If you want to go quickly, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.
— African Proverb
— African Proverb
— Helen Keller
— Thurgood Marshall
ARC was founded in 2013 as a peer support network for formerly incarcerated people, serving less than 25 members. While the organization continues to prioritize peer support, ARC is now able to offer comprehensive services, including case management, trauma counseling, housing, education and employment assistance, mentorship, and opportunities for civic engagement.
Visit ARCAmity Foundation Circle Tree Ranch, in partnership with Deseret Industries, provides individuals with on-the-job-training and work force experience that is relevant and valuable in today’s job markets. Circle Tree Ranch apprenticeships, underwritten by Deseret Industries, provide our students real-world work experience that can launch a new career or refresh an outdated or tarnished resume.
In addition to the vocational training tracks offered on-site at Circle Tree Ranch, Deseret Industries offers vocational training opportunities for our students at all businesses that are in partnership with Deseret Industries. The success of Deseret Industries greatly expands career opportunities for our students into a wide variety of job skills that can be well matched to the student’s interest and natural aptitude.
Amity Foundation is enormously grateful for Deseret Industries’ decades of experience and work force development which aligns with Amity’s Mission. Our partnership empowers individuals as well as entire families to redirect their vector, transforming to lives of dignity, success and citizenship.
Visit DeseretThe University of Arizona Mobile Health Program, which provides free healthcare services to those without insurance or limited access to insurance, has expanded its service and hopes to grow even more in the coming months.
The program recently added providing healthcare services to the Amity Foundation Circle Tree Ranch, a nearly 50 year old therapeutic community for alcohol≠ and drug-addiction treatment, and the nearby permanent housing project, Dragonfly Village.
UA Mobile Health is a primary care practice on wheels, traveling between sites on a regular monthly schedule to provide acute and chronic care for patients of all ages. The Mobile Health team also provides low-risk pregnancy care and limited dental screening. Preventative care, including Pap smears and sports physicals, is also provided.
The clinic typically rolls up to schools and community centers to provide its services. The program operates on a little more than $400,000 a year and serves 1,800 patients annually.
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