Arizona's Children Association
Arizona's Children Association is a community resource serving Tucsonans in need.
About Arizona's Children Association
Arizona's Children Association is a community resource serving Tucsonans in need, with programs focused on protecting children, empowering youth, and strengthening families. Founded in 1912, the organization describes itself as one of Arizona's longest-serving statewide comprehensive child welfare and behavioral health nonprofit agencies. Its work extends across all 15 Arizona counties and reaches nearly 30,000 children, youth, and families each year.
The association provides services intended to help create and sustain a healthy family environment. Its child welfare offerings include foster care and adoption services, young adult services, parent education services, and kinship support services. The Arizona Kinship Navigation Program model is also listed among its services. Together, these programs support children and families facing difficult circumstances, including families working toward safety, stability, and stronger connections.
Foster care and adoption are a significant part of the organization's work. Arizona's Children Association trains and supports foster care families who can open their homes to vulnerable children while their biological families are on the mend. The association also collaborates with adoption placing agencies to provide adoption-related services for people seeking to adopt internationally, privately, or from the foster care system.
Behavioral health services include trauma and crisis response, as well as the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. The organization says its approach recognizes that every individual and family is unique and requires personalized support rather than a one-size-fits-all solution. That approach applies across behavioral healthcare, child welfare services, and preventative support. Its stated vision is for every Arizona family to have the resources and support needed to be safe, strong, and resilient.
The association's work is guided by four stated values: Passion of Purpose, Quality Service, Collaboration, and Respect for All. It says its commitment to children and families is informed by more than 110 years of service, with particular concern for abused and neglected children and families most in need of support. The organization emphasizes expertise, efficient use of resources, data-driven and results-oriented decisions, feedback, communication, and community cooperation. It also provides ways for people to participate through donations, monthly giving, the Adopt-A-Family Program, the Heritage Society, tax credit support, volunteer opportunities, and careers.
For Tucson families and others seeking assistance, Arizona's Children Association offers several points of entry through its service areas, including child welfare, behavioral health, family education, kinship support, and services for young adults. Visitors can review the organization's programs and contact information through its website. People who want to support the work can also learn about giving and other ways to get involved.