Healthy Families Arizona Annual Evaluation Report

Healthy Families Arizona was established in 1991 through the Arizona Department of Economic Security with 2 sites and increased to 58 sites serving over 150 communities around the state by 2006. In 2009, due to the economic downturn, DES budget reductions resulted in a decrease of the number of HFAz sites to 26. However, also in 2009, First Things First released emergency dollars to agencies providing home visiting services consistent with the goals of. Since 2009, these funds have enabled the state system of HFAz sites to build back up. In state fiscal year 2011, funding for the HFAz statewide system included just over $6.5 million from DES and $6 million from FTF, allowing for a total of 34 sites to provide the Healthy Families Arizona program. The DES funds originate from designated Lottery Funds, and the Federal Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Grant.