Programs

  • Arizona Youth Leadership and Engagement Initiatives

    Diverse Ability Incorporated provided training to youth, families, and professionals throughout the State of Arizona and other States, as consultants, DAI Youth Leaders and peer navigators. We deliver youth services through our overarching Arizona Youth Leadership and Engagement Initiatives which includes Arizona Youth Leadership Forum, Arizona Youth Engagement Academy, Arizona Youth Workforce Institute, Peer Navigation Services, Peer Based Person-Centered Planning Services, and the AZYLEI Alumni Association, which provide statewide peer based, person centered, training, navigation, and support services to diverse youth and young adults, who are navigating their respective pathways to young adulthood. Diverse Ability Incorporated empowered 70 youth by facilitating/developing person centered plans with and for them. Our Youth leaders and team conducted 30 various presentations at conferences, schools, community events, workshops, and forums, collaborating with a myriad of partners in the process. We attended 12 outreach events at informational/vendor tables across AZ. We facilitated 4 AZ Youth Leadership Forums and 3 AZ Youth Engagement Academies. We had 25 AZYLF Alumni and 26 AZYLF Alumni. We developed, updated and delivered curricula related to self-determination, self-advocacy, person centeredness, informed decision making, employment, health and wellness, and engaging youth as leaders.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Oct 1, 2023 – Sep 30, 2024
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $49.1K

  • Program 1 [2025]

    DAI provided training, education, navigation, and technical assistance to youth, families, young adult peer leaders, and professionals throughout the State of Arizona, by way of our overarching Arizona Youth Leadership and Engagement Initiatives. This includes the Arizona Youth Leadership Forum, Arizona Youth Engagement Academy, Person Centered Planning, Skills to Pay the Bills, and peer navigation for youth and young adults with disabilities navigating their respective pathways to young adulthood. 350 youth/young adults, peer staff members and peer leaders who have disabilities participated in, presented, joined and/or facilitated the training and engagement opportunities outlined in this response. 124 Person-Centered Plans were facilitated in classrooms and in AZYLF, 2 AZYLFs were offered/held with 26 AZYLF graduates, 3 AZYEAs were offered/held; 16 AZYEA graduates, 52 one-to-one Peer Navigation services were provided, 36 youth participated in Skills to Pay the Bills in classrooms, and public workshops. We engaged 18 trained youth peer leaders in leadership activities; attended numerous outreach events to disseminate information on DAI, and facilitated several sessions and/or presentations at conferences, summits, institutes, in schools and the community. All youth who participated completed the services they engaged in; success included: Strengthened their self-determination and self-advocacy skills; Utilized their voice as a youth/young adults who has lived experience; Enhanced, sharpened, practiced, grew, and put into practice learned leadership, work readiness, and independent living skills; Created or facilitated Person-Centered Plans; Participated in community and civic engagement, volunteerism and service learning. Continued on Schedule O.
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Oct 1, 2024 – Sep 30, 2025
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $281.4K