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Outside Agency Committee Funding Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2026/2027
Basic Needs Priority Area Category
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
Arivaca Coordinating Council-Human Resource Group, Inc./Food Security/$99,000/$53,195
Arivaca Coordinating Council-Human Resource Group, Inc./Helping HEARTS/$15,000/$15,000
Arizona Diaper Bank/Diapers for Infants, Children, Disabled, and Seniors/$66,904/$27,195
Casa de los Niños/Foster Care Food Pantry/$15,000/$15,000
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc./Case Management for Homeless Families/$58,110/$42,195
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc./Emergency Food Pantry and Clothing Closet/$75,000/$15,000
Community Food Bank, Inc./Child Nutrition Program/$40,000/$26,195
Community Food Bank, Inc./Emergency Food Assistance/$375,000/$262,873
Community Food Bank, Inc./Rural Resource Centers/$80,000/$70,195
Community Home Repair Projects of Arizona/Roof Repair and Replacement Program/$100,000/$26,195
Epidaurus, d.b.a. Amity Foundation/Road to Recovery/$15,000/$15,000
Felicia's Farm/FKA Izi Azi Foundation/Felicia's Farm/$15,000/$15,000
GAP Ministries/Basic needs/Support services/$196,610/$15,000
Greater Vail Community ReSources/Emergency Food/$15,000/$15,000
I Am You 360/I Am You 360 Small Home Experience Dignity First Program/$75,000/$15,000
IMPACT of Southern Arizona/IMPACT Clothing Bank/$36,000/$23,975
IMPACT of Southern Arizona/IMPACT Food Bank/$43,000/$26,660
Interfaith Community Services/Emergency Financial Services/$50,000/$24,395
Interfaith Community Services/ICS Mobile Meals/$50,000/$30,195
Interfaith Community Services/Transportation for At-Risk Seniors/$50,000/$29,595
Mobile Meals of Southern Arizona, Inc./More Than Meals - Essential Food Delivery/$50,000/$27,895
Our Family Services, Inc./Common Unity Program/$39,144/$23,695
Our Family Services, Inc./Emergency Shelter Services/$58,148/$36,695
Primavera Foundation, Inc./Casa Paloma Drop-In Center/$35,000/$26,195
Primavera Foundation, Inc./Homelessness Intervention and Prevention (HIP)/$35,000/$29,195
Sahuarita Food Bank (d.b.a.: Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center)/Marana Food Bank Emergency Food/$200,000/$106,217
Sahuarita Food Bank (d.b.a.: Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center)/Sahuarita Food Bank Emergency Food/$45,000/$38,195
Sister Jose Women's Center/Case Navigation (formerly Gateway to Housing)/$50,000/$15,000
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation/SAAF Food For Life/$137,500/$80,195
Splinter Art and Community Fund/Mobile Home Park Eviction Prevention and Housing Security Project/$15,000/$15,000
The John P. Bell Family Foundation, d.b.a. Team Lizzie Bell/Team Lizzie Bell/$15,000/$15,000
The Salvation Army/OUTSIDE AGENCY - MOTEL/$40,000/$15,000
Tucson Jewish Community Center, Inc./Advancing Independence at the Tucson J/$15,000/$15,000
Tucson Medical Center Foundation/Tucson Collaborative Community Care/$50,000/$15,000
St. Luke's in the Desert, Inc./Nutritional Services/$50,000/$0
Category Subtotal: $2,304,416/$1,221,145
Community Well-being and Safety Priority Area Category
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
Administration of Resources and Choices/Elder Services, Safety, and Placement/$54,820/$37,695
Arizona Burn Foundation/Pima County Community Smoke Alarm Walks/$15,000/$15,000
Casa de los Niños/Parent Education/$15,000/$15,000
Center for Community Mediation and Facilitation/Conflict Resolution/$20,961/$15,000
CPLC/CPLC Nahui Ollin Wellness Program/$69,997/$15,000
International Rescue Committee/Victims Services Program/$15,000/$15,000
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation/SAAF AVP (Anti-Violence Project)/$30,000/$19,195
Tucson Center for Women and Children, d.b.a. Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse/Lay Legal Services for Domestic Violence Victims/$15,000/$15,000
Tucson Center for Women and Children, d.b.a. Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse/Youth Violence Prevention and Intervention/$15,000/$15,000
Tucson Medical Center Foundation/Desert Kids Safety Program/$50,000/$0
Category Subtotal: $300,778/$161,890
Education and Workforce Development Priority Area Category
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
Amistades, Inc./Amistades Prosperity Circles/$60,228/$15,000
Arivaca Action Center Incorporated/Arivaca Early Learning Center/$27,750/$17,195
Banner Health Foundation/Banner Health Career Explorers Program/$15,000/$15,000
Casa de los Niños/The Kelly Early Education Center/$15,000/$15,000
