Duet: Partners In Health & Aging

Imagine a community where every person ages with compassion, dignity, and hope. Duet: Partners In Health & Aging is turning this vision into reality though its mission to promote health and well-being through vitally needed free-of-charge services to grandparents raising grandchildren, family caregivers, and homebound adults.

Services for Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Parenting isn’t easy – especially the second time around. In Arizona, more than 54,000 children are being raised by grandparents in an informal kinship home. Grandparents or relatives who find themselves in the unexpected position of parenting a second-time around face complex issues. The majority of grandfamilies who Duet serves do not receive any of the assistance awarded to foster families which makes the support Duet provides all the more vital. Duet provides grandparents with the tools and resources to thrive, keep the family together, and address the grandchildren’s needs. Despite their age and not having raised children for decades, these grandparents are willing to make huge sacrifices to keep the children connected to family. Your support of Duet provides grandfamilies with personalized guidance in English and Spanish, virtual and in-person support groups, legal assistance, social outings, and respite funds. For the latter, Duet pays registration fees for the grandchildren to participate in out-of-school time sports, fitness, dance, and education remediation programs to help them thrive and provide much-needed respite for the grandparents. Duet’s services exist free of charge only because of the diversified support of our generous community and the hundreds of volunteers who help fulfill Duet’s mission. From giving homebound adults rides to the grocery store and medical appointments, to delivering help and hope to family caregivers and grandparents raising grandchildren, Duet is here to make sure no one faces life’s aging challenges alone. Volunteer. Donate. Ask for Help. Together, we are partners in health and aging.

Website: duetaz.org

Elevate Phoenix

The youth that Elevate Phoenix serves ache for someone to care about them. They experience daily chronic stressors, including unsafe neighborhoods and poverty; many come from single-parent households; and others have a parent who uses drugs or is incarcerated. Many struggle to learn in school due to being advanced before they were ready and the ripple effects of the pandemicrelated school shutdowns. Before being referred to Elevate Phoenix by their principals and counselors, many were on the brink of giving up and dropping out.

Founded in 2009, Elevate Phoenix’s mission is to deliver long-term, life-changing relationships with urban youth. Our innovative relationship-based approach with youth who feel beaten down by life is unique; no other agency in Arizona uses teacher-mentors who invest in the youths’ lives, teach accredited curriculum in the classroom, tutor them during lunch and after school, and remain available 24/7/365 to help with anything causing distress. Teacher-mentors are young adults, most from the same neighborhoods as the youth, and understand their challenges. As they begin interacting with our teacher-mentors and staff who embrace them and are committed to their success, they want to stay in school.

Elevate Phoenix conducts accredited literacy, life skills and workforce preparedness programs with 4,500 youth in Grades 2-12 at eight Title I schools in East, South and West Phoenix. Our socialemotional learning and trauma-informed strategies help these students learn. Each year, nearly 100% of the youth pass their courses and successfully advance to the next grade. More than 98% of our seniors graduate, compared to the state average of 78%; 100% graduate with a post-secondary plan in place (i.e., college, certification, the military, etc.) and more than 90% advance to college. Today, many youths who believed their college and career dreams were unattainable a few years ago are now employed in rewarding and well-paying careers. Your donation will be a positive investment in the lives of thousands of youths so they can break the cycle of poverty and have a successful future.

Website: elevatephoenix.org