand throughout Maricopa County, newly
trained staff will reach and educate new families, offer safety expertise locally, establish a rapport and trust with the
community, and improve communal knowledge of injury prevention. The program is a model that has proven incredible
success and has been replicated to serve even more of Arizona’s families in need.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Since 2010, Phoenix Children’s Hospital has partnered with the Gila River Indian Community (GRIC), the Salt
River Pima Maricopa Indian Community (SRPMIC), the Tohono O’odham Nation and the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation
to enhance and expand our facilities and pediatric medical subspecialty services.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: Click here to enter text.
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salary – Injury Prevention Spec. $169,999.50 $0 $0 $169,999.50
2. ERE/Fringe $39,779.88 $0 $0 $39,779.88
3. Car Seats and Booster Seats $44,304.00 $0 $0 $44,304.00
4. Pack and Plays $36,000.00 $0 $0 $36,000.00
5. Sleep Sacks $4,800.00 $0 $0 $4,800.00
6. Cabinet Locks $1,038.00 $0 $0 $1,038.00
7. Furniture Straps $3,174.00 $0 $0 $3,174.00
8. Indirects $0 $0 $35,891.45 $35,891.45
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salary – Staff support for one full time employee (i.e., injury prevention specialist).
2. ERE/Fringe - Employee-related expenses are Phoenix Children’s cost for benefits provided to employees as part
of their total compensation package. These include workers' compensation insurance; unemployment insurance;
and the employer's portion of Social Security taxes, retirement plan contributions, health/dental insurance and
life/disability insurance. ERE is budgeted and charged to departments based on rates established by Phoenix
Children's Finance Office.
3. Car Seats and Booster Seats – Car Seats and booster seats will be purchases through A car seat and a booster
seat, is designed specifically to protect children from injury or death during a motor vehicle crash. Arizona and
many Native American tribes require children use a type of child restraint until they are at least 8 years old or are 4
feet 9 inches tall, each time they ride in a car. Car seats are passive restraints and must be properly used to be
effective. However, many child safety restraints are often not installed or used correctly. To ensure correct
installation, child passenger safety technicians educate families on proper car seat installation.
4. Portable Playard – A playard is another term for the Graco branded Pack ‘N Play, they essentially mean the
same thing. It is a portable, multifunctional piece of furniture that is a crib and a safe area for an infant to play
in. An optional removable bassinet can be attached at the top for the child to sleep in or be changed in until four
months of age. Portable playpens can be collapsed into a small roll for easy storage and transport.
5. Sleep Sacks – A sleep sack is like a mini for an infant and toddler. Sometimes also called a wearable blanket, a
sleep sack is another alternative for keeping babies warm without using loose blankets in the crib.
6. Cabinet Locks - A type of lock that easily installed onto cabinets to prevent easy opening. It consists of two
bendable plastic loops and is situated on the outside of the drawer or cabinet. Flexible loop locks are particularly
difficult for toddlers and young children to navigate. They are suitable for mushroom and D-shaped cabinet and
cupboard handles. Made from hard-wearing plastic, easy to install and easy to move from one room to another if
needed, no drilling or screws necessary and will not damage furniture.
7. Furniture Straps - Toddlers often see furniture as a fun jungle gym, but their efforts to climb up can throw even
heavy pieces off balance. These straps were designed so that they are suitable to use in many different capacities.
The straps are so easy to install, you will not need a handyman. These sturdy straps secure your furniture to the
wall and help prevent your climbing child from accidentally tipping things over. 53 in. Long. Straps work in 4 different
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configurations: secure your TV to the wall, secure your TV to your furniture, secure your TV to your furniture and
your furniture to the wall, or secure your furniture to the wall
8. Indirects – Phoenix Children’s Hospital’s federally approved indirect rate is 12%. This rate is applied to all sponsored
project and entered as a line item on the project budget.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/9/2020 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 West Jefferson Street
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Audubon Southwest
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Katie Weeks Title: Director of Community Education
10. Phone Number: 602.468.6470
11. Mailing Address: 3131 S Central Ave
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85040
13. Email Address: kweeks@audubon.org Website Address: http://az.audubon.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Engaging the Next Generation of Conservation Leaders
15. Purpose of Grant: Provide hands-on outdoor STEAM programs to introduce students and community members to
Arizona’s local ecology and natural places.
16. Priority Funding Area Education
17. Annual amount requested $32,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 3
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $96,000
number of years)
Yes,
2016 - $35,000
20. Has your organization received past 2015 - $35,000
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and 2014 - $35,000 (year one of a three-year $105,000 commitment)
amount 2011 - $25,000
2010 - $25,000
2008 - $100,000
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2007 - $100,000
2006 - $100,000 (year one of a three-year $300,000 commitment)
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County/Phoenix Metro Area
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, using science,
advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation. Founded in 1905, National Audubon Society has been
instrumental in some of the most successful, important conservation initiatives for more than 100 years. We
use birds as a lens to focus our conservation work and to engage the community in that effort. In 2020, the
state offices of Arizona and New Mexico merged in order to address conservation work at-scale and leverage
our collective expertise for regional change. As the field office of National Audubon Society, Audubon
Southwest localizes this work, and maintains on-the-ground action through collaboration with a vibrant,
active network of Arizona chapters and other community partners.
The Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado Audubon Center is the heart of our Arizona program. The Center is a key
part of Audubon’s mission to provide outreach and education to the communities we serve. Audubon offers
hands-on nature-based programs that introduce students and families to the outdoors, and ways they can
help conserve our local environment. This is achieved through field trips, in-school and after-school
programs, and other nature education opportunities. Significantly, the Nina Mason Pulliam Rio Salado
Audubon Center was made possible in part through the generous support of the Gila River Indian
Community, through their initial investment in the facility and community programs
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Audubon Southwest enjoys thriving partnerships at every level of Arizona government—city, county, state,
and federal. Our supporting municipality with this project is Maricopa County. We work alongside the City of
Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department to maintain and restore the Rio Salado habitat. The City of
Scottsdale is a supporting municipality for other 12% funding and the cities of Maricopa and Laveen now host
Audubon environmental projects. Audubon’s Arizona team also conducts extensive habitat projects and
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participates in conservation-related planning in close partnership with the Arizona Department of Game and
Fish, Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, U.S. Forest Service, and Natural
Resource Conservation Service. All these entities contribute to this proposal with information, expertise, and
land access throughout Arizona for nature education. The BLM, Forest Service, and Arizona Game and Fish
Department have also provided intermittent financial assistance since 2012. Since September 2017,
executives from Maricopa County and the City of Phoenix have joined the Audubon Arizona Board of
Directors, alongside a representative from the Gila River Indian Community.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Audubon Southwest seeks funding to revamp and increase its education and outreach programs to local
children and community members. While the COVID-19 pandemic has been a challenge for our education
programming, Audubon Southwest has managed to adjust and create new offerings based on community
need. As it becomes safer, we look forward to the opportunity to restart our existing programs, as well as
modify to the community needs. This proposal’s overall objectives include: introduce our communities to the
local ecology and natural environment of Arizona; and provide meaningful experiences in nature that
promote conservation action, a sense of safety and inclusion, and target communities that have been
traditionally excluded from the outdoors. We will achieve this through a multi-pringed approach including (1)
school programs for Phoenix students; (2) teacher engagement though workshops and consultation; and (3)
community programming through workshops, guided outdoor experiences, and partnerships.
(1) Nature in Your Neighborhood is portfolio of outdoor science programs for elementary, middle, and high
school students. Overall project goals include: providing students with high-quality hands-on outdoor
learning opportunities; provide students and teachers real-world, standards-aligned life-science curricula
and activities; and promoting environmental science careers in service to Arizona. Elementary students
engage in nature-based life-science programs focused on introducing them to local wildlife, including
hummingbirds, mammals, and pollinators. Each program introduces students to life-science concepts,
giving them real-world examples that helps deepen their academic knowledge, as well as opportunities
to connect with nature and engage in Audubon’s conservation work. We provide field trips to the Rio
Salado Audubon Center, as well as in-class programs led by trained Audubon educators. In response to
the requests of local teachers, Audubon’s education team developed distance-leaving versions of these
programs, including virtual field trips, recorded programs, and take-home kits for teachers and students.
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As schools work to reopen, we anticipate utilizing a hybrid model of digital and in-person methods in the
coming year to best accommodate students’ and teachers’ needs.
High schools students have the opportunity to participate in River Pathways, an award-winning field
biology program that features hands-on real-world science, plus economic development in the form of
career exploration and skill development. Audubon, federal land management agencies, and high school
science teachers collaborated on curriculum design with the intent to integrate the program with high
school science courses or as an extracurricular activity. Participants learn the importance of riparian
habitat and the unique, complex interdependence of plants and animals. In the field component,
participants work alongside Audubon and agency scientists to count birds, assess habitat quality, and
experience real-world field biology at the Rio Salado restoration site and Audubon Center and additional
partner locations. Students who complete the River Pathways program can apply for paid positions as
summer interns assisting Audubon with field surveys for the federally-threatened Western Yellow-billed
Cuckoo. This ladder of engagement has been incredibly successful in developing the next generation of
conservation leaders and providing them with meaningful professional development in the outdoors.
Like our other programs, River Pathways will adapt a hybrid engagement model to accommodate student
needs through the COVID-19 pandemic.
(2) In order to better support teachers in the changing landscape of education, Audubon will supplement its
student programming with high-quality professional development opportunities that help educators gain
a deeper understanding of life-science topics, Next Generation Science Standards, and outdoor learning.
By targeting teachers, Audubon is able to create a larger impact throughout the community. Audubon
Southwes has been a leader in providing science professional development and developing innovative
partnerships with teachers and other relevant organizations throughout New Mexico. Audubon seeks to
replicate annual teacher trainings that have been held since 2018, and use its previous work as a model
for success. Distance and digital learning methods will be investigated and used to maintain participant
and partner safety during the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
(3) Lastly, Audubon will provide a variety of opportunities for community members to learn about and
engage in conserving the natural world. Through a combination of digital and outdoor programs,
Audubon will promote meaningful connections with the outdoors, as well as a deeper understanding of
the unique ecology of Arizona. Audubon Southwest has utilized Rio Salado as a venue for community
events providing ongoing education for Phoenix residents of all ages. Through our “Enchanted Trails”
Halloween event, families learn about nature while children parade in costume on Rio Salado walking
trails. Through our “Birds n’ Beer” program, local craft beers and innovative lectures are used to engage a
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young and diverse cross-section of the community into conservation action. Throughout the pandemic,
Audubon Southwest has continued to offer high-quality programming as a way to engage our
community. In 2020, we had over 3,000 webinar attendees tuning in to learn about a variety of topics
that ranged from bird watching and naturalist skills, our conservation work to preserve water, and other
environmental issues from across the region.
Through this multi-faceted approach, Audubon will provide a variety of ways for community members to engage in
learning about the outdoors and conservation.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
This Project satisfies two Gila River Indian Community priority funding areas simultaneously and affects
measurable change in both: Education and Economic Development. This project builds on previous annual
success in continuing to fill large gaps in schools’ science curriculum by teaching about water, wildlife, native
plants, and other current environmental issues. The River Pathways program provides job readiness and
industry-specific career acquisition skills in the environmental sector. More data than ever exist to document
the far-reaching educational impact that helps improve participants’ academic performance in science, as
well as the program’s pipeline of young conservationists getting jobs with private and public employers that
focus on environmental quality and improvement. Examples and success stories can be cited if requested.
By offering a portfolio of programs, Audubon hopes to promote academic success throughout a student’s
education and stimulate life-long learning outside of the classroom.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
Many studies show that children are increasingly disconnected from the outdoors and lose out on the
numerous benefits nature provides. Many children in urban areas are not engaged in nature in any way, and
most schools lack any form of environmental education. Studies from the Kaiser Family Foundation and
University of Michigan found that Americans ages 8 - 18 average 53 hours a week interfacing with some form
of electronic media and experience less than an hour weekly outside. These findings are connected to rising
rates of obesity, ADHD, and low science test scores. These rates are even higher for urban and low-income
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communities that lack access to safe outdoor space. Although data is not yet available, we anticipate this
problem to skyrocket in response to the ongoing pandemic. Audubon’s education programs are designed to
address these problems head-on by getting children and teens outside and learning about STEM topics in
hands-on and relevant ways. Teacher professional development also empowers educators to incorporate
these themes into their classroom outside of Audubon programs, creating more meaningful relationships
over the long-term.
