poverty

Ending Hunger One Plate at a Time!

By |2017-02-10T09:50:51-07:00November 16th, 2012|General, Prevention|

Did you know that 19.6% of people in Arizona live in poverty, and 1 in 5 households are unable to afford to buy food for their families It doesn't help that one of the places people turn to for help, St. Mary's Food Bank, reports that it has 40% less food on the shelves to [...]

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Community Health Centers

By |2017-02-10T09:52:16-07:00June 1st, 2010|General|

The federal government has committed to significant new funding for community health centers in the coming years.  Nationally, about $13B will become available over the next 5 years for community health center expansion ($9.5B); facility improvement ($1.5B) and workforce development ($1.5B).  This translates into about 7,000 to 10,000 new community health center sites nationally over [...]

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