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Funded by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), CARAS de Esperanza is a youth-centered prevention program focusing on youth in several Tucson middle schools. The program focuses on educating and preventing the use of prescription medications, opioids, and psychostimulants. The goals of the program are to reduce and change the culture of substance abuse among...

ConeXiones is a psychostimulant and opioid prevention program that covers Cochise County, focusing on Douglas, Bisbee, Sierra Vista, Tombstone, Benson, and Wilcox. In addition, this program has a Bi-National aspect with Mexico, hence the name ConeXiones, as it connects Mexico and the United States together at the border in prevention and communication. Funded by HRSA,...

The El Renacimiento Project focuses on Latino youth to help them heal, grow, and thrive by developing a positive cultural identity grounded in their indigenous history and culture. Students use storytelling to address their cultural conflict, health and wellness, self-sufficiency issues, and educational readiness skills, all within the positive context of their rich culture. The...

The Familia Adelante Program targets at-risk Latino youth, 10-14 years old and their parents through a two-generational approach in three Tucson school districts: Sunnyside Unified School District, Tucson Unified School District and Chicanos Por La Causa schools. Familia Adelante is a dynamic, culturally-responsive education-community prevention program to address the rising rates of substance abuse, acculturation...

Justicia Juntos (Justice Together) is a new initiative that will increase heat resiliency among historically excluded and disproportionately affected Latino-dominant communities of Tucson, Arizona, especially southern Arizona. Justicia Juntos will develop a unique, grassroots climate resiliency plan – intended to complement and enrich the existing environmental equity plan of the City of Tucson—to 1. Develop...

AZTEC PREVENTION MODEL

The Aztec Prevention Model addresses the historical, political, and cultural development of alcohol among the Aztecs and the collapse of their social structure after the Spanish conquest. Participants become familiar with Aztec social norms about drinking, examples of daily life and alcohol use, and the social policies and consequences of public intoxication. The...

Amistades, Inc. seeks to expand and increase access to Medically Assisted Treatment (MAT) services for opioid use disorder to address medically underserved Latino communities; ensure timely treatment engagement for those with dual-diagnosis, and support individuals with OUD re-entering the community following incarceration, through an existing consortium of health/behavioral health providers in Pinal County, Cochise County,...

Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA), and based in Douglas, AZ, this project addresses the longstanding inequity in fresh food access and disappearing knowledge and appreciation of cultural indigenous farming practices.  The Mayahuel Edible Garden Project is a catalyst to begin gardening practices and farm to table concepts to youth as early as age...

The Mayahuel Prevention Consortium (MPC) is funded by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration's (SAMHSA) Strategic Prevention Framework Partnership Grant. The goal of the consortium is to prevent and reduce the progression of substance misuse and potential obstacles while enhancing prevention capacity and infrastructure at the community and state levels. MPC has adopted three...

The Mayahuel Prevention Consortium II is a community-based substance abuse prevention coalition with a focus on primary prevention. Through training, technical assistance, and mentoring, this coalition collectively develops, disseminates, and evaluates community-based prevention and education materials related to fentanyl, counterfeit pills, and psychostimulants affecting the rural border community of Douglas, Arizona. By collaboratively working on...