Nature in Your Neighborhood is able to involve students, teachers, and other underrepresented youth in
tackling many of our conservation problems through nature education and applied-STEM field work. We
believe this is just the kind of vibrant, multi-impact, multi-year project that matches Gila River Indian
Community’s values, interests, and goals.
River Pathways target schools within the Phoenix Union High School District, the largest and most diverse
high school district in the state. Currently serving over 27,000 students, this district makes accommodation
for 70 different languages due a large refugee population. Students are from predominantly low-income
areas, with median household income about 50-55% of that for Phoenix as a whole. The demographics for K–
8th grade participants are similar, with the majority of the schools nearby the Audubon Center categorized as
Title 1. Because these populations have been historically underrepresented and systemically excluded from
careers in conservation, it is imperative that Audubon continues offering school-age participants a full
spectrum of programing throughout their eduational careers. Audubon starts by introducing young students
to nature early and then cultivating environmental interests and stewardship feelings in older students as
they complete high school.
Through the first year of the grant, Audubon Southwest seeks to serve approximately 800 K—8th grade
students, 100 high-school students, six high-school or college-aged interns, and 100 community members.
These numbers are purposefully very conservative in order to accommodate the continuing challenges of the
COVID-19 pandemic. Through the second year of the grant, we hope to return to pre-pandemic participation
and to serve close to 1,500 K—8th grade students and 500 high-school students, employ at least six interns,
and engage at least 300 community members.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
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Audubon’s extensive conservation and education programs have been continuously operating for more than
ten years. While components are added or updated to strengthen Audubon’s capacity and effectiveness, like
the recent addition of the teacher training, the foundation of the programs have remained consistent. The
Gila River Indian Community has been a generous past funder of the Nature in Your Neighborhood education
programs.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Both Nature in Your Neighborhood and River Pathway programming run continuously throughout the school year, with
each program accommodating classroom schedules and activities. Program evaluation occurs throughout the year as
participants are surveyed. Program curriculum and activities are continually updated to allow for the highest-quality
offerings.
JANUARY: Spring semester program booking begins
FEBRUARY-MAY: School programs including field trips, virtual programs, and classroom visits; River Pathways
classroom visits, virtual programs, and field work conducted; 2 community programs planned and delivered; planning
for teacher training begins. End-of-season debrief and evaluation analysis conducted in May.
JUNE-AUGUST: Summer fieldwork with interns hired out of the River Pathways program; teacher training
conducted either virtually or in-person; 1 community program planned and delivered
AUGUST: Fall semester program booking begins
SEPTEMBER-DECEMBER: School programs including field trips, virtual programs, and classroom visits; River
Pathways classroom visits, virtual programs, and field work conducted; 1 community program planned and
delivered. End-of-season debrief and evaluation analysis conducted in December.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Audubon values community partnership and collaboration as a key aspect of our educational programs and essential to
our long-term success. All the proposed programs rely on trusted friends in the community who bring needed expertise,
perspectives, and resources. Audubn collaborates with other non-profits, higher education institutions, government
agencies, and schools. Teachers at many grade levels, biologists, academic researchers, non-profit leaders, and others
collaborate in the development of our education and conservation programs.
Program partners and roles:
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Arizona Game and Fish Department – provides site access and real-world projects
Black Canyon Heritage Park – land access for field trips
Bureau of Land Management – key partner for River Pathways: curriculum development, land access,
extensive consulting
Phoenix College – provides a recruitment pool of River Pathways interns; integrates curriculum with its field
school
Teach for America – reviews curriculum; helps recruit teachers to send classes to field trips
U.S. Forest Service – key partner for River Pathways: curriculum development, land access, and expertise
Funders:
Arizona Community Foundation, Arizona Public Service Co. and APS Foundation, Arthur and Elaine Johnson
Foundation, Bureau of Land Management (contractual), Burton Family Foundation, Freeport-McMoRan
Foundation, J.W. Kieckhefer Foundation, Mackenzie Foundation, Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation, Salt
River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Salt River Project, Sonoran Joint Venture, Thunderbirds Charities
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes, but the programs would operate at a smaller scale and Audubon would not be able to offer the same
level of resources and opportunities to the community. For instance, fewer children and schools would be
served, conservation outcomes may not be achieved within the projected timeframe, and select program
enhancements and geographic growth and potential as envisioned/detailed would not be realized
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Audubon Southwest’s plan for sustainability is to continue working to develop additional revenue streams, including
earned income, fee-based programs, facility rentals, and cultivating new and existing donors for greater support. Our
Board of Directors are selected to provide strategic support through funding and partnership opportunities. We have
been pleased to have Will Antone III, Gila River Indian Community Senior Environmental Planner & Policy Analyst, on our
Board of Directors for a three-year term beginning November 2017, and continuing his service during our transition year
ending June 30, 2021. We are more committed than ever to secure the multi-year funding needed to sustain and expand
our programs. Many efforts are underway to build new relationships with individual, corporate, and foundation donors
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that are expected to lead to enhanced revenue for Audubon education and conservation projects. In light of the
philanthropic and revenue changes brought on by the pandemic, Audubon has also been investigating alternative
program models that allow us to continue delivering high-quality education at a lower cost.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Audubon evaluates and documents results for all program components. utilizes an evaluation tool focused
on students’ attitude, knowledge, and skills related to life science and the outdoors and how it changes over
time. The evaluation tool is based off of established social science techniques, as well as input from an
external contractor. Teacher evaluations are collected after field trip and in-class programs to evaluate the
quality of the program, including the educator’s performance, the material presented, and the relevancy to
their classroom. Response data are aggregated and analyzed for patterns that drive continual fine-tuning and
program improvement year-round.
Additional data around participation and demographics are also collected to measure program participation
and impact for school programs, teacher workshops, and community programs. Additional qualitative
feedback is also collected for feedback and reporting purposes.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation – requested $10,000 in 2016
Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community – received $15,000 in 2019; $15,000 in 2018; $15,000 in 2017;
$20,000 each year in 2016, 2015, and 2014. 2021 decision pending.
Tohono O’odham Nation – requested $10,000 in 2015 and $10,000 in 2016
Ak-Chin Indian Community – requested $25,000 in 2018
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Project Budget
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For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. School Program Fees $2500 $5,000 $3750 $11,250
2. Marketing/Communications $2,000 $0 $3000 $5,000
3. Program Evaluation $865.20 $0 $865.20 $1,730.40
4. Facility Costs $4000 $0 $40,000 $44,000
5. Program Coordination/Scheduling $6,215.13 $10,000 $4,146.82 $32,361.95
6. Materials and Supplies $2,000 $0 $ $2,000
7. Transportation $4,037.50 $0 $0 $4,037.50
8. Administrative Overhead/ Indirect $6,417.58 $0 $140,344.42 $146,762
Cost (25%)
9. Internship Program $4,340 8,000 $15,470 $27,810
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. School Program Fees ($11,250)- schools are charged $50 per program, while the program actual cost is closer to $125.
This reduced rate helps allow for Title 1 school participation. We have a goal of delivering 50 programs during Year 1 of
the grant for a total of $2,500 in program fee scholarships.
2. Marketing/Communications ($5,000)-year-round program marketing with specific calls to action and response
mechanisms to involve teachers, schools, and program partners as noted: $5,911 - derived by building on previous
years’ successful efforts and multi-media mix, including changes to some paid ads
3. Program Evaluation ($1,730.40 )- Calculated with educator staff wages ($17.30) and approximately 1 hour of
evaluation data analysis per program, with additional time at the beginning and end of each season for more in-depth
review, including additional consultation with Director of Education and program partners.
4. Facility Costs ($40,000)- utilities, insurance, contracts; indoor and outdoor maintenance/repair; other; this is
becoming more acute as facilities age and accommodate more overall traffic: $41,877 - derived from past budget
estimates, with additional estimates for facility improvements required for COVID-19 safety.
5. Program Coordination/Scheduling ($32,361.95)- Calculated with educator staff rate ($17.30), Center Director rate
($55.25), and assumption of 8-30 hours of planning, coordination, and execution per community program; 3 hours per
school program to include scheduling, setup, and cleanup.
6. Materials and Supplies ($2,000)- Includes cost of program materials such as binoculars, GPS devices, field gear, native
seeds, hummingbird feeders, soil, etc. as well as basic items such as worksheet copies, writing utensils, etc. $40 per
school program is allocated for these materials, based on previous budgets.
7. Transportation ($4,037.50)- vans, insurance, gas, and select licensing supporting field work statewide, plus school
visits, and partnering agency interaction: This is higher cost as we assume classes will need to social distance during field
trips, this limiting busses to only one class per visit. Calculated by projecting increases and fluctuations in these costs,
also based on past years’ experiences, expected site visits, and known travel distances ($0.58/mile reimbursement)
8. Administrative Overhead/Indirect Cost 25% ($6,417.58) derived from known actuals from past years and factoring in
management complexities and minimal projected inflation rates
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9. Interns ($27,810) – high school student stipends and related costs: calculated with intern wages ($15.50) to
participate in a season of River Pathways and on-the-ground conservation work, with sufficient financial incentive for
them to complete an internship rather than choosing other employment options
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/11/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson Street
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Grand Canyon Conservancy
8. Select Organization Type: Non-Municipal Public Service Org  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination
Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Danielle Segura Title: Chief Philanthropy Officer
10. Phone Number: 928-556-5296
11. Mailing Address: P.O. Box 399
12. City: Grand Canyon State: Arizona Zip Code:
86023
13. Email Address: dsegura@grandcanyon.org Website Address: www.grandcanyon.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Desert View Inter-Tribal Cultural Heritage Site, Orientation Plaza
15. Purpose of Grant: Create an Orientation Area at the historic Desert View site at Grand Canyon National Park for
Tribal cultural and economic opportunities.
16. Priority Funding Area Economic Development
17. Annual amount requested $250,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 2
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $500,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past No
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Grand Canyon Conservancy was founded in 1932 as the Grand Canyon Natural History Association by naturalist
Edwin "Eddie" McKee. A ranger working on the South Rim of Grand Canyon National Park, McKee saw the need
for a park partner that would support interpretive programs and publications about the canyon. The natural history
association did just that, funding interpretive talks, research, and scientific papers from its beginnings. Continuing
that tradition, we have educated thousands of people around the world and supported critical conservation
projects. In 2019, we completed a $17-million comprehensive campaign to support Dark Skies, Discovery and
Education, Desert View Watchtower murals, a cultural demonstration program, and a Trails Endowment to
sustain ongoing trail maintenance.
Grand Canyon Conservancy is the official nonprofit partner of Grand Canyon National Park, raising private funds,
operating retail shops within the park, and providing premier guided educational programs about the region's
natural and cultural history. Our supporter's fund projects including trails and historic building preservation,
educational programs for the public, wildlife protection, and their natural habitat.
Our mission is:
To inspire generations of park champions to cherish and support the natural and cultural wonder of Grand
Canyon.
Vision Statement
Breathtaking from the moment you first cast eyes on it, Grand Canyon is just that – Grand. The natural and
cultural significance of Grand Canyon makes it one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World and a UNESCO
World Heritage site. It is a sacred place of serenity and reflection that invites exploration and adventure, instilling
both gratitude and humility. The canyon is a cultural touchstone to ancestral heritage and acknowledgment for
generations to come.
Grand Canyon Conservancy's goal's for Grand Canyon are:
• A precious natural and cultural resource that is forever safeguarded
• Indigenous people and connected communities who are continuously engaged and thriving
• Memorable experiences that welcome, ground, invigorate, and inspire
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
As the official nonprofit partner of Grand Canyon National Park, Grand Canyon Conservancy (GCC)
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has the honor of protecting and sharing the State's most recognized resource with Arizona's Counties.
Maricopa County plays a distinct role in supporting and collaborating with GCC. As the most populous
County, the diverse group of constituents impact our work and engage with Grand Canyon.
Our current Board of Directors has four Phoenix residents, collectively representing the Tribal community,
Arizona Public Service, academia, and the nonprofit sector. Their leadership, combined with Maricopa County
Board members' history, has significantly impacted our work as ambassadors and philanthropic activities.
