SOUTHWEST HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCORPORATED

Programs

1. Head start and early head start: the programs work with income-eligible families to provide a variety of educational, health, dental, nutritional and social service resources. Head start provides children with high-quality preschool education, along with health screenings, social services and parent training. Early head start helps parents with child development, parenting and life skills during the prenatal period and in years before their baby is eligible for the preschool program. Each of these programs help families learn how to ensure their children are ready for kindergarten success and to sustain their development and learning process. Twelve of our sites offer extended day hours that operates year-round from 7:00am to 5:30pm, directly aligning with our mission as the national institute for early education research and others have found that children in full-day preschool programs begin kindergarten better prepared than children in half-day programs. During fiscal year 2025, southwest human development's programs served 830 children at its 20 sites located at the following school districts: balsz, creighton, osborn, and paradise valley. In addition, southwest human…

   $21,346,311 spent$60,717 earned by the program
   33% of program spending

2. Professional development and training and literacy: southwest human development offers nationally recognized education and training programs to professionals and organizations working with young children across arizona, the u.s. And internationally. The agency is committed to training that is interactive and applicable to everyday work with children and families. Key elements include group participation, discussion of real-life problems and implementation of ideas learned during the training experience. Core programs include language and literacy communities, quality first academy, quality first assessment and quality first coaching / incentives. During fiscal year 2025, we provided 8,295 coaching hours to early care and education professionals, trained 1,624 early care and education professionals and performed 3,438 child care assessments. Our early communication, language and literacy programs help young children build the skills they need to become successful readers now, while laying the foundation for lifelong literacy. During fiscal year 2025, we served 65,204 children and partnered with 50 medical practices. Also central to this work is the professional development…

   $20,618,948 spent$395,798 earned by the program
   31% of program spending

3. Family support services and child welfare: southwest human development offers an array of education and support services to help parents and caregivers as they raise their children. We believe that all caregivers have the desire to improve their parenting skills, while promoting positive parent-child interactions, enhancing their child's health and development, and increasing their family's economic well-being. Our programs include foster care and adoptions studies, healthy families, and kinship care and adoptions. During fiscal year 2025, these programs served a monthly average of 1,406 children and parents and caregivers, performed a monthly average of 274 visits and performed 364 home assessments for the fiscal year.

   $10,860,201 spentof which $8,707 as grants
   17% of program spending

4. Mental health and child development: the birth to five helpline/fussy baby program, a free, statewide question line, available monday through friday 8 a.m. To 8 p.m., for parents, caregivers and professionals with questions or concerns about children birth to 5. We also provide mental health consultation to early care and education programs and providers throughout the state through our smart support program. The az steps program provides training, consultation and support to help child care providers prevent suspensions and expulsions while strengthening their ability to support all children. Our harris infant and early childhood mental health training institute offers two intensive training programs for mental health clinicians and other professionals working with young children. During fiscal year 2025, the birth to five helpline had 1,896 calls; smart support provided 5,116 visits to early care and education programs across the state, az steps trained/consulted with 475 child care professionals, and the harris program graduated 29 students.

   $6,594,595 spent$75,866 earned by the program
   10% of program spending

5. Health and developmental services (formally known as services for children with disabilities): the agency provides a comprehensive list of services for children with disabilities and their families. Southwest human development's birth to five center of excellence (coe) provides comprehensive disabilities and mental health services and support for young children. The coe is focused on the health and well-being of children birth to five with complex developmental disabilities (autism, feeding disorders, abuse and trauma) by providing state-of-the-art, comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, and intervention services. Our integrated model, which blends medical, developmental, and behavioral/mental health approaches, reflects best-practice in the field of early childhood. Additional services/programs includes our adapt shop, smooth way home fragile infant program (swh), which include virtual neonatal support vines program (vines), the high risk perinatal program (hrpp), nurse-family partnership (nfp), and the inclusion program for early care and education providers. During fiscal year 2025, we served a monthly average of 777 children and families, developed custom equipment for…

   $5,994,331 spent$1,160,107 earned by the program
   9% of program spending

6. Family assistance grants: during fiscal year 2025, southwest human development provided direct financial support to 911 families receiving services through its programs with rent, utilities, and family basic needs.

   $155,860 spentof which $155,860 as grants
   0% of program spending

The 6 programs described on its FY2024 Form 990, listed largest first by expense. Program spending in total: $65,570,246.