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Homeless Families Intervention Project

Homeless families are victims of chaos and children are the innocent victims and most vulnerable to the devastating effects. Studies such as "Arizona's Forgotten Children: Promises to Keep" show that children often suffer developmental deprivation, depression, anxiety, behavioral and health problems. What's more, many of these children are destined to repeat their parents' same self-destructive behaviors unless the paradigm is altered.

To break the cycle of negative behavior that can be perpetuated from generation to generation, Save the Family pioneered the Homeless Families Intervention Project which provides a safe environment for adults and children to learn how to replace violence survival skills with non-violent life skills.

Under the auspices of our Adult and Children's Education Department, both adults and children must participate in these classes to develop life skills vital to their success beyond the program. No other homeless assistance provider provides such comprehensive personal growth programs.

The five primary programs of the Homeless Families Intervention Project are:

Training for Personal Success
Training for Personal Success is a long-term support group for parents which covers everything from career planning and personal awareness to anger management and conflict resolution. A Nationally Certified Counselor conducts these classes and provides individual feedback to its participants.

Kids Works
Kids Works is a guidance-based art program that helps children ages 3-9 deal with their thoughts and feelings. This program is coordinated by an educator/artist with experience in dealing with small children. Interns in child development, from various institutions, assist the coordinator.

Parent Skills Program (PSP)
PSP is a class which teaches parents effective communication and appropriate discipline.


Pals Program (ages 10 - 17)
Pals Program is the newest program designed for the specific needs of the pre-adolescent homeless youth. Youth aged 10-13 are offered structured recreation and life skills training on a weekly bases. The program encourages belonging, develops trust and fosters a sense of responsibility to self, family and community. The goal of this program is to help our at-risk youth avoid the negative behaviors of adolescence, especially criminal behavior, drug use, gang involvement, and teen pregnancy.

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