The Maricopa County corporate sector has also embraced social responsibility by sending volunteer
groups to the Park annually. American Express, Bank of America, REI, and others connect our County
communities to Grand Canyon.
The County and its residents' commitment to the State's iconic resource, through tourism and education,
provides the needed network of Canyon partners.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Desert View lies at the edge of Grand Canyon. For travelers arriving from the east, Desert View provides the
first glimpse of the majestic beauty of the canyon. For visitors traversing the South Rim, Desert View marks an
end of the road. For all, Desert View offers a unique vantage point — a panorama encompassing the flat plains
of the Painted Desert to the east, the northward bend of the Colorado River, Temple and Chuar Buttes,
Vermillion, and Echo Cliffs, and countless peaks and ravines.
Much more than a scenic overlook, Desert View has human stories to tell in the voices of both native peoples
and newer arrivals. Desert View tells the story of Mary Colter, who in the 1930s designed the intriguing stone
structure of Desert View Watchtower to evoke the architecture of the Ancestral Puebloan people of the
Colorado Plateau. Desert View tells the story of Fred Kabotie and other American Indian artists who created
remarkable murals that convey Grand Canyon’s history and culture. Most importantly— today more than
ever before — Desert View tells the living story of the peoples of the eleven associated tribes that call
Grand Canyon home.
Grand Canyon Conservancy, together with the National Park Service and the Inter-tribal Working Group, is
transforming Desert View into a thriving space that celebrates the tribal heritages of Grand Canyon. As we
embark on establishing an Inter-tribal Cultural Heritage Site at Desert View, we are creating an integrated
natural, cultural, and tribal experience for visitors. We are also working for greater economic and tourism
development opportunities for the tribes. Tribal culture bearers are committed to bringing their cultures to
Desert View and welcoming visitors into their communities for even richer cross-cultural experiences.
The Inter-tribal Cultural Heritage Site will create opportunities for visitors to learn about past and present
American Indian life and culture in and around Grand Canyon. They will have the opportunity to interact directly
with tribal members, listen to their stories, and observe various cultural demonstrations. The Inter-tribal Cultural
Heritage Site will be a place where tribal members can share information about tourism opportunities on tribal
lands and initiate organized tours to tribal lands.
The Desert View Orientation Area Project provides an essential first experience at the site, reframing the
historic overview approach into the natural landscape's essence and first voices. This is the first space at
Desert View that most visitors will encounter and plays an important role in shaping the visitors' first impression
of this tribally-focused place.
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The design goal for the Orientation Area is to create a place that looks and feels like it was shaped by the
enviroment and tribal artistry. It will be available to visitors to see and touch and will provide a visual cue to
tribal members to engage visitors in conversation. It will be light on the land, preserve existing vegetation,
provide shade, seating, and a large gathering space.
The outdoor space includes ramadas, stone masonry seating areas, a sculpture (interpretive stone panels),
and views of the Desert View Watchtower. Overall work includes site preparation (demolition, earthwork, and
grading), site improvements, and restoration of disturbed native plant areas around the space.
The ramada design incorporates juniper peeled log posts and beams along with metal roof panels with cutouts
that will cast tribal designed patterns onto the pavement below. The Colorado River, which is vitally important
to all of the tribes, will be carved into the upright interpretive stone panels and is artistically featured in the
orientation area pavement. In consultation with the tribes, we understand that the tribal people are of the land
and of the river. The design of the interpretive stone panels integrates that feedback and intent into a graphic
composition that includes the river and artwork provided by each tribe. The artwork will be positioned relative to
the geographic location of each tribes’ lands, relative to the Colorado River. Each of the tribe’s names, both in
their indigenous language and in English, will be associated with their artwork. In addition, the Intertribal
Working Group’s mission statement will be carved into the stone panels, concluding with “We are still here.”
Implementation will be managed by the National Park Service in consultation with tribes and additional contract
support of designers, artisans, and contractors. Rigorous federal best practices and compliance will guide all
work.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
The Orientation Area project addresses three areas of Gila River Indian Community focus: economic
development, education, and healthcare.
Working with the tribes, we will build and provide appropriate spaces for first voice interpretation, cultural
demonstrations, and tribal exhibits. We will inspire a deeper desire to discover more about tribal culture
through education, tourism, and exploration, creating economic development opportunities for the tribes.
The Cultural Demonstration Series provides the opportunity for artisans from American Indian tribes to share
and sell their crafts with park visitors, raising awareness and appreciation of the history and diverse cultures of
the region and providing direct economic impact to neighboring tribes. Where, pre-COVID and since 2016, we
hosted almost 200 individual artists from the Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Yavapai-Apache, Havasupai, Hualapai, and
Moapa Band of Paiute tribes. These artists demonstrate various cultural and artistic art forms, including
pottery, beading, basket weaving, cooking and food demonstrations, dancing, jewelry making, and more.
In addition to the interpretive and on-site educational opportunities, The Ancestral Lands Conservation Corps
was initiated to provide job training and conservation work to local American Indian youth. We will continue to
build this program as the site evolves.
Desert View offers a pristine experience with nature. On-site walks, traditional dance and movement, song,
and quiet time to support the communities' health and well-being.
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5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
The Desert View Inter-Tribal Cultural Heritage Site can begin to help address the historic inequities inherent in
Western land domination, creating a pathway to a new, more, prosperous future. When completed, it will
articulate a new relationship and partnership between American Indian tribes and the National Park Service.
Our target population has two priorities. The first group is the Inter-tribal Working Group (11 total tribes
and neighboring tribal communities) and their constituents, who will interact with and serve the pre-
pandemic six million annual visitors who experience Grand Canyon.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
The Desert View Orientation Area project is new, within an ongoing project to complete the Desert View site and
reframe the Tribal Voice at Grand Canyon.
GRIC has not previously funded this project.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
The project will begin the contract phase in October of 2021. Constuction Is expected to begin In early 2022 and
be completed in Fall of 2022. Timeline flexibility Is dependent on federal partners.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
• Inter-tribal Working Group provides overall site guidance, which includes cultural consultation and
planning
• National Park Service has primary responsibility for maintaining the integrity of the federal site. It will be
the lead in the construction project management and facilitating the accessibility for the tribes
• Kemper and Ethel Marley Foundation (funder) have a current pledge supporting the project
• American Express (funder) has a current pledge supporting the project
• Arizona Lottery, a 2020 funder, remains committeed to sharing this message via its media platforms
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9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
We have three key elements to sustain this project: Assist in developing an Inter-tribal Working Group business
plan. Identifying, and implementing sustainable opportunities with a focus on engaging visitors. Continued
philanthropic support from our support base, with a goal of endowed funds and ongoing partnership with National
Park Service.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Working with a federal partner requires a high level of documentation in the form of reporting on a regular
schedule. Also, GCC regularly photographs and conducts interviews of our projects for an official archive
and to share with external audiences.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
No other awards at this time or in the past five years.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: Year One - October 2021-June 2022
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Year 1 - Demolition, earthwork, $200,000 $125,000 $0 $325,000
grading, stone preparation, and
stonework installment
2. Year 1 - Ramada structural $50,000 $25,000 $0 $75,000
materials, roofing and installation -
Area 1
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Total Budget $250,000 $150,000 $0 $400,000
Budget Period: Year Two – July 2022- December 2022
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Year 2 - Demolition, earthwork, $200,000 $125,000 $0 $325,000
grading, stone preparation, and
stonework installment
2. Year 2 - Ramada structural $50,000 $25,000 $0 $75,000
materials, roofing and installation -
Area 2
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Demolition, earthwork, grading, stone preparation and installation. Revegetation and pathway alterations.
2. Two Ramada structural materials, roofing and installation, estimating one ramada per year.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/12/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson Street, Suite 960
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Treasure House
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Ms. Lauri Tanner Title: Executive Director
10. Phone Number: 314-749-1186
11. Mailing Address: 7815 W. Aspera Blvd.
12. City: Glendale State: Arizona Zip Code: 85308
13. Email Address: lauri@treasurehouse.org Website Address: https://www.treasurehouse.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Employment & Life Skills Training Program for Young Adults With Intellectual and Developmental
Disabilities (IDD)
15. Purpose of Grant: To support the continuation of the Employment & Life Skills Training Program for Young Adults
With IDD, which helps them participate in their community, achieve independence, and realize their life purpose.
16. Priority Funding Area Economic Development
17. Annual amount requested $25,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $25,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past N/A
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and
amount
21. Geographic area served Glendale and throughout Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Treasure House is a 501(c)(3) residential facility in Glendale, Arizona that provides high-quality programming
for young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD), with the goal of providing a supportive
living environment where they can grow, develop, and thrive. IDD includes, but is not limited to Autism,
Cerebral Palsy, Down Syndrome, Asperger’s Syndrome and processing disorders.
Treasure House was founded by former Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kurt Warner and his wife, Brenda, who
were inspired by their young adult son with IDD, Zack. The nonprofit was founded in 2012, opened its doors in
2018, and has grown to the point where Treasure House is at full capacity, with 29 thriving residents, ages 19-
41, from all over Maricopa County. Treasure House's mission is to provide a supportive living environment
where young adults with IDD can participate in their community, achieve independence, and realize their life
purpose. The Treasure House model is based on three key principles, which create a framework that enables
residents to enjoy a fulfilling and independent life experience: 1) Safety and Well-Being; 2) Independence; and
3) Community. Your support of Treasure House would make a significant impact on the lives of these young
adults who have so much to offer -- including working in, and giving back to, their community -- because of the
work of Treasure House.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Treasure House has established solid relationships with Maricopa County, the City of Glendale, and neighboring cities,
gaining support, and conducting outreach to enroll young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities into our
program. We will continue to cultivate relationships with additional municipalities to inform them of our services.
Treasure House chose Maricopa County as the supporting municipality for this specific project because clients we serve
come from throughout Maricopa County, and they work and volunteer at companies and organizations throughout
Maricopa County.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
The heart of our mission is to provide young adults with cognitive disabilities (our residents) a safe and
supportive place to live while empowering them to make their own choices, find employment and discover their
own path. Our Employment Training and Life Skills Program is a central component of this work and our Life
Coaches’ roles are even more important, as the pandemic has created a new set of challenges our residents must
overcome, including the uncertain economy and the increased stress that everyone is experiencing, but is
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exponentially worse for our residents. Stay at home orders and sheltering at Treasure House caused a disruption
in our residents’ work and social schedules. Our Life Coaches have worked with our residents every step of the
way – helping them through employment and life challenges, as well as their hopes and fears for the future. The
Employment and Life Skills program enables residents to create a meaningful and actionable life plan,
including employment and educational goals, community engagement activities, and basic life skills training
challenges (e.g. doing their own laundry, completing their own tasks of daily living, etc.). Residents receive
tailored training in job skills, informational technology, fine motor/soft skills, resume writing, interviewing
skills, and dressing for success. The goal is to obtain (long-term and at least minimum wage) employment
and/or volunteer opportunities through this program and break down employment barriers.
Through this program, Treasure House provides solutions to obstacles that inhibit self-reliance and employment
for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD). Treasure House focuses on our residents’
strengths, talents, and abilities to identify the best ways to support their growth and achieve their potential.
Hands-on assistance, coaching/training, and transportation supports successful outcomes through:
• Tailored education/employment skills training (educational classes, information technology training, fine
motor training, soft skills training, communication skills, resume writing, job applications, interviewing skills,
dressing for success)
• Life skills training (cooking, cleaning, budgeting, shopping, social interactions, hygiene, etc.)
• Coordinated community/volunteer activities
• Enhanced communication/goal-setting
• Mentoring residents to self-advocate
• Increased quality of life through social, educational, and community activities
Our Life Coaches work with our residents on an individual basis to set and achieve their goals; they are critical
to the success of this program. Program activities take place daily, and new residents enter the program when
they become residents of Treasure House. Evaluation is ongoing, and client progress and goals set and achieved
are tracked in case management files. Program modifications are made as needed.
One of our success stories in Nick. Prior to moving to Treasure House, Nick set a goal of finding gainful
employment at State Farm Stadium. Once Nick moved into his Treasure House apartment and settled in, he
applied to State Farm Stadium and was hired on the spot! He is an amazing asset to his employer and takes
great pride in his work, even with COVID restrictions.
