Episodes
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Episode 136: TAPAZ 101 - What is Fiscal Sponsorship?
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
Wednesday Sep 11, 2024
On this episode, we are joined by the Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona. Juan Salas, Director of Operations and Accounting, and Kelsey Otten, Assistant Director of Partner Engagement share about fiscal sponsorship, what it is, what services are available, what organizations qualify, and much more.
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Episode 135: The Vitalyst Discovery Process is Open
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Friday Aug 23, 2024
Vitalyst opened its Discovery Process on August 1 for potential partners to explore partnership opportunities. Through the Discovery Process, Vitalyst team members learn about opportunities to support coalitions on their systems change journey. On this conversation with CEO Suzanne Pfister, and Director of Strategic Community Partnerships David Martinez III, we walk listeners through Vitalyst's different grant opportunities.
Links
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
E134: AHCCCS and KidsCare
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
Thursday Jun 27, 2024
In March, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services approved AHCCCS's expansion of KidsCare eligibility to 225% of the federal poverty level, up from the earlier 200% cap. KidsCare will now allow kids whose parents make too much to qualify for Medicaid but less than 225% of the poverty line, which is right around $70,200 for a family of four, to pay an affordable premium for quality Medicaid (AHCCCS) coverage. Today’s conversation focuses on how Arizonans can connect to KidsCare and other resources to receive the healthcare coverage they need for their families.
Links
Cover Arizona Coalition KidsCare page
Alliance of Arizona Community Health Center’s Outreach & Enrollment Page
Children’s Action Alliance Advocacy & Outreach page
AHCCCS Map of Uninsured Hotspots
Friday Jun 21, 2024
E133: The Arizona Emerging Leaders Network in Action: Raising Special Kids
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
In episode 130, we spent time with Sara Gonzalez, Belen Gonzalez, and Melia Dunn, talking about the Arizona Emerging Leaders Network and its origins and evolution. Now, we get to sit with one of the executive directors who was part of the Emerging Leaders Network. Chris Tiffany, Executive Director of Raising Special Kids, sat down with Melia Dunn and me and shared very candidly what a personal and organizational DEI journey can be—from victories to struggles.
Links
Raising Special Kids Website: https://raisingspecialkids.org/
Arizona Emerging Leaders Event Page: https://hexagon-sawfish-wahp.squarespace.com/azeml-learningseries
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
E132: Tucson: Mental Health Integration within Emergency Response
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Tuesday Jun 04, 2024
Our ongoing series looking into local emergency response practices, Arizona First Responder Systems and Mental Health Integration Spark Brief author Matt Eckhoff, hosted a conversation with Sharon McDonough, Director, Public Safety Communications Department, City of Tucson; Ana Corcoran, Administrator at Public Safety Communications Department, City of Tucson; and Amy Devins, Director, First Responder Services and Urgent Engagement, Arizona Complete Health, to learn more about Tucson's emergency response network.
Wednesday May 29, 2024
E131: Arizona Housing Coalition and Veterans StandDown
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Wednesday May 29, 2024
Here at Vitalyst, one of our programmatic priorities is to support statewide housing initiatives along the spectrum of housing types. The past few years, this has meant a lot of capacity building for organizations, whether that is schools or, more recently, churches, to explore creating housing options for members of our community. This also means we collaborate with a lot of partners, including the Arizona Housing Coalition. George Campbell and Jamie Podratz from the Coalition joined us for a conversation to learn more about their work and initiatives.
Links
Arizona Housing Coalition - Arizona Housing Coalition (azhousingcoalition.org)
Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance - Arizona Housing Coalition (azhousingcoalition.org)
Grant and Per Diem Program - VA Homeless Programs
Supportive Services for Veteran Families (va.gov)
Temporary and Permanent Supportive Housing Solutions for Veterans (usvets.org)
Tucson Veterans Serving Veterans - Meeting the needs of Vets since 2003
Monday May 13, 2024
E130: The Arizona Emerging Leaders Network
Monday May 13, 2024
Monday May 13, 2024
The Arizona Emerging Leadership Network is a statewide network of emerging leaders willing to invest time, talent, and treasure in recognizing the need for diverse and safe spaces to Convene around shared Diversity, Equity, and inclusion (DEI) values. Participants capacity as Emerging leaders in Arizona have been built to work more intentionally and equitably supports communities and leaders to transformational change.
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Thursday Apr 18, 2024
Thursday Apr 18, 2024
In this candid conversation, Matt Eckoff, Author of the Arizona First Responder Systems and Mental Health Integration Spark Brief, speaks with Captain Seth Gregar of the City of Flagstaff Fire Department and Bryan Gest and Brad Mattingly of Terros Health as they discuss the past two years since the City of Flagstaff's Community Alliance Response and Engagement (CARE) program was implemented. Learn more about how the program works and what challenges and opportunities they see as others may implement similar programs.
Links
Arizona First Responder Systems and Mental Health Integration - Vitalyst Health
Monday Apr 01, 2024
Monday Apr 01, 2024
This episode is completely in Spanish and provides an overview of the Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona. To listen to a similar podcast in English, click here.
Hoy es un día especial – es nuestro primer episodio del podcast completamente en español. Tenemos a un invitado que ya ha estado con nosotros en el podcast. Hoy nos acompaña Juan Salas, director de Operaciones y Contabilidad de la Asociación de Asistencia Técnica de Arizona, o Technical Assistance Partnership (TAPAZ) en Ingles. Vamos a hablar sobre que es TAPAZ; que es el patrocinio fiscal y para cuales organizaciones es útil, y terminaremos con los servicios que provee TAPAZ.
Links: www.tapaz.org
Monday Mar 18, 2024
E127: Inclusive Voting in Arizona & Health Implications
Monday Mar 18, 2024
Monday Mar 18, 2024
This episode features some of the civic leaders working to strengthen democracy and civic life in Arizona and shows the intersection of civic engagement and health. It’s an election year, and Arizona is again at the epicenter. Let’s get the facts and explore how all registered voters could and should be voting in all elections – including primary elections, and why it all matters to the health of Arizonans, our state, and our American democracy.
Links:
Why Primaries Matter and What to Do About It Spark Report
Strengthening Civic Health in Arizona Spark Report
Maricopa County Elections and Voter Registration information
Arizona Secretary of State Register / Update to Vote