Funded Projects

The Fund for Civility, Respect and Understanding  offered their first round of grant making in January of 2013.  Following a competitive grants process the Grants Committee funded the following projects for the 2013/14 fiscal year. Each project focuses on either bullying prevention or mental illness stigma reduction

Grant Making 2013

LA PALOMA Family Services – $4,000

Creation of an anti-bullying curriculum for children ages 12-18 in  in-home foster care .

CODAC Behavioral Health – $1,000

Creation of four video modules featuring middle school students’ stories of bullying, to help teach and prevent bullying.

NAMISA (National Alliance on Mental Illness Southern Arizona) – $2,000

Support to purchase materials for FaithNet, a four-component, multi-media mental health education course designed by NAMI National.

OUR FAMILY SERVICES – $2,000

Support of facilitation by the Center for Community Dialogue about workplace bullying.

CHILD LANGUAGE CENTER – $4,000

Creation of two videos (one for parents and one for teachers) sharing “Talk It Out” strategies for preschool age children.

PIMA COUNTY SUPERINTENDENTS OFFICE and CREATIVE SPIRIT’S HEALTHY PLAY – $4,000

Implementation of Health Play in five elementary schools through team training.

HOPE Inc. – $2,000

Taking Mental Health First Aid trainings to the rural Pima County communities of Marana, Green Valley, Ajo and Sahuarita. +

SPECIAL OLYMPICS – $2,000

Used to implement their UNIFY program in two Tucson Unified School District high schools. Project UNIFY works to integrate intellectually disabled students school-wide.