The goal is for Treasure House to help remove barriers for our young adults with cognitive disabilities, help
them realize their full potential, and support each resident as they reach for the stars and achieve their dreams.
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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Treasure House is applying under the Economic priority area, as this is a workforce development project
that provides workforce readiness/employment and occupational skills training. It also fits under the
Education priority area, given the education and training that takes place through the Employment Training
and Life Skills Program.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
For young adults with IDD, the transition from the public school system to the adult world offers no
further educational goals, no employment, no interventions or services, and nothing to connect them to
their community (The Arc). Each year, between 150,000-200,000 students with disabilities age out of
special education, generally at age 22 (Arizona Developmental Services). On top of these challenges,
Arizona’s unemployment rate rose from 3.6% in December 2019 to 7.6% in December 2020.
https://ycharts.com/indicators/phoenix_az_unemployment_rate
Most young adults with IDD will remain living at home (72%), where their loved ones lack the skills
and bandwidth to help them find meaningful engagement in their community. This is concerning, given the
fact that increased life expectancy for adults with IDD means most of these adults will long outlive their
parents.
A Michigan State University report outlining the current state of recently transitioned students showed the
following obstacles:
•Employment: 85% of adults with IDD are not employed; of the 15% that are employed, only 41% enjoy
regular employment, and only 57% earn at least minimum wage; and,
•Lack of resources: The above chronic unemployment and underemployment is attributed to
excruciatingly long waits for employment supports, including job training and placement.
Treasure House and its Life Coaches help adults with IDD overcome these challenges. Research has
consistently shown that self-determination skills, such as choice-making, problem solving or goal-setting and
goal-attainment skills increase the quality of life for people with IDD.
Improved living skills and better health outcomes for individuals with IDD can be linked to different living
arrangements. Housing with the right levels of independence, affordability, and support can be life-affirming
and can maximize well-being in any household, not just those with IDD. (“Housing Needs for Individuals with
intellectual and Developmental Disabilities,” ECONorthwest, Summer 2020,).
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This gift will directly benefit 80 people; the 29 people currently living at Treasure House and their families and
young people with disabilities who attend our programming. The gift will also have a positive impact on the
businesses and residents of Maricopa County. A 2018 study by Accenture in partnership with the American
Association of People with Disabilities and Disability: IN reports that businesses that actively seek to employ
people with disabilities outperform businesses that do not. Their revenues were 28% higher, net income was
two times more, and profit margins were higher by 30%. Additionally, the Department of Labor found that
employers who embraced disability saw a 90% increase in employee retention.
Moreover, this work benefits the community by demonstrating the value of inclusivity in their workplaces and
communities. When orgaizations have positive experiences employing individuals with IDD, because of the
well-coordinated and well-supported system Treasure House has in place, stigma and barriers are reduced for
all people with disabilities. These effects extend to the customers of these organizations as well. Including
individuals with IDD in the workplace benefits everyone and contributes to greater inclusivity in society.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
Treasure House’s Employment Training and Life Skills Program is a continuing program. This project has not
been previously funded by GRIC.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Project activities will take place on an ongoing basis throughout the grant term.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Our Workforce Development partners contribute significant value to the program and are key to its success
by providing volunteer and paid employment roles for our residents. Employers of our residents include
Arrowhead Senior Living, Popeye’s, Harkins, Banner Thunderbird Hospital, Amazon, and Treasure House itself.
Organizations that provide volunteer opportunities for our residents include Arizona Humane Society, Dutch
Bros, and local elementary schools. These organizations benefit from our residents by receiving their
contributed work hours, creating a reciprocally beneficial partnership.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
The Employment Training and Life Skills Program is an integral component to the Treasure House mission; therefore, this
project will proceed with partial funding, as our goal is to help our residents become self-sufficient and contributing
members of the community.
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10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Funding for this program will be sustained through our signature special event (Celebrity Game
Night), foundation and corporate grants, Board and individual donations, and program revenue.
Treasure House’s leadership and Board of Directors is committed to financial sustainability, which
is exemplified through their dedication to further our mission.
Our Board is comprised of 14 prominent business/community leaders and philanthropists who
donate generously and actively plan and participate in fundraising events. In addition, our Advisory Board
has three members and we recently created a Young Professionals Board for young adults, ages 21-40.
These young professionals mirror the age range of the residents we serve and will be actively involved in
fundraising efforts.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Evaluation is ongoing, and client progress and goals set and achieved are tracked in case management
files. Program modifications are made on an as needed basis. Progress and results of our organization and
programs is also documented through pre- and post-surveys, client satisfaction surveys, and client
observation.
Success will also be measured through the number of clients served, the number of clients who secure
gainful employment or the education skills to become employed, and our clients’ progress and goals achieved.
As a result of the Employment Training and Life Skills Program, we expect each participating resident (for
each of our residents age 18+ with an IDD) by the end of the grant-funded period, to exhibit or demonstrate:
• new learning and skills training related to future employment;
• new life skills;
• an ability to communicate personal needs and desires;
• progress towards their own goals;
• a self-reported increased quality of life.
In addition, we expect the following positive employment and community outcomes by the end of the grant-
funded period for the residents participating in this program (for each of our residents):
Measurable/quantifiable metrics:
• 100% of residents experience increased quality of life through educational, social, and
employment opportunities.
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• 100% of residents will create a life plan, including employment/educational goals and
community engagement activities.
• 80% will obtain meaningful (defined as long-term/at least minimum wage) employment.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Not applicable. Treasure House has only applied to Gila River Indian Community.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: November 1, 2021 – October 31, 2022
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salaries and Wages $14,040 $75,920 $0 $104,000
2. Program Supplies $4,000 $20,000 $0 $28,000
3. Consultants and Fees $4,800 $22,400 $0 $32,000
4. Travel $2,160 $11,680 $0 $16,000
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salaries and Wages: $14,040. Includes a portion of the cost of 2 Life Coaches that provide direct services for residents.
2. Supplies: $4,000. All program supply costs associated with teaching workforce development skills, as well as costs to
attend job fairs and other community integration events.
3. Consultants and Professional Fees: $4,800. Workforce Development Training – Workforce development education,
activities, and training.
4. Travel: $2,160. Transportation and travel costs for employment, volunteer-related, and community activities.
Transportation is a critical service at Treasure House.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/12/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson Ave., Suite 960
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: First Place® AZ
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Denise D. Resnik Title: Founder, President & CEO
10. Phone Number: 602-228-3928
11. Mailing Address: 3001 N. Third St.
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85012
13. Email Address: denise@firstplaceaz.orge Website Address: firstplaceaz.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Mind Matters Behavioral Health & Wellness Program
15. Purpose of Grant: To fund broad-based behavioral health supports for First Place residents
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $22,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested Year 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $22,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past Yes. 2018: $74,000
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and
amount
21. Geographic area served Phoenix Metropolitan Area
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
First Place® AZ is a nonprofit charitable organization established in 2012 with the mission to develop communities that
integrate adults with autism and other neurodiversities into the fabric of society through housing, healthcare, education,
employment, supportive systems and culture. Our goal is to ensure that housing and community options are as bountiful
for individuals with autism and other special abilities as they are for everyone else.
First Place is creating replicable residential and post-secondary education models that promote collaboration among the
private, public, nonprofit and philanthropic sectors and serve as catalysts for advancing public policy focused on
solutions for special adult populations. Such advances support local economic development and create opportunities for
long-term employment and independent/interdependent living for members of this population.
First Place–Phoenix broke ground in December 2016 and opened doors to residents in July 2018. This unique
development offers three primary components:
1) First Place Apartments—with 55 studio, one-, two- and four-bedroom units for up to 75 residents—provide access to
various services and amenities with the benefits of community-connected, independent living; 2) First Place Transition
Academy, operated by our sister nonprofit the Southwest Autism Research & Resource Center (SARRC), offers a two-
year, 32-course life skills program—the Learn4Independence® Curriculum—to prepare residents for employment and to
live more independently; 3) First Place Global Leadership Institute is focused on pressing concerns for accessibility to
more housing and independent living options for individuals with special needs. It serves as an international education
and training center for professionals, support staff and medical personnel, as well as a robust site for research and
advancements in public policy. The Institute’s five centers facilitate the critical work and impact of First Place and
include: Maricopa County IDA Center for Education, Training & Employment; Center for Real Estate & Community
Development; Colonel Harland Sanders Center for Applied Research; Mulzet Center for Expression/Communication; and
Daniel Jordan Fiddle Foundation Center for Public Policy.
The Global Leadership Institute also focuses on multidisciplinary study and research for educators and medical
professionals for the creation of more residential options supporting greater independence for this population. The
Institute is focused on establishing, implementing and maintaining best practices.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
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First Place has received the following municipal/government funding:
• 2016 – Maricopa County Industrial Development Authority (IDA): $335,000 community investment grant for the
First Place Global Leadership Institute’s Center for Education, Training & Employment
• 2016 – Phoenix IDA: $250,000 community investment grant for the expansion of the First Place Transition
Academy
• 2020 – Phoenix IDA: $100,000 for development of study titled A Place in the World: Fueling Housing and
Community Options for Adults with Autism and Other Neurodiversities
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Behavioral health is important at all stages of life, from childhood and adolescence through adulthood and into later
years. It requires a whole-body approach that recognizes how a person thinks, feels and acts. It is a mind-body
connection—one cannot remove one aspect from the other in relation to overall health and wellness.
The COVID-19 era has ushered in myriad additional tests to behavioral health in the face of existing daily challenges,
particularly for special populations like those served by First Place: adults with autism, Down syndrome, traumatic brain
injury and other neurodiversities. Routine and predictability are qualities of daily life that help residents of First Place–
Phoenix maintain a level of behavioral health that allows them to enjoy more independent lives—one of the main
reasons they have chosen to live here. And the stressors inherent in COVID-19 era are anything but predictable.
Add to this situation existing challenges of communicating, engaging and socializing and the critical need for broad-
based behavioral health support becomes apparent. First Place’s Mind Matters Behavioral Health & Wellness Program
takes into consideration the following circumstances of residents with the potential for implementation in the greater
community of special populations:
• Increased stress
• Uncertainty of altered routines
• Isolation and loneliness
• Anxiety and depression
• Changes in sleep or eating patterns
• Lack of purpose or direction, which leads to chronic unemployment
• Isolation resulting from changes in social norms
• Altered hygiene/sanitation requirements
• Difficulty in recognizing and interpreting the “new normal”
Mind Matters endeavors to coordinate all known aspects that impact behavioral health and implement various activities
to address and mitigate the long list of potential disruptions that create roadblocks to healthier, more independent lives
of residents for whom a place like First Place was originally developed.
This entails monthly visitors—including behavioral health specialists—and related, interactive group discovery activities
outside of individual therapy that encompass the following realms of health:
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• Interactive, engaging mind-balance programs through the use of computers and special software with in-person
instruction
• Mindfulness
• Expression
• Movement
• Fitness
• Music therapy
• Nutrition
• Medication management
Program Goals:
• Make available the tools that enable the individuals we serve to address ongoing daily challenges with a sense of
control and self-determination
• Promote the mind-body connections that shores up the whole-body approach of behavioral health
• Track program progress to determine measurable outcomes for sustainability at First Place and replication in the
community at large
• Create an ongoing connection between program benefits and life skills honed as residents continue to
experience more independent living at First Place
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
Mind Matters satisfies healthcare as a Gila River Indian Community priority funding area.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
First Place AZ is leveraging the investment of 20-plus years in community development by the Southwest Autism
Research & Resource Center (SARRC), our sister nonprofit, by addressing the needs of an ever-increasing population of
U.S. children with autism—approximately 50,000 to 60,000 per year in the U.S. transitioning to adulthood.
First Place recognizes the need for innovative solutions when considering the following updated data since our 2018
GRIC grant and the lifelong challenges for this population:
• Autism remains the largest disability group among adults in the U.S.
• The incidence of autism today is 1 in 54 compared with 1 in 2,500 20 years ago.
• National data indicates that the vast majority of adults with autism are either unemployed or underemployed,
with estimates ranging to as high as 90%.
