Peer and Family Career Academy Connection

Community Resources Chat Bot

Arizona families want a fast, easy to use, anonymous solution to find help when they need it. Most families want to use text, yet we also know access to cell phones can be a challenge. The Chatbot solves for all of this, as it can be used as a text bot for those on a mobile device or in a mobile or desktop browser as well.

This was formed by Together for Arizona and Valley Leadership collaborating with organizations and experts across the state.

Your organization can add it to their website.

Awards!!

Nominate your favorite coworker, supervisor or organization for one of our PFCA Annual Awards to be presented at our conference on October 18th, 2023. Our Tony Smith award has a cash prize sponsored by Arizona Complete Health.

Community Jobs

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Community Events

Check out these community events and trainings.

Upcoming Events 

• July 13th from 9am-10am Cultural Connection: Tribal and Indigenous Communities Arizona has one of the 3rd largest American Indian/Native Population in the US. Learning about and celebrating Indigenous culture is one way to foster and encourage cultural pride. It is often essential to develop relationships based on mutual trust and active participation. This unique population has some different options related to their health care and liaisons to support.
• July 17th from 1pm-3pm Ethics and Boundaries Ethics and boundaries are essential protection for ourselves and the individuals we serve. Together we will navigate some professional ethics and boundaries to provide clarity in what can feel gray. 
• July 20th from 12m-1pm Provider Essentials- Employing Lived Experience Professionals In recent audits and provider reviews, it has become clear that there is need for clarification on requirements for Peer and Family Supports in Arizona. This course will focus on increasing organizational compliance and effectiveness with peer and family supports.
• July 21st from 9am-4pm Hope and Healing in the opioid use crisis for peer and family support professionals Opioid use is at an epidemic level, and who better to answer the call of hope and support than peer and family support professionals. Opioid use has a deep and unique place in history, where it has been both romanticized and demonized. Today, we know that meaningful lives are devastated and even lost daily. This course provides an in-depth knowledge of how to support people who are living with opioid use dependency or disorder.
• July 28th from 9am-1pm Supervisor Course Join us for a course on how to provide optimal supervision for your Peer and Family Support staff that will help your program deliver extraordinary outcomes.