Success Stories by State: Arizona

• Neighborhood Meth Watch Community Policing Project
  September 2009
  Adelante Juntos Coalition (AJC) designed and implemented the Neighborhood Meth Watch Program in many of the rural communities of Pinal County, Arizona.
• Ajo Diabetes Outreach and Education Program
  July 2009
  The project used community-based educators and promotores to help medical providers educate patients and to conduct community outreach about diabetes.
• Diabetes Outreach and Education: Arizona
  May 2009
  The Douglas Diabetes Consortium recruited 360 individuals with diabetes to participate in the diabetes classes.
• Rural Health Outreach Diabetes Education Program
  May 2009
  The rural health outreach project made nearly 2,500 potential patient contacts, and, as a result of this outreach, 476 people became enrolled in the diabetes education program.
• Healthy Nations Initiative
  October 2008
  The Healthy Nations Initiative was funded by The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to help Native Americans reduce the harm caused by substance abuse in their communities.
• EMS Co-op Helps Rural Providers
  September 2007
  Using the power of group purchasing within a cooperative structure, the North Central EMS Cooperative (NCEMSC) is an Emergency Medical Services (EMS) cooperative developed to serve Minnesota and surrounding states.
• Angel Flight West: A Higher Level of Kindness
  June 2007
  Angel Flight West provides free, private air transportation for people with medical and other needs.
• Hardrock Youth Wellness and Prevention Program
  January 2007
  The Hardrock Youth Wellness and Prevention Program is a collaborative effort of the Hardrock Council on Substance Abuse, Inc. (a local non-profit corporation), the Hardrock Chapter House (a local governmental subdivision on the Navajo Nation), and the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health's Project EXPORT. The purpose of the collaboration is to strengthen their collective efforts in building a strong infrastructure for substance abuse prevention, intervention and treatment at the community level.