• The lifetime incremental cost per individual in this population: $2.4 million
• Considering only physical health and health conditions is not enough. In people on the autism spectrum
particularly, high rates of psychotropic medication [drugs that affect a person’s mental state] use point to the
need for behavioral supports, trained clinicians to manage the multifaceted impacts of psychotropic medications
on health, and systems that support and prioritize behavioral health services. But even in comprehensive care
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approaches, … mental healthcare is often not addressed. (Source: National Autism Indicators Report – Health
and Health Care, November 2020; Drexel University, A.J. Drexel Autism Institute, Life Course Outcomes Program)
The target population served by First Place is adults ages 18 and older with autism, Down syndrome, traumatic brain
injury and other neurodiversities. First Place–Phoenix will ultimately serve approximately 75 residents, including First
Place Transition Academy participants, with the involvement of approximately 45 First Place and SARRC on-site staff
members. Hundreds of members of special populations in the Phoenix Metro Area and across the state can also be
served by the Mind Matters program. Hundreds of direct support service providers, professionals (medical, educational),
community leaders, employers and families also visit First Place throughout the year from across Arizona, the U.S. and
abroad.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
Mind Matters is a new program. GRIC has not previously funded this project.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
• March 2021: establishment of agenda for monthly program activities
• April 2021: start of program
• Through March 2022: monthly program activities based on agenda
While this is a flexible timeline, it is the goal of First Place to implement the Mind Matters program as soon as
possible.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
• First Place Virginia G. Piper Health Spot & Dignity Health (on-site clinic): involvement in tracking progress to
determine outcomes
• Mind-Full Music Therapy Services: benefits of music to calm and regenerate
• Results Only Fitness: movement and exercise to strengthen the mind-body connection
• ASU Center for Mindfulness, Compassion and Resilience: group activities to advance well-being and mental
health
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes. With partial funding, First Place would move forward with implementing Mind Matters while continuing to seek
additional funding from other public, private, nonprofit and philanthropic sources committed to healthcare in Maricopa
County.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
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First Place continues to pursue grant funding for program design, foundational building elements and implementation.
Mind Matters will become a part of First Place Community Life once the program is established in Year 1.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Evaluation of program progress and success will be measured through ongoing assessments conducted at First Place–
Phoenix, including the services of outside professionals trained in behavioral health issues, health and wellness, fitness
and the arts; training and hands-on involvement of First Place support staff that includes our mental health coordinator,
community life coordinator and health & wellness coordinator; and tracking and monitoring of individual and group
resident participation and progress based on initial benchmarks for success established for the program.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
First Place AZ received a 12% gaming grant from the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community in the amount of
$120,000 in 2016 and $51,000 in 2017 to fund the purchase of appliances (refrigerators, stoves/ovens, microwaves,
washers, dryers) for the First Place Apartments and for the First Place teaching kitchen. First Place also received a 12%
gaming grant from Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in the amount of $20,000 in 2020 to fund the First Place Learning for
Independence Workshops for Adults with Autism.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: Year 1
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Professional Services $9,000 $0 $0 $9,000
2. First Place Staff $7,000 $0 $0 $7,000
3. Interactive Software $5,000 $0 $0 $5,000
4. Miscellaneous Materials $1,000 $0 $0 $1,000
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Total Budget $22,000 $0 $0 $22,000
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/11/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson St, 9th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Back to School Clothing Drive
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Nikki Eancheff Title: Grants Manager
10. Phone Number: 602-256-9408
11. Mailing Address: 360 E. Coronado Rd. #200
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85012
13. Email Address: nikki@btscd.com Website Address: www.btscd.com
Project Information
14. Project Name: New Clothes, New Beginnings Program
15. Purpose of Grant: To provide school uniforms and supplies to low-income children in Maricopa County
16. Priority Funding Area Education
17. Annual amount requested $5,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $5,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past funding Yes, $125,000 in 2014 and $125,000 in 2010
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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1) New Clothes, New Beginnings provides up to 5,000 children from low-income families with two new school uniforms
or outfits, a backpack, books, school, and hygiene supplies. The children are K-6th grade students attending a partner
Title I elementary school in Maricopa County. We distribute 4,000 additional backpacks filled with supplies to children
from low-income families in northern Arizona and select local not-for-profit agencies.
Activities:
1. Raise funds to purchase clothing and supplies through grants, special events, and individual giving. Cultivate
relationships to reduce program costs through donations, sponsorships, and volunteers.
2. Recruit and organize 2,800 volunteers.
3. Work with partner schools to ensure clothing and supplies meets standards and requirements and register students.
4. Secure space to construct temporary event site. Create safe, respectful, and enjoyable experience for students.
5. Arrange for delivery of backpacks statewide.
6. Facilitate distribution of clothing in July to distribute new school clothes, shoes, backpacks, school supplies and
hygiene items. Ensure students receive all items in correct sizes. Register and track student attendance.
7. Implement RFP process for all product suppliers to ensure quality and economy of purchases. Ensure timely delivery
of merchandise.
8. Coordinate with partner school to provide adequate and appropriate inventory.
In the event COVID-19 prevents BTSCD from resuming normal operations, this contingency plan from 2020 is still in
place as needed. This is a seamless transition, as our partner schools already have accounts on the SAFE store and are
familiar with the ordering process.
The process will work as follows:
*Assign partner schools a number of uniforms, shoes and backpacks based on an average of their last three years of
attendance.
*Allow schools to use the SAFE store to order uniforms, shoes, underwear, and socks and provide a code that zeroes out
any owed balance.
*BTSCD processes bulk orders and drop ship clothing items directly to schools.
*BTSCD delivers shoes and backpacks to schools.
*Schools distribute items to the families they registered.
*Schools use the SAFE store's exchange process for different sizes after delivery if needed.
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4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
This request aligns with the GRIC Education focus. Many studies indicate that a majority of chronically absent students
come from low-income families. In some cases these students choose not to attend school because they are
embarrassed and bullied, often as a result of their income status. In Arizona 51% of students in public schools are from
low-income families. That's one in two children attending a public school in our state living near poverty. Their families
chose between paying rent and putting dinner on the table. School clothes, new shoes, and school supplies don't even
make the shopping list. They make do with what they have. More often than not, they do without.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
In 2018, Arizona captured national attention with the Red For Ed Movement highlighting our state’s suffering
educational system. Unsafe classrooms, limited schools supplies, teacher salary freezes, after-school program cuts, low
student success rates and the second lowest dollar/per student spending ratios nationally ($8,123 compared to $12,602)
rank Arizona 9th out of 50 states. More alarming is that 16% less funding goes to school districts with higher poverty
rates. We hear stories of selfless teachers using personal resources to ensure all of their students have access to the
same resources to succeed in school. Like these educators, BTSCD shares this passion and commitment to support
academic achievement for those they serve.
By closing the disparity gap for disadvantaged and underserved youth, BTSCD furthers social progress of these youth by
strengthening their personal resolve, fostering a positive school experience and love of learning, and supporting the
academic success of each student served. New school uniforms, backpacks, and supplies level the playing field for low-
income students and increase their self-esteem, self-confidence and school performance starting with the first day of
school. Our target population is up to 5,000 children from low-income families in K-6th grade attending a partner Title I
elementary school in Maricopa County.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This is a continuing program that has not previously been funded by GRIC.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
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August to December: Organize event details. Secure venue, begin meeting with 140 partner schools to determine
clothing and supply needs for the school year.
January: Develop a merchandise plan to obtain resources by January, including purchase of new school clothes and
school supplies.
February: Meet with 140 partner schools again to schedule up to 300 slots per school and allocate inventory.
April: Organize and schedule 2,500 volunteers to manage the event setup, tear down, and event activities.
July, 1 Week Prior to event: Staff, board, and volunteers convert venue into a retail department store, inventory
merchandise, and stock shelves in preparation for event week.
Event Week: Students are bussed to the store to pick out their clothes and supplies during the five days of the event.
Over 1,000 students shop each day with the help of 300 - 500 volunteers.
Post Event: Organize and pack remaining items, place in storage. Prepare reports and evaluate program.
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
We work year round with more than 2,500 volunteers, 13 board members, and strategic community partnerships help
manage this program every year. Our relationships with schools, community organizations, churches, high schools,
corporations, and nonprofit agencies provide additional support including:
-- School supply drives held by multiple businesses
-- National Charities League, provides and coordinates volunteer support
-- BHHS Legacy Foundation and Legacy Connections major funding and other support to provide 10,000 backpacks filled
with supplies
-- KPHO CBS 5, official media partner for event week and telethon concurrent with program activities
-- Grand Canyon University, provides space, event support and inventory storage for distribution event
-- Bank of America, corporate sponsor and significant volunteer support
-- AT Still University, oral hygiene education and screening
-- Local sports teams Mascot days
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-- City of Phoenix Fire and Police Departments visits
-- AzStruts Stem Day Camp for select students who also take home a free laptop
-- Alpha Delta Kappa sorority book drive for each student to select two books
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes, we will continue to seek other funding.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
BTSCD’s general plan includes: Increase funding and partnership commitments from corporations and foundations to
match money raised; Continue positioning SAFE as an essential resource for individual and school district uniform
purchases; Generate revenues by expanding our uniform sales with a public-facing store and; Increase our individual
donor base with a goal of the general public providing fifty percent or more of our funding.
Strategy:
1. Migrate donor data to new database to improve communication, tracking, and development.
2. Raise $40,000 through the Arizona Charitable Tax Credit.
3. Increase the quantity and amount of small donations using email and digital retargeting advertising and marketing
campaign as part of the Buy-One, Give-One sales strategy
4. Create new relationships with private and parochial schools that require school uniforms and drive a percentage of
their business to BTSCD.
5. Develop Major Gifts Program and cultivate members through current donors, board fundraising efforts, and direct
mail.
6. Pursue planned giving program focused on Stitches of Love volunteers.
7. Develop and execute annual Gala event raising $300,000 annually.
8. Target companies with matching gift programs through volunteer efforts.
9. Develop Board of Directors Giving campaign.
10. Secure $100,000 in new corporate grants.
11. Explore additional revenue opportunities (merchandise lines) through SAFE retail store sales.
12. Expand Board of Directors to include individuals that have retail, finance and sales and marketing expertise.
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11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Indicators: 90% of students registered receive school uniforms or clothing, backpacks and school supplies.
Outputs
1) 5,000 students receive two complete school outfits and one backpack filled with school supplies and hygiene items
2) 4,000 backpacks filled with school supplies distributed to students from low-income families through local nonprofit
organizations and in northern Arizona through the BHHS Legacy Backpack Buddies program.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
We have applied to Tohono Oodham but have not been funded. We have also applied to Ft. McDowell Yavapai Nation
and received $5,000 in both 2018 and 2019.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: January 1 to December 31, 2021
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salaries $0 $69,089 $0 $69,089
2. Rent and grounds maintenance $0 $19,000 $0 $19,000
3. Specific Assistance to Individuals $5,000 $196,911 $0 $201,911
4. Inkind $0 $0 $635,188 $635,188
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salaries: ($60,089) Program administrator and allocation of Executive Director
2. Rent and grounds maintenance: ($19,000) Office lease and utilites expense
3. Specific Assistance to Individuals: ($201,911) Purchase of school clothing and supplies
4. Inkind: ($635,188) Storage: $3,000 Grand Canyon University arena use: $30,000 Materials- school supplies: $201,370
Food: $12,900 Volunteers: $344,918 Dental screening: $43,000
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 4/1/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 E. Jefferson, #10
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom
Email Address: mc12percentgaminggrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: NABI Foundation
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: GinaMarie Scarpa Title: President & CEO
10. Phone Number: 480-446-7052 ext 104
11. Mailing Address: PO Box 25606
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85002-5606
13. Email Address: gmscarpa@NABIFoundation.org Website Address: NABIFoundation.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: NABI Youth Physical Education Program/NABI YPEP
15. Purpose of Grant: To fund (4) 2-day NABI YPEP programs serving Phoenix inner -city youth ages 8-13. Program to
focus on the importance of 60 minutes of daily activity through sports and exercise, healthy eating habits and life
styles with the goal of changing behaviors to decrease obesity and type 2 diabetes among our youth. In addition, to
enhance the general knowledge of our twenty two Arizona tribal nations and their culture to non-Native youth.