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc./Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona/Childcare for Working Poor/$150,000/$15,000
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc./Workforce Development/$15,000/$15,000
Community Food Bank, Inc./Caridad Community Kitchen/$50,000/$30,995
Goodwill Industries of Southern Arizona, Inc./Goodwill Adult Reentry Employment and Training Project/$235,980/$15,000
Greater Tucson Leadership, Inc./Tucson Youth Leadership Academy/$50,000/$15,000
International Rescue Committee/Workforce Development - Job Club (Job Readiness Training)/$21,500/$15,695
Literacy Connects/Literacy Connects Youth Development Programs/$62,422/$44,195
Live the Solution, d.b.a. Earn to Learn/Earn to Learn - Wrap-Around Services/$100,000/$15,000
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest/Direct Care Worker Workforce Development/$15,000/$15,000
Lutheran Social Services of the Southwest/English Literacy Training for Workforce Development/$15,000/$15,000
Make Way for Books/The Story Project/$50,000/$21,395
Sahuarita Food Bank (d.b.a.: Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center)/Community Resource Center/$15,000/$15,000
Sahuarita Food Bank (d.b.a.: Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center)/Summit Community Development Program/$15,000/$15,000
Southwest Fair Housing Council/Fair Housing Education and Enforcement Program/$35,000/$15,000
The Dunbar Coalition, Inc., d.b.a. Dunbar Pavilion/Technology Training for Seniors/$15,000/$15,000
The John P. Bell Family Foundation, d.b.a. Team Lizzie Bell/Healthy Workers/$15,000/$15,000
Tucson Children's Museum, Inc., d.b.a. Children's Museum Tucson/Story School at Children's Museum Tucson/$15,000/$15,000
Tucson Girls Chorus/Tucson Girls Chorus Community Engagement Program/$15,000/$15,000
Tucson Preparatory School/Continuing Education for Adult Youth/$20,000/$15,000
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona/Empowered Teaching/$15,000/$15,000
Youth On Their Own/YOTO Program (Academic Stipends)/$125,000/$116,195
YWCA Southern Arizona/YWCA Economic Justice/$75,000/$15,000
Tucson Medical Center Foundation/Patient Care Technician Training Program/$75,724/$0
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona/Thriving Futures Mentorship/$15,000/$0
Category Subtotal: $1,333,604/$545,670
Health and Wellness Priority Area Category
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
Amistad y Salud, Clinica Amistad/Community Health & Wellness/$60,000/$27,595
Arizona Youth Partnership (AZYP)/Arizona Youth Partnership (AZYP) The Early Childhood Mental Health Program/$15,000/$15,000
Ayuda Smiles, Inc./Smiles for Veterans/$30,000/$15,000
Casa de los Niños/Casa de los Niños Uninsured Fund/$15,000/$15,000
Catholic Community Services of Southern Arizona, Inc./Reengaging and Connecting Deaf, Deaf Blind and Elderly Deaf Individuals with Resources through Supportive Partnerships/$60,000/$43,195
Child & Family Resources, Inc./Child and Adult Care Food Program/$15,000/$15,000
Community Emergency Medical Responders Foundation, Inc., d.b.a. CCHS Foundation/CCHS Homeless Medical Stabilization & Early Intervention Program/$50,000/$15,000
Compass Affordable Housing/CAH Tenant Empowerment, Advancement & Mentorship Program/$30,000/$15,000
Friends of Aphasia/Friends of Aphasia/$20,000/$15,000
Green Valley Assistance Services, Inc., d.b.a. Valley Assistance Services/Older Adult Resource Program Specialist/$34,110/$15,000
Green Valley Assistance Services, Inc., d.b.a. Valley Assistance Services/Transforming Health Care Through Transportation/$30,000/$15,000
International Rescue Committee/Health - Medical Case Management/$95,264/$15,695
Jewish Family and Children's Services of Southern Arizona/HoME/$54,946/$31,195
Marana Health/Marana Health Integrated Street Medicine/$30,000/$15,000
Primavera Foundation, Inc./Supp Hsg RS Svs/Supportive Services/$45,000/$29,390
Saavi Services for the Blind/Health and Wellness Program for Blind Seniors/$35,000/$19,195
Sahuarita Food Bank (d.b.a.: Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center)/Prescription for Health/$15,000/$15,000
Soldier's Best Friend/Soldier's Best Friend Service Dog Training Program/$30,000/$15,000
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation/SAAF ALLY/$45,000/$33,195
Tucson Medical Center Foundation/TMC For Seniors/$15,000/$15,000
University of Arizona Foundation, d.b.a. Mobile Health Program/Mobile Health Program for Medically Underserved Residents/$15,000/$15,000
