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Provides information and support for people with autism, their families, caregivers, and professionals. Also provides guidance and referrals to local resources through the Autism Response Team. Funds research, advocacy, programs and services.

Offers programs for victims of domestic violence and/or child abuse. Provides parenting and life skills instruction, and domestic violence education. Site for coordinated entry into housing.

Promotes civil liberties primarily through advocacy and/or litigation, but not a general legal defense organization. Defends constitutional issues through public education programs and by seeking enactment of laws to strengthen and protect these issues.

Assists people affected by mental illness in finding the treatment and services they need. Works to improve private and public behavioral health systems and related resources serving persons with serious mental illnesses (SMI) and to erase the stigma of mental illness. Offers support groups for people with mental illness, their families and friends.

Assists people affected by mental illness in finding the treatment and services they need. Works to improve private and public behavioral health systems and related resources which serve adults with a serious mental illness (SMI) designation. Works to erase the stigma of mental illness. Offers support groups for people with mental illness, their families and friends.

Coordinates family planning healthcare services through Title X funding. Website provides list of partner clinics offering birth control, Pap tests, breast & testicular exams, safer sex supplies, and STI testing, including for HIV, and STI treatment. Services are for low-wage earners, the uninsured, underinsured, youth and other groups systematically excluded from receiving care.

Promotes equal opportunities. Recognizes people and corporations who have worked to promote better race relations and social and economic equality at the annual Whitney M Young Jr Awards Dinner.

Advocates to protect the rights of inmates to obtain medical care, protective custody, correct time computations, and timely releases. Responds to email and snail mail inquiries on a variety of prison policy and procedure issues. Offers information and expertise to public officials, prisoners' families, and government agencies on corrections and criminal justice issues. Serves as expert witness on prisoner/family issues, capital punishment cases, time computation errors, gang violence, sexual assault/harassment, prison policy and procedure, and development of mitigation issues. Provides clemency board hearing preparation, mitigation and expert witness services, time computations, interstate compact transfer assistance, release eligibility analysis, assistance on death penalty issues, analysis of applicability of new laws to currently sentenced offenders. Sponsors litigation and/or legislation to protect or define constitutional, civil, and administrative rights and responsibilities of incarcerated people and their supporters. Researches criminal justice issues for political candidates, attorneys, agencies, and other interested groups. Serves as a watchdog agency over state prisons and county jails.

Administers services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender older adults. Advocates at the federal, state, and local level for public policies that improve their health and quality of life.

Provides mental illness educational programs and support groups for the entire community.

Community anti-drug coalition. Offers diaper assistance, food pantry, and clothing to those in need.

Promotes public policy and understanding by the general public of issues facing people with disabilities. Partners with Arc chapters throughout Arizona.

Performs advocacy with administrative agencies, legislative bodies, and the courts, and files class action litigation on issues affecting a whole community, such as consumer concerns and environmental pollution.

Advocates for affordable housing at the local, state, and federal legislative levels. Offers training, including an annual conference with over 800 attendees, and support to organizations dealing with affordable housing and homelessness issues. Houses the Arizona Veterans StandDown Alliance, a program that allows veterans and their families who are experiencing housing instability and homelessness to get and stay connected to supportive services. Does not provide direct services for people experiencing homelessness or housing instability.

Provides information to patients, family members, friends, and health professionals about leukemia, lymphoma, and myeloma. Promotes increased federal funding for blood cancer research. Influences health care reform issues in order to craft policies that benefit patients and their families, including access to appropriate specialty care and coverage of clinical trials. Offers support groups at various locations and online for people affected by blood cancers.

Professional association for dentists and allied team members. Provides leadership, resources, and advocacy for members and promotes oral health. Website provides database of practitioners which can be sorted by ZIP code and specialty.

Provides support for existing child care services and the expansion of family childcare in the region. Works to develop, support, and improve early childhood care and educational resources through education, advocacy, and networking.

Advocates for people with developmental, physical, cognitive, or psychiatric disabilities in the areas of education, health care, mental health care, housing, accessibility, abuse, neglect, employment, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) related issues. Legal concerns must arise from the disability. Provides information, technical assistance, and training on legal rights and represent individuals in negotiations, administrative proceedings, and in court. Brings impact litigation on systemic issues.

Advocates for people with developmental, physical, cognitive, or psychiatric disabilities in the areas of education, health care, mental health care, housing, accessibility, abuse, neglect, employment, and Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) related issues. Legal concerns must arise from the disability. Provides information, technical assistance, and training on legal rights and represent individuals in negotiations, administrative proceedings, and in court. Brings impact litigation on systemic issues.

Provides health information for older Arizonans and for professionals who help seniors. The Healthy Aging Liaison serves as an advocate, resource, and communication link between the Department and other agencies and entities providing direct or indirect public health services to Arizona's older adults.