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $50,000.00
18. Number of years that funding is requested 3
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $150,000.00
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past NO
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and
amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Established in 2003, NABI Foundation’s main mission is to use sports as a tool to unite Native American youth
(ages 14-19) to a weeklong program that exposes them to high educational opportunities, with the goal of
increasing college student enrollment among Native Americans, and to increase high school and college
graduation rates. Since our inception, the NABI Foundation has hosted an annual program that has grown to
be the largest Native American Basketball Invitational and Youth Summit in North American, serving over
1500 youth every summer, representing over 300 tribal nations. Our efforts have come full circle! The last
few years, a majority of our summit speakers (medical professionals, attorneys, D-1 athletes and WNBA
athletes) were NABI Alumni.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Maricopa County has served as the NABI Foundation’s municipality for 202 funding requests for Tohono
O’odham Nation, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation, Ak-Chin Indian Community and Gila River Indian
Community.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
Through out our eighteen year journey creating and providing educational programs to serve our Native
American youth, our Foundation discovered the need to create programs (also using sports) to address the
health and wellness of our younger youth-hence the creation of NABI YPEP program. Our (2) day programs
addresses the current healthcare crisis among our youth (obesity, type 2 diabetes and unhealthy eating
habits), using sports as the “hook” to unite the youth each session includes: a healthcare component on the
importance of physical activity for at least 60 minutes per day, adopting healthy eating habits and lifestyle,
and a mini basketball clinic powered by the Jr. Suns/Jr. Mercury. In 2021, we will also be partnering with
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Hoop Medicine and Indigenous Community Collaborative to bring traditional Native Amerian games and
cultural identity components to the program, and open the program up to all youth-both Native American
and non-Native youth (ages 8-13), with the goal of enhancing the general knowledge of our non-Native youth
on the culture of our twenty two Arizona tribal nations and culture.
Our plan to implement will be the fall of 2021. Conducting (4) 2-day sessions during the school season. The
program will be an after-school or weekend program with a focus on our Phoenix inner-city youth. We will
work with local schools and youth organizations to promote the program. Upon conclusion of the program,
all participant will take part at pro-sporting game or a recreational activity.
The program will be FREE to all participants.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
The NABI YPEP program falls under GRIC priority of addressing healthcare. The program will address the
importance of 60 minutes of daily physical activity, adopting heatlhy eating and lifestyle. It also meets the
priority of Education, through the new component of “the Importance of cultural identity” we are providing
life-long learning that will strengthen the bridge between Native and non-Native youth.
If allowed, the program will include on all materials “Funding providing by a generous grant from the Gila
River Indian Community” or any other verbiage GRIC would like us to include.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
Obesity, Type 2 diabetes and consumption of unhealthy foods are plaguing our inner-city and low income
youth. This crisis even more so effects our Native youth with statistics that surpass the National averages.
This ongoing crisis is detremential to the youth’s health and welfare, and their ability to become healthy
successful adults and our future leaders. In addition, we believe the lack of knowledge from our non-Native
youth about our Arizona tribal nations and their culture is causing a disconnect that continues to promote
racial division. To combat this ongoing crisis, the need for education about tribal culture and identity among
non-Native youth needs to start early. Education in the area of our ndigenous People and cultural identity is
important education that is lacking in our public school settings and continues to promote lack of acceptance
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and division among our youth. The NABI Foundation’s goal is to reach as many non-Native youth to teach
the importance of respecting, embracing and celebrating our tribal nations and culture.
Our target population will be 500 youth, annually.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
NABI YPEP is a program the NABI Foundation created in 2010, but has not been implemented for over 5
years due to lack of funding. The healthcare components mainly served Native American youth on tribal
lands. The program was implemented on the Ak-Chin Indian Community for 5-years.
The Foundation continues to receive many requests re-activate the program. With the current health crisis
plaguing our youth and the social unrest in our country, we feel teaching the importance of 60 minutes of
physical activity, adopting heatlhty eating habits and life styles to a younger age groups will change
behaviors all ready set into motion, with the goal of seeing healthier teens and young adults.
GRIC has never funded this program.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
Start Date: Fall (school year) 2021.
Finish Date: Spring (school year) 2023-2024.
Yes. Timeline is flexible
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Hoop Medicine-teaching of traditional Native American games
Indigenous Community Collaborative-teaching of the importance of cultural identity and our 22 AZ tribes.
Jr. Suns/Jr. Mercury-basketball clinics
Boys & Girls Clubs-particpants and locations to conduct program
Phoenix Unified School District-indentify student participants
Local Native American organizations-identify student participants. I.e: Native Health, Phoenix Indian Center,
Phoenix area tribal nations.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
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Yes. We would adjust budget to implement. Our goal is to re-activiate the program, even if it means doing (2)
2-day sessions, though (4) sessions would allow us to reach 500 or more youth. Budget per youth $100.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
Our plan to sustain the program is to continue to apply for funding that prioritizes health and wellness
among children.
We will share our achieved goals over the next (3) years to potential grants and funders to show the
programs successes. Because of the many requests to bring the program back and the addition of the
educational components, we feel it will only grow and have the same success as the NABI annual summer
event for our youth ages (14-19).
Also, in 2022 we would like to re-implement the NABI Chasing the Sun
5 & 10K event in downtown Phoenix, in partnership with with Phoenix Suns to raise funds for the NABI YPEP
and bring awareness to our youth programs. This event will include a 5 & 10k walk or run, health related
information booths, activities and event for the whole family.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
Part of our documentation is to have each participant take part in a pre and post test. The pre-test will
include a questionare on general health and healthy foods, and a test of ability to determine strength. Once
the program concludes, a post-test will be conducted with the same questions and test of abilities. Tests will
be compared to record progress and results will be recorded. Our main outcome is to change attiutdes on
the importance of physical activity, adopting healthy eating and lifestyle. In addition, to increase general
knowledge of our participant on twenty two Arizona tribal nations, and the importance of cultural identity-
even their own.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
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Tohono O’odham Nation- $50,000 for the 2020 NABI Basketball Invitational & Youth Summit. Due to the
cancellation of the program due to the COVID pandemic, the funds rolled over into the 2021 program
scheduled for July 11-17, 2021.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: School Year 2020-21 (4) 2-day sessions.
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Rent $10000.00 $0 $0 $10000.00
2. Supplies $4000.00 $0 $4000.00 $8000.00
3. Food & Beverages $4100.00 $0 $2200.00 $6300.00
4. Awards $5000.00 $0 $0 $5000.00
5. Staffing $1200.00 $0 $0 $1200.00
6. Printing $400.00 $0 $400.00 $800.00
7. Insurance $3000.00 $0 $0 $3000.00
8. Contracted Employees $8000.00 $0 $0 $8000.00
9. Curriculum Editing $1800.00 $0 $0 $ 1800.00
10. Pro-sporting Game Tickets $12,500.00 $0 $0 $12,500.00
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Rent: cost for renting of gyms and equipment
2. Supplies: Participatn t-shirts and sporting goods
3. Food & Beverage: Participants lunches, beverages, snacks (samples of healthy food). Budget cost: $13 per 500
participants
4. Awards: each participant will receive a commemorative medal. Cost: $10 per 500 particiopants
5. Staffing: Hourly wage of employess to conduct programs
6. Printing: banners, pre-post tests, participant completion certificates
7. Insurance: rental facility insurance, liability insurance,
8. Contracted Employees: Speaker fees and travel for educators
9. Curriculum editing: hiring of a professional dietian, physical education trainer and educator on Arizona tribal nations
to update, revise and edit current curriculum.
10. Pro-sporting Game Tickets or recreational outing, to include meals: Budget cost $25 per participant.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/11/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 E. Jefferson St., Suite 960
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Dress for Success Phoenix
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Lisa Doromal Title: Founder and CEO
10. Phone Number: 602-489-7397
11. Mailing Address: 1024 E Buckeye Road Suite 165
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85034
13. Email Address: phoenix@dressforsuccess.org Website Address: phoenix.dressforsuccess.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Helping Women Get Back to Work in 2021
15. Purpose of Grant: Career readiness, connection to employment, workforce development, empowering women
16. Priority Funding Area Economic Development
17. Annual amount requested $25,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested One year.
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $25,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past No
funding from GRIC? If yes, list each year and
amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Dress for Success is part of a global movement for change, empowering women to obtain safer and better futures. The
mission of Dress for Success is to empower women to achieve economic independence by providing a network of
support, professional attire, and personal development tools to help them thrive in work and in life. Our goal is to offer
long-lasting solutions that enable women to break the cycle of poverty. Our vision is a world where women do not live in
poverty; are treated with dignity and respect; and are strengthening their families and shaping their communities.
Dress for Success seeks to address the catch-22 that confronts disadvantaged women trying to enter the workforce:
“Without a job, how can you afford to buy professional attire? But without appropriate clothing, how can you get a
job?” With this initial suiting initiative, the Dress for Success Worldwide model was replicated in cities across America,
and today there are more than 150 affiliates in 30 countries.
Dress for Success Phoenix is one of those affiliates. Since 2009 we have served over 16,000 women throughout
Maricopa County with our Boutique, Career Center, and Mobile Unit. By establishing collaborative relationships with
more than 150 local agencies serving various populations, we are able to help women with the greatest needs get back
to work, including single moms, domestic violence survivors, veterans, refugees, women who have recovered from
addictions, women who have been incarcerated, or those that simply have lived in poverty for a long time. We also work
with schools to prepare teens for the world of work, and build the skills they will need to succeed in their first jobs and
beyond.
The majority of our programs take place at our Boutique and Career Center in Phoenix. We also have a satellite office in
the Peoria Community Center, and our Mobile Career Center travels throughout the entire Valley and surrounding areas
throughout Maricopa County. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have maintained our programs by
transitioning to a virtual delivery model. Most of our programs and activities can be conducted online, and in place of a
visit to our Boutique, we are sending Clothing Boxes to clients by mail. Dress for Success’s signature programs include
the Mobile Career Center, Suiting, Fast Track to Success, Hiring Events, the Professional Women’s Group, Financial
Education and Homebuyer Clubs, and the Teen Workforce Initiative.
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2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
Dress for Success Phoenix is applying through Maricopa County. We work directly with multiple municipalities within
Maricopa County to deliver our programs. For example, we have a satellite office within the Community Assistance
Resource Center in Peoria, and the City of Phoenix and AZ@Work contract with us to provide our services for their
programs. We serve women throughout Maricopa County.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
The majority of Dress for Success programs take place at our Boutique and Career Center in Phoenix. We also have a
satellite office in the Peoria Community Center, and our Mobile Career Center travels throughout the Valley and
surrounding areas. For this proposal, we are seeking $25,000 to support our Mobile Career Center, is a traveling hub of
workforce development, employment readiness, and career coaching programs on wheels. It carries a selection of
professional clothing and accessories along with computers, internet access, and dedicated staff to locations throughout
Maricopa County, to help women get back to work. In coordination with other nonprofit organizations, schools, and
community events, women and teens participate in workshops, coaching, mock interviews, and the suiting program
within the Mobile Unit. When clients are introduced to Dress for Success through a visit from the Mobile Career Center,
they are invited to join our programs at the main location as well. We are seeking funding to serve 250 low-income
women in Maricopa County through our Mobile Career Center in 2021.
Dress for Success’s other signature programs include Suiting, Fast Track to Success, Career Center, the Professional
Women’s Group, Teen Workforce Initiative. All of these activities are conducted through the Mobile Career Center as
well as the main location. Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we have maintained our programs by transitioning
to a virtual delivery model. Most of our programs and activities can be conducted online, and in place of a visit to our
Boutique, we are sending Clothing/Style Boxes to clients by mail.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
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These services satisfy the funding priority of Economic Development by providing women throughout Maricopa County
with the resources they need to support themselves and their families, and to develop professionally so that they can
continue to succeed in their careers.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED: With the COVID-19 pandemic causing mass job losses throughout the country, workers are
facing a more competitive job market than ever right now. The pandemic has revealed and exacerbated the many facets
of inequality in our society, and women in the workplace is one of those areas. In Maricopa County, the unemployment
rate in December 2020 was 6.9% - nearly double the 3.6% of one year earlier (US Bureau of Labor Labor Statistics).