University of Arizona Foundation, f/b/o Pima County Cooperative Extension, The Garden Kitchen/PLAZA (Promoting Local Arizona Agriculture) Mobile Market: Expanding Food Access and a Thriving Local Food Economy/$88,961/$15,000
Serve Society/Mobile Community Haircare & Wellness Program/$120,000/$0
The John P. Bell Family Foundation, d.b.a. Team Lizzie Bell/Safe Homes/$15,000/$0
Category Subtotal: $963,281/$424,460
Prosperity Initiative Priority Area Category
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
3rd Decade/3rd Decade Financial Education and Mentoring/$50,000/$15,000
Arivaca Coordinating Council-Human Resource Group, Inc./STAR Program (Formerly Senior Support)/$86,600/$20,195
Casa de los Niños/Casa de los Niños Care Coordination/$15,000/$15,000
Child & Family Resources, Inc./Pima County Healthy Families/$47,436/$35,695
Flowers & Bullets/Expanding Food Security and Entrepreneurship in Midtown Tucson/$15,000/$15,000
International Rescue Committee/Prosperity Initiative- Workforce and Career Pathways for New Americans/$100,000/$15,000
Jewish Family and Children's Services of Southern Arizona/Financial Wellness Program/$83,227/$19,395
Local First Arizona Foundation/Fuerza Local Business Accelerator by Local First Arizona/$15,000/$15,000
Step Up To Justice Pro Bono Law Center/Consumer Protection Legal Clinics/$25,000/$15,000
The IDEA School/Free Lunch Program, low-income students/$18,000/$0
The University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health/The University of Arizona Foundation for the benefit of Wassaja Carlos Montezuma Center for Native American Health/$2,687,974/$0
Category Subtotal: $3,143,237/$165,285
Youth and Family Services Priority Area Category
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
Arizona Diaper Bank/Potty Training for Toddlers/$17,250/$15,000
Arizona's Children Association/Las Familias Program/$50,000/$28,695
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southern Arizona/Mentor 2.0/$15,000/$15,000
Boys to Men Tucson, Inc./Boys to Men Tucson - Restorative Group Mentoring/$32,096/$15,000
Center for Community Mediation and Facilitation/Conflict Literacy Training/$19,668/$15,000
Child & Family Resources, Inc./The Resilience Initiative/$15,000/$15,000
Daibudo Kodenkan Matsuno Kenshukai/Youth Martial Arts Scholarship Program/$20,000/$15,000
Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona/EmpowHERment Program: Today's Girl Scouts, Tomorrow's Leaders/$45,000/$25,195
Portable Practical Educational Preparation, Inc./Amado Food Project/$19,500/$15,000
Sahuarita Food Bank (d.b.a.: Marana Food Bank & Community Resource Center) Family Resource Center/$15,000/$15,000
Southern Arizona AIDS Foundation/SAAF EON/$45,000/$25,195
Tu Nidito Children and Family Services/Children to Children/$30,000/$23,995
Tu Nidito Children and Family Services/Pathways/$20,000/$15,195
YWCA Southern Arizona/Pima County Teen Court/$54,500/$38,195
Green Valley Assistance Services, Inc., d.b.a. Valley Assistance Services/Youth and Family Resource Program/$30,000/$0
Category Subtotal: $428,014/$276,470
General Services Priority Area Category
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum/Invasive Species and Fire Education/$49,000/$44,528
El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center, Inc./Patient Centered Medical Home Program/$50,000/$45,108
El Rio Santa Cruz Neighborhood Health Center, Inc./Trichloroethylene Program/$170,000/$161,178
Friends of Robles Ranch/My Friends Closet/Robles Ranch Food Bank/$63,874/$47,978
Pima Council on Aging/Family Caregiver Support/$100,000/$17,578
Pima Council on Aging/Neighbors Care Alliance/$75,000/$55,978
Pima Council on Aging/Rights and Benefits/$180,000/$130,278
Pima County Community Land Trust/PCCLT Housing Counseling/$82,405/$60,978
Southern Arizona Children's Advocacy Center, Inc./Support Services for Child Victims/$75,000/$70,538
United Way of Tucson and Southern Arizona/Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program/$50,011/$26,000
Category Subtotal: $895,290/$660,142
CWD OUTSIDE AGENCY PRIORITY AREA CATEGORIES TOTAL: $9,368,620/$3,455,062
Other Department Priorities (County Administration/Health Department/Parks & Recreation)
Agency/Program Name/Amount Requested/FY26/27 Recommendation
(CA) Pima Association of Governments/Pima Association of Governments Overall Work Program/$298,000/$298,000
(HD) Tucson Center for Women and Children, d.b.a. Emerge Center Against Domestic Abuse/Comprehensive Domestic Violence Support Services/$325,000/$115,798
(PR) Desert Survivors, Inc./Desert Survivors, Inc./$67,760/$67,760
Other Department Priorities Subtotal: $690,760/$481,558
OUTSIDE AGENCY PROGRAM TOTAL: $10,059,380/$3,936,620