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PROGRAMS

                            AMISTADES SUBSTANCE ABUSE COALITION

Amistades manages the Amistades Substance Abuse Coalition, a community-driven group that provides substance abuse prevention in the Flowing Wells area.  The Coalition, in collaboration with a cross-sector of community partners, addresses the problem of underage drinking and marijuana, tobacco, and prescription drug use among Latino youth.  A vision to create healthy, productive, safe, and drug-free communities is the driving force behind the coalition implementation of a sustainable prevention infrastructure for their community. 

 
                               Alcohol & Drug Prevention Awareness Campaign

                       Cinco de Mayo Non-Profit Celebration and Family Festival

                            National & Local Prescription Drug Take-Back Days

                                        National Town Hall Meeting Month

                                         Monthly Neighborhood Meetings

                                   Reduction of Alcohol Outlet Density Project

     Segundo de Febrero Commemoration/Hank Oyama Community Leadership Award

                                  Social Host Awareness & Education Campaign

                                             Student Drug Diversion Classes



                                STOP UNDERAGE DRINKING PROJECT

Amistades enhances the prevention efforts of its coalition through environmental prevention strategies that specifically reduce underage drinking in the Flowing Wells area.  Youth are involved in the creation of media campaigns and social host enforcement awareness campaigns.  Amistades provides multi-cultural underage drinking prevention workshops to social service agencies and multi-cultural diversion classes to students at the Pascua Yaqui High School and on the Tohono O’odham reservation as part of STOP.  Additional diversion services sites include Wildcat Charter School, Ha:san Leadership & Preparatory School, and Arizona Schools for the Deaf and Blind.

 

                                               Covert Undercover Buy Stings

                       Mayahuel Multi-Cultural Underage Drinking Diversion Classes

                             Student and Parent Storefront Advertising Monitoring

                              Take Control. Live Alcohol Free. Media Arts Classes

                                           Underage Drinking Parent Pledges



                     AVANCE PARENT-CHILD EDUCATION PROGRAMS

Amistades serves low-income, high-need Latino families of children 0-3 years of age within the Sunnyside Unified School District through this bilingual program.  Its foundation is based on parents as the first teachers and the home as the first classroom.  The AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program is evidence-based and has been deemed a national best practice in parent education and early childhood development for underserved Latino communities.

 

                       32-Session Early Childhood Instruction (School Year Based)

                32-Session Month Parent Education Curriculum (School Year Based)

                                              Community Resource Speakers

                                                   Educational Field Trips

                                         Healthy Meals for Adults & Children

                                                            Home Visits

                                                   Social Services Referrals

                                        Special Events & Holiday Celebrations

                                                    Toy Making Instruction




                                                 PROYECTO REGALOS

Amistades provides this bilingual, evidence-based program to families of children 3-18 years of age to increase parent involvement and knowledge.  REGALOS uses the Strengthening Multi-Ethnic Families and Communities: A Drug & Violence Prevention Parent Training Program.  Program outcomes include preserving the family foundation to raise healthy children by promoting positive youth development and family unity.  The program is collaborative with Arizona Youth Partnership and the Arizona Parents Commission. 

 

                                      13-Session Parent Education Curriculum

                                               Cafecito Parent Home Visits

                                                              Childcare

                                          Healthy Meals for Adults & Children

                                                   Social Services Referrals

                                           Underage Drinking Parent Pledges

                                  Platicas Parent Advocacy & Mentoring Groups
 



                               SOUTH PARK COMMUNITIES DRUG FREE
                                     COALITION MENTORING PROJECT

Amistades offers capacity building services in the area of drug prevention to organizations that support the African American community.  Capacity building services help organizations in the development of a coalition-based prevention infrastructure similar to the one that Amistades has put in place for the Latino population it serves.  Through these efforts, and under the mentorship of the Amistades Substance Abuse Coalition, the Tucson Urban League created the South Park Communities Drug Free Coalition to provide prevention services to the 85713 area as well as other parts of Pima County.  This partnership between Amistades and the Tucson Urban League is a result of a call to action made to the African American community by Amistades during their annual Juneteenth Youth Prevention Conference that examines the impact of underage drinking in the African American community.

 

                                          Action Planning & Group Facilitation

                                                Capacity Building Workshops

                                            Community Mobilization Trainings

                                    Creating Adult-Youth Partnership Workshops

                                            Monthly Neighborhood Meetings

                                               Youth Development Training



                         TOBACCO YOUTH COALITION DEVELOPMENT

Amistades provides training and technical assistance services in the area of tobacco youth coalition development as a member of a technical assistance team that includes Pima Prevention Partnership and Arizona Youth Partnership. Amistades serves Southern Arizona, Arizona Youth Partnership serves Northern Arizona, and The Partnership serves Central Arizona and is the lead administrative agency.  The purpose of the initiative is helping organizations create their own tobacco youth coalition and enhancing existing coalitions.  The initiative will ultimately launch a tobacco policy change project done through local organizations in conjunction with local vendors and communities.    These services are made possible through funding from the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Diseases Department. 

 

                                               Adult Leadership Workshops

                                                Adult Prevention Trainings

                                                Youth Leadership Training

                                               Youth Leadership Workshops

                                                Youth Prevention Trainings

                                                   Mock Trials Workshops

                                                  Spring Break Youth Camp

                                               State-Wide Youth Conference

                                                      Summer Youth Camp

                                                     Summer Youth Summit

                                             On-site Technical Assistance Visits



                                         VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

Amistades is currently recruiting community-minded, energetic, and dedicated volunteers.  Opportunities are now available for the Segundo de Febrero Commemoration, Cinco de Mayo Non-Profit Celebration & Family Festival, Juneteenth, Proyecto REGALOS, AVANCE Parent-Child Education Program and the Amistades Substance Abuse Coalition.  Please email volunteer inquiries to volunteer@amistadesinc.org.

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