Nationally, our economy lost 140,000 jobs as a whole that month, but it was even worse than it sounds, for women –
while men actually gained 16,000 jobs, women lost 156,000. Today, in this hyper-competitive job market, women on the
margins are at risk of being pushed out of the workforce entirely. According to one analysis, approximately 2.2 million
women in America left the workforce from February 2020 to November 2020 alone (National Women’s Law Center).
Our target population will be low-moderate income teens and women, ages 16+, of all races/ethnicities, living in
Maricopa County.
Outcomes we aim to achieve over a one-year grant period include the following:
• 250 clients will be served and receive one-on-one career coaching
• Weekly workshops will be created and delivered
• 85% will have acquired new job search skills who are new to the process of applying for employment online;
approximately 40% of women we help have never applied online for a job
• At least 80% of 10-15 participants per month will obtain employment within 90 days of receiving services,
for a total of 84-126 women hired in a one-year period.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
The Mobile Career Center is a continuing program, which has not been previously funded by GRIC.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
The Mobile Career Center provides year-round, ongoing programs at many different locations. The dates for specific
events are flexible and determined on a rolling basis according to the needs of our partners.
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8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Our 150+ partners are an essential component of the Mobile Career Center’s services – virtually all of its programs are
delivered in coordination with local schools, community groups, municipal programs, and businesses. These partners
typically host one or more visits of the Mobile Career Center at their location in order to serve their
members/clients/students/etc. This helps to create access to our programs among women who are not able to travel to
downtown Phoenix to visit our Boutique and Career Center.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes, but we would not be able to increase the number of women the Mobile Career Center serves.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
This program is funded by a wide variety of sources, including government agencies, foundations, individual donors,
special event fundraising, and others. Our board of directors and development team create and execute an annual
fundraising plan each year, which currently includes diversifying our sources of grant funding.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
As part of our programming requirements, we collect data at every stage of involvement for a client, including how
many clients receive job interviews, job offers, promotions, and other quantitative measures. Quantitative and
qualitative data also includes conduct 30-day, 60-day, and 90-day evaluations with all clients, as well as satisfaction
surveys. We also gather testimonials from clients whose liveds are changed as a result of our programming. Our
measurements and outcomes are published in our annual report each year. The impact of our program can also be
measured through the women we serve in their own words. One such story is below.
“My Journey:
I recently relocated to the Phoenix area. I was in a domestic violence environment where my 13-year-old daughter was
being molested. I had to provide a safe place for my children so I left with the clothes on my back and we stayed with
relatives sleeping sofa to sofa. I want to be able to provide for my family so getting a job is a must. I needed some
assistance to prepare for my interview.
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I was referred to Dress for Success by UMOM. I was suited by a personal shopper who picked a beautiful outfit for me. I
love the color. It gave me a positive mind set and made me smile with confident. “I can do it.” I felt so good, I did not
take it off. I left with my suit on. Everyone was so friendly and helpful. The staff was great. I also received
transportation and a cell phone to help me find employment. I left Dress for Success feeling empowered.”
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
Dress for Success Phoenix has not applied for funding from a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community
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Project Budget
Budget Period: January 2021 – December 2021
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salaries and Wages $18,000 $64,902 $0 $82,902
2. Clothing $5,000 $43,000 $0 $48,000
3. Occupancy $0 $17,341 $0 $17,341
4. Professional Fees $0 $14,400 $0 $14,400
5. Transportation $0 $5,136 $0 $5,136
6. Employee Taxes and Benefits $2,000 $2,725 $0 $4,725
7. Utilities $0 $3,016 $0 $3,016
8. Miscellaneous $0 $1,800 $0 $1,800
9. Insurance $0 $1,325 $0 $1,325
10. Marketing $0 $600 $0 $600
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Total Budget $25,000 $154,245 $0 $179,245
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salaries for two staff are required for this project. We are requesting $18,000 to pay for a portion of our Mobile
Career Center Coordinator and our Mobile Career Center Manager.
2. Clothing costs include professional wardrobe and accessory items that are needed to supplement the in-kind
donations that make up the bulk of our suiting program. We are requesting $5,000 to purchase clothing to provide to
women/clients served through this program.
3. Occupancy costs include storage and parking fees for the Mobile Unit truck and trailer.
4. Professional fees include payments to collaborating organizations for staff time (for joint programming events that
also serve men and boys).
5. Employee Taxes and Benefits are calculated in proportion to the amount of their salaries requested. We are
requesting $2,000 for this line item.
6. Utilities include internet service and support for the Mobile Career Center.
7. Miscellaneous costs include office supplies and refreshments for clients .
8. Insurance costs are calculated as a proportion of the total organization budget.
9. Marketing costs include outside printing and mailing expenses.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/11/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa County
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W Jefferson, 9th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: HonorHealth Foundation
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Carole Berwald Title: VP Grants
10. Phone Number: 480-587-5011
11. Mailing Address: 8125 N Hayden Road
12. City: Scottsdale State: Arizona Zip Code: 85258
13. Email Address: cberwald@honorhealth.com Website Address: honorhealthfoundation.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
15. Purpose of Grant: To purchase a Brainz Monitor to provide continual cerebral function monitoring for high risk
newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
16. Priority Funding Area Healthcare
17. Annual amount requested $24,518.00
18. Number of years that funding is requested 1
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $24,518.00
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past funding $20,070 in 2018, $27,200 in 2020
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
HonorHealth was established in 2014 when Scottsdale Healthcare and John C. Lincoln Health Network, two community-
based nonprofit health systems, merged to form one comprehensive health care network. The mission of HonorHealth
is to improve the health and well-being of those we serve. The system is anchored by six hospitals serving the greater
Scottsdale and North Phoenix area of Maricopa County. HonorHealth also includes more than 70 primary and specialty
care locations, surgery centers, a cancer center and cancer care network, a research institute, a neuroscience institute, a
children’s emergency center, a breast health and research center, Desert Mission, and HonorHealth Military Partnership
and Forensic Nurse Examiners Program.
Opened in 1984, HonorHealth Scottsdale Shea Medical Center (SSMC) is a 433-bed acute care hospital with a Pediatric
Emergency Department, Pediatric ICU, and Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) – the state’s highest level of
certification to care for critically ill newborns and high-risk pregnancies. SSMC has achieved Magnet designation for
excellence in nursing, and many of the NICU nurses have earned RNC-NICU certification, establishing them as expert
high-risk neonatal caregivers.
The 28-bed NICU serves over 460 premature and critically ill newborns each year with an average length of stay of 16
days. As Northeast Maricopa County’s only Level III NICU, SSMC cares for the most high-risk pregnancies and critically ill
babies, including “micro-preemies” as young as 23 weeks at birth who weigh as little as 12 ounces.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
HonorHealth has numerous beneficial relationships with Arizona Municipalities. Currently, HonorHealth partners
with Maricopa County in coordination with the Arizona Department of Health Services COVID-19 Vaccination Plan
and was one five health system partners initially designated to operate a drive through vaccination site in Maricopa
County.
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office also contracts with the HonorHealth Forensic Nurse Examiners Program to
provide medical forensic examinations for survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence strangulation county-
wide. These services are located in six Maricopa County Family Advocacy Centers in Glendale, Goodyear, Phoenix,
Scottsdale, Chandler and Mesa. These cities provide program space, including exam rooms, free of charge.
HonorHealth was awarded a Victims of Crime Assistance (VOCA) grant from the Arizona Department of Public Safety
to support two full time Victim Advocates for this program.
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HonorHealth staff contribute and serve as chairpersons on committees such as the Phoenix Police Department
Sexual Assault Kit Workgroup, Maricopa County Attorney’s Office Sexual Assault Protocol, and Maricopa
Associations of Government’s Vulnerable Adult Protocol helping to write protocols, set standards of care, and
improve overall outcomes for victims of crime.
HonorHealth Desert Mission receives Arizona State SNAP education funding as a sub-awardee of the Maricopa
County Department of Public Health. These funds support Desert Mission Food Bank’s efforts to implement a
community-based approach to improved nutrition, nutrition education, and access to healthy foods for low-income
food insecure individuals and families. HonorHealth Desert Mission Lincoln Learning Center receives Arizona
Department of Economic Security funding to provide tuition support for children of frontline workers and general
operating support to maintain children’s services during the COVID-19 pandemic.
3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
The proposed request to Gila River Indian Community is for funding to purchase a Natus CFM Olympic Brainz
Monitor, which provides state-of-the-art bedside cerebral function monitoring for HonorHealth’s tiniest and most
vulnerable patients: newborn patients admitted to the NICU at SSMC.
When babies are born too early, or under difficult circumstances, caregivers must understand as much as possible –
as quickly as possible – about the newborn’s health to ensure they get the treatment they need right away. New
research shows that brain monitoring opens a new door to treatment of premature newborns in the critical
moments after birth.
Due to the increasing number of surviving premature infants, and new therapies for newborns with birth asphyxia (a
medical condition resulting from deprivation of oxygen to a newborn infant during the birth process that causes
physical harm, usually to the brain) there is growing interest in implementation of brain monitoring tools in
newborns at high risk of neurological disorders.
Brain monitoring can provide important clues for assessing brain injury. It also helps to detect seizures and track
progress of the brain after seizure. And we know that the quicker the baby recovers, the better their long-term
health!
The SSCMC NICU currently has one brain monitor, however, a second monitor is needed to ensure that every
newborn who needs it has access to immediate cerebral function monitoring. Currently, approximately three infants
per month need brain monitoring, generally for up to 72 hours and sometimes longer. As SSCMC increases
implementation of new therapies for newborns with birth asphyxia, it is anticipated opportunities to increase this
number will grow significantly.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
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The proposed project satisfies the interest of Gila River Indian Community in the healthcare priority funding area. Grant
funds will be used to benefit the general population of high-risk pregnant patients and their newborns in Maricopa
County, primarily Northeast Maricopa County. Funds will assist in providing direct patient care that will improve the
health of premature and critically ill newborns in the community.
5. Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the
project.
One of the most common concerns expectant parents have about childbirth is that something might go wrong during
labor, resulting in their baby having brain damage. While such emergencies are relatively infrequent, one of the
advantages of giving birth at a comprehensive facility like HonorHealth SSMC is that patients, especially those with high
risk pregnancies, have access to state-of-the-art treatment that can reduce the devastating effects of birth asphyxia, or
infant brain damage. In the rare event such an emergency occurs, the NICU offers new treatment approaches to reduce
brain damage if started in the first six hours of life. However, these quality-of-life-saving treatment options require
continuous monitoring of the newborn’s brain activity.
Advanced monitoring of newborn brain activity and oxygen saturation in the brain tissue provides optimal care and
protection for high risk newborns. We are now moving from monitoring the infant’s typical vital signs to looking at the
most vital organ: the brain. With cerebral function monitoring, neonatologists can monitor the brain continuously and
manage the baby’s treatment based on what they see. This is not only helpful for newborns experiencing birth asphyxia,
but also for premature infants and those with seizures and stroke.
Currently, about three babies a month receive cerebral function monitoring, generally for 72 hours and sometimes
longer. Opportunities exist to increase this number as new therapies are implemented – such as total body cooling –
which reduces brain damage in newborns with birth asphyxia. However, this new therapy requires continuous brain
monitoring. SSMC is successfully implementing total body cooling now and anticipates increased opportunities for its
implementation with the addition of a second brain monitor funded by Gila River Indian Community.
The useful life of the brain monitor is conservatively estimated at 8-10 years, although the manufacturer reports some
are still in service after 14 years! At the current rate of three infants per month, two brain monitors will serve between
288-360 newborns over the lifetime of the monitors. The one brain monitor funded by this request to Gila River Indian
Community will serve approximately half of these patients, between 144-180 infants. However, these estimates will
undoubtedly increase as new therapies become more common. The newborns benefiting from this grant are our tiniest
and most vulnerable patients. They come for care from throughout Maricopa County, primarily the Northeast Valley,
and about 25% are from low-income families.
6. Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This request is for is a new piece of equipment for use in a continuing program: the HonorHealth SSMC NICU. Gila River
Indian Community has not previously funded this project.
7. Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
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The following timeline is flexible:
October 2021 Notification of Award
November 2021 Order Brain Monitor from Vendor (brochure and quote attached)
December 2021 Receipt of Brain Monitor
December 2021 Brain Monitor in use at SSCMC NICU
September 2022 Report project expenditures and outcomes to Gila River Indian Community
8. Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
There are no other organizations, partners, or funders participating in this project. However, The Board of
Visitors generously funded the purchase of four new ventilators for the SSMC NICU with a grant of $180,000 in
2018.
9. Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
If partial funding is received, HonorHealth Foundation will pursue additional sources of funds to raise the total amount
needed to purchase the brain monitor. This will delay project implementation until sufficient funds are secured.
10. Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
As purchase of the brain monitor is a one-time cost, no additional funds are needed to sustain the project
beyond the grant period.
11. Describe your plan to document progress and results.
The NICU will report the number of infants receiving brain monitoring and will provide physician reports on progress and
outcomes resulting from cerebral function monitoring among newborn patients in the NICU.
12. Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a
separate attachment, please indicate that here.
There have been no other applications to and/or awards made by a tribe other than GRIC for state shared revenues
for this and any other project for the past five years. However, HonorHealth Foundation is working toward an
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invitation to apply to Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community to support the Birthing Center located on the
HonorHealth Scottsdale Osborn Medical Center Campus.
Thank you for considering this request to Gila River Indian Community to support the purchase of a brain monitor
for the HonorHealth SSMC NICU. We are grateful for your consideration and your interest in supporting healthcare
in our community.
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Project Budget
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For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Natus CFM Olympic Brainz Monitor $24,518.00 $0 $0 $24,518.00
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. One Natus CFM Olympic Brainz Monitor will be purchased to provide optimal cerebral function monitoring for
newborn patients in the SSMC NICU. The cost of the brain monitor, $24,518.00, was provided by the vendor and
includes a generous discount of $2,132.00. The vendor quote is included along with the product brochure in the
attachments to this proposal.
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Cover Sheet
Municipality Information
1. Date of Application: 2/12/2021 (NOTE: Click field or use up/down arrow keys to move among fields)
2. Name of City, Town or County: Maricopa
3. Mayor (City or Town) or Board of Supervisor’s Chairman (County): Jack Sellers
4. Mailing Address: 301 W. Jefferson 10th Floor
5. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85003
6. Acknowledgement of Submission by Authorized Municipality Representative:
Typed Name/Title: Milka Doom, Financial Business Analyst
Email Address: MC12PercentGamingGrant@maricopa.gov Signature:
Applicant Information
7. Department/Organization Name: Hope’s Crossing
8. Select Organization Type: 501c3 Non-Profit  If Non-profit please attach IRS Determination Letter
9. Application Contact Person: Laura Bulluck Title: Executive Director
10. Phone Number: (602) 795-8098
11. Mailing Address: 1632 W. Camelback Rd.
12. City: Phoenix State: Arizona Zip Code: 85015
13. Email Address: laura@hopescrossing.org Website Address: www.hopescrossing.org
Project Information
14. Project Name: Fundamentals of Freedom
15. Purpose of Grant: Enroll 50 at-risk women in a life skills curriculum that will transform their lives.
16. Priority Funding Area Public Safety
17. Annual amount requested $5,000
18. Number of years that funding is requested 5
19. Total amount requested (annual amount x $25,000
number of years)
20. Has your organization received past funding No prior GRIC funding
from GRIC? If yes, list each year and amount
21. Geographic area served Maricopa County
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Narrative
Please structure your proposal to provide the following information in the order indicated. Provide the narrative in
paragraph form in the text field provided. Please be thorough but strive for brevity.
1. Briefly describe your organization’s history, mission and goals.
Hope’s Crossing, a 501(c) 3 organization, was founded in 2010 to meet the needs of women in transition from prisons,
addictions, or homelessness to a life of work, family, and community. Hope’s Crossing offers job skills training,
housing assistance, and, most importantly, a program of emotional support geared toward creating a new belief system
that promotes whole and healthy living. Through our unique, comprehensive approach, we give women all the
tools they need for a new beginning and sustainability. In five years Hope’s Crossing assisted hundreds of women of all
ages to develop self worth-worth, personal accountability, and restoration of hope in the family. We seek to prevent
substance abuse, chronic unemployment, and recidivism in order to develop that self-worth which strengthens families
and improves our community.
With organizational leadership spanning 20 years, Laura C. Bulluck, Founder, and Chief Executive Officer leads the
organization by delivering programs and services to our clients. She has inspired management and community
outreach by Hope’s Crossing on a path to becoming a leader in the re-entry community. The Board of Directors is
formed with a diverse group of community leaders that provide additional governance and support. Our support staff
includes volunteer facilitators and mentors, college and university interns, contract staff, and community partners who
together guide our clients on a journey of healing and restoration. Our programs and services are designed to inspire,
encourage, and create hope in women and their families that will enable them to build fulfilling lives and end the cycle
of recidivism.
2. To determine eligibility for this grant, if the applying organization is non-municipal or a non-profit 501c, please
describe your relationship with Arizona municipalities including past and present support, whether through
partnerships, collaborations, in-kind contributions, grants, tax-based funding or other. Describe the supporting
municipality’s role in this project. If the applying organization is a municipality or a municipal sub-division please
enter the text “Not applicable” and go to item 3.
We do not have any existing relationships with municipalities. With collaborative relationships we leveraged added
support services that include financial literacy and budgeting, job readiness programs and connecting them with access
to job and resource fairs. The right balance of support, programming and mentoring is extremely effective with the
women in our programs and this proposal will support the efforts of strengthening women in our community to thrive
and become personally and economically sustainable.
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3. Describe the proposed project and your plan to implement.
The Fundamentals of Freedom Program, a 20-week life skills training and education program that support
women on a journey to reclaim their life and lift themselves out of poverty. The unique and customized program
assist women in transitioning back to their community from a diverse set of circumstances and regardless of
their incarceration experience. Our program takes a holistic approach supporting women on this journey.
Because no two experiences are alike, a comprehensive assessment is conducted at the point of enrollment to
determine the right level of support and any additional services. The assessment takes into consideration
untraditional barriers like transportation support, personal hygiene, clothing support and intense emotional
support with case management and mentors. Success is directly connected the intensely support environment
each woman receives when connecting to Hope's Crossing. Life skills training takes each women on journey to
reshape their beliefs, develop skills to build healthy relationships, learn empowering techniques to become
confident in decision-making, and building self-awareness and self-advocacy. Reducing recidivism breaks the
cycle of crime, addiction, homelessness, abuse and lack of education for generations to come. Supporting
women in the community that feel stuck and experiencing setbacks from traumatic experience to becoming
better parents, wives, sisters and daughters.
4. Describe how the proposed project satisfies one or more of the priority funding areas identified by the Gila River
Indian Community.
The Fundamentals of Freedom program aligns with the Public Safety priority funding area. The target population served
are women 18 years and older who were incarcerated and women at-risk of incarceration, substance abuse, domestic
violence and chronic unemployment/underemployment. The program ensures women return to the community
empowered for change, obtaining sustainable employment, establishing healthy relationships with family and children,
and becoming a contributing member of their community. Our clients experience a significant reduction in risk, or the
risk has been completely eliminated. Those risks include, but are not limited to, recidivism, domestic violence or
substance abuse and are no longer victimizing communities.
1) Identify the needs/problems to be addressed, target population and number of people to be served by the project.
With an average of 3,900 women incarcerated in the AZ Department of Corrections facility over the past two years, 90%
of these women released are looking for a chance to get back on their feet. They need help from programs and services
to overcome socioeconomic issues like addiction, domestic and sexual abuse, emotional stability, education and
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employment. They often have terms and conditions of their release that impact their ability to navigate them to
completion, resulting in technical violations of those terms and conditions. These women have a strong desire to
reconnect with their children, find sustainable employment and affordable housing, and address physical and emotional
health needs. The combination of these terms and conditions coupled with the personal and economic needs of all
released inmates returning home, these challenges cannot be met without adequate and personalized support.
2) Define the project as a new or continuing program. Has GRIC previously funded this project?
This is a continuing program with no previous funding from GRIC.
3) Provide a brief timeline including start and finish dates. Indicate if the timeline is flexible.
The program operates on a 21 week cycle on a quarterly basis. A new course starts each January, March, June, and
August.
4) Identify other organizations, partners or funders participating in the project and their roles.
Hope's Crossing partners with Fresh Start Women's Resource Center since 2016 and their role as a community partner
provides meeting space, participant referrals to our program and share access counseling and legal aid service by their
organization for the participants in our program. Fresh Start is also a referral agency to Hope's Crossing, for participants
they serve that could benefit from Fundamentals of Freedom program. Hope's Crossing partners with Dress for Success
Phoenix since 2016 and their role as a community partner is to provide interview clothing and employment attire to
women participating in job seeking activities.
5) Would you be able to implement the proposed plan if your organization received partial funding for this project?
Yes, we would adjust the number of proposed number of women served according to total funds raised.
6) Describe your plan for project financial sustainability beyond the grant period. If this is a program/project
previously funded by the Gila River Indian Community describe efforts made towards the previously described
sustainability plan.
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Hope's Crossing currently experiences a healthy distribution of revenue streams to support the Fundamentals of
Freedom Program. These revenue streams are annually reviewed to determine sustainability. Current funding streams
include fundraising campaigns - 50%; private donations - 31%; grants - 18%; and corporate contribution - 1%.
Our plan include leveraging opportunities to increase revenue streams in the following funding areas: Individual donors,
earned income wiith community agencies, and grant funds. Increase in these funding streams will aid in the long term
sustainability beyond the grant period.
7) Describe your plan to document progress and results.
The program objective is to strengthen participants in four specific area's of life: 1) Obtain and sustain employment, 2)
Safe and adequate housing, 3) Emotional health, and 4) Family reunification. Clients are assessed in each area at
enrollment and documented in a Personal Transition Plan. The plan includes personal goals, suggested timeline,
perceived barriers, resources to overcome barriers and outcome and date. Each plan is signed and dated by both
participant and program team member. Participant receives a weekly check up call and transition plan updates occur
with a formal plan update at 7 weeks, 14 weeks and 21 weeks of program enrollment and each quarter after program
completion. The progress intervals allow for documenting and measuring short term and long term results.
8) Indicate any application to and/or awards made by a tribe other than the Gila River Indian Community for state
shared revenues for this and any other project for the past five (5) years. If this information is included in a separate
attachment, please indicate that here.
Hope's Crossing applied to Tohono O'odham tribe for revenue sharing grant in 2017. Grant was not awarded.
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Project Budget
Budget Period: October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021
For each budget item listed here please provide a narrative description on the following Project Budget Detail page.
Proposed Budget Expense Amount Amount In Kind Total Budget
(list each budget item) requested from requested or contributions
GRIC secured from
other sources
1. Salaries $0 $38,695 $0 $38,695
2. Professional & Outside Services $0 $9,500 $0 $9,500
3. Program Expenses $5,000 $11,320 $0 $16,320
4. Advertising & Marketing $0 $3,000 $0 $3,000
5. Office Expense $0 $1,086 $0 $1,086
6. Dues & Subscriptions $0 $1,656 $0 $1,656
7. Postage $0 $180 $0 $180
8. Technology $0 $3,225 $0 $3,225
9. Utilities $0 $3,500 $0 $3,500
10. Communications $0 $1,852 $0 $1,852
11. Rent & Grounds $0 $19,125 $0 $19,125
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Total Budget $5,000 $93,139 $0 $98,139
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Project Budget Detail
Please provide a narrative description for each of the project budget items listed on the previous page. Include the
dollar figure and how it was derived.
1. Salaries: $38,695 includes salaries, payroll taxes & fees, for Executive Director and program coordinator.
2. Professional & Outside Services: $9,500 includes professional contracted specialists and facilitators.
3. Program Expenses: $16,320 includes classroom materials, supplies, refreshments, and textbooks.
4. Advertising & Marketing: $3,000 includes program collateral materials, forms, signs, digital copies.
5. Dues & Subscriptions: $1,656 includes program and database related subscription fees.
6. Office Expense: $1,086 includes annual office supplies based on prior year use.
7. Postage: $180 for mailings based on prior years.
8. Technology: $3,225 includes software and hardware updates and needs.
9. Utilities: $3,500 annual utilities expense based on prior years.
10. Communications: $1,852 includes annual phone and internet expense based on service contract.
11. Rent & Grounds: $19,125 based on current lease agreement.
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