Vitalyst Spark

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.

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

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.

 

Links:

• AZEML Learning Series Events Website

May Workshop:

• Eventbrite Registration Page

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

Coconino Voices: Terros Health and City of Flagstaff expand partnership to pay dividends for community | Columnists | azdailysun.com

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

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

Healthy Democracy Healthy People

Health and Democracy Index

Arizona Town Hall  

If you have been listening to the Vitalyst Spark Podcast or are a subscriber to our Vitalyst Spark News, you have likely heard us talk about our affiliate organization, the Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona. On today’s episode, we talk to Kelsey Otten, Assistant Director, Partner Engagement, Vitalyst Health Foundation and the Technical Assistance Partnership of Arizona, to learn more about fiscal sponsorship and the services offered by TAPAZ.

 

Links:

www.tapaz.org

National Network of Fiscal Sponsors Field Scan 2023 Report

The legislative session is in full swing.  We recently spoke with Vitalyst Trustee and Executive Director of the Arizona Public Health Association, Will Humble, Vitalyst’s Gabriel Jaramillo and Ana Roscetti. Their conversation explores some potential bills and proposed policy updates.

 

Links: Will’s Blog

Vitalyst Legislative Priorities

www.azcarecheck.com

This episode of the podcast is shedding light on a topic that doesn’t often get the attention it deserves: HIV. It’s a sensitive topic, but things have come a long way since it was first discovered. We can stop HIV together. By raising awareness of the role we can all play, we help end the stigma around HIV. Through support and education, we make it easier for people living with HIV to live healthier lives. David Martinez III, Director of Strategic Partnerships, speaks with a panel of experts about initiatives at City and County levels, and how leaders and community partners are working together to create a network of services for patients and education for the public.

 

Links

CAN Community Health

Spectrum Medical

Aunt Rita’s Foundation  

City of Phoenix Fast-Track Cities Initiative

Maricopa County Ryan White Part A Program

Valleywise HIV/AIDS Services

NIH HIV Undetectable=Untransmittable (U=U), Treatment as Prevention

On this episode of the Vitalyst Spark Podcast, we get to listen to housing experts discuss manufactured housing and how Arizona is addressing it as a sustainable source of housing across the state. Our director of Healthy Communities, Gabriel Jaramillo, guest hosts this episode with Sara Liguori from the Arizona Community Foundation, Cindy Stotler of Phoenix IDA, and Paul Bradley of ROC USA.

 

Guests

Gabriel Jaramillo

Sara Liguori, Director, Impact Investing, Arizona Community Foundation

Cindy Stotler, Housing Director, Phoenix IDA

Paul Bradley, President, ROC USA

Housing: Understanding Manufactured Housing

 

Links

Vitalyst Housing Resources

Arizona Community Foundation Impact Investing

Phoenix IDA Housing Programs

ROC USA