Creating a Positive Future for Young Children

The past decade has seen increasing national recognition of the importance of the first years of life, a time when the opportunity exists to truly make a difference and change the trajectory of a child’s life for the better.

Southwest Human Development takes advantage of this “window of opportunity” by focusing on a broad range of programs for young children and their families in the following areas:

Child Health & Welfare
Disabilities
Head Start
Training & Education
Arizona Institute for Early Childhood Development

Become a part of Southwest’s effort to create a positive future for young children. Here are a few examples of how you can help:

• Gently used children's books can be provided to children visiting Reach Out and Read clinics, helping to promote early literacy.
  

• $25 will allow a toy to be adapted for a toddler with cerebral palsy.
  
• $50 will provide a 6-month-old baby's first board book at approximately 10 well-child check-ups which includes a doctor's "prescription" for parents to read to their children, thereby developing early literacy skills.
  
• $100 will provide emergency assistance for a family who has exhausted all other resources and needs short-term help for food, education, or other family emergencies.

Click here to see more options for How You Can Help.

In the news...

The Good Fit Counseling Center featured in May 2008 issue of Raising Arizona Kids.

The Birth to Five Helpline launches new Fussy Baby Program to empower parents of colicky babies.

The Birth to Five Helpline featured in the February 2007 issue of Raising Arizona Kids

Southwest contributes to Parents magazine's February 2007 issue.

"Help Is Only A Phone Call Away for Stressed Parents" from the January 12, 2007 edition of The Arizona Republic