The goal of the Community Development Initiative of Arizona is for families and agencies to work hand in hand to develop and enhance self-reliant, self-sustaining communities.
CDI-AZ is fundamentally different from other models of “family involvement”, because it supports a true commitment to family-professional partnerships. This community development philosophy is family-led and agency supported not agency led and family supported. No one group can do this work successfully without the other.
Governor Napolitano expressed her support of the Parent Led Initiative at the August 2004 Governor’s Children's Cabinet meeting. The Parent Leaders recommended a process of bringing together families and constituents of Arizona’s child-serving agencies.
The Summit, “Circles of Success, Communities of Strength” was held in April 2005. It was the kickoff event to promote ongoing collaborative learning, partnerships, and action. Participants developed a strategic plan to implement this initiative within their agency. |
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How can I get involved?
If you would like more information or are interested in partnering in this exciting initiative, click
one of the links below.
CDI-AZ Partners/Contacts
Community Development 101 Resources
Download
CDI-AZ Brochure [PDF 72kb]
Service
To Development Poster
[PDF 143kb]
Parent and Youth
Leadership Curriculum
[PDF 10.2 MB]
Currículo
para padres y jóvenes creado por los padres y jóvenes
[PDF 12.07MB]
Spanish Version of Parent & Youth Leadership Curriculum |
Key Elements of the
CDI-AZ:
- Community Development requires a patient, persistent, and deliberate approach to promoting change,
- Mutual learning, relationship building, and respect for community ownership of issues and actions,
- Developed at the local level; generates collaboration at the community, state, and federal levels,
- Family-Professional partnerships are essential to the implementation of the Community Development process, and the ultimate success of the initiative,
- Integration of the Community Development philosophy across and within state agencies facilitates effective partnerships, and relationships,
- Families move from recipients of service to agents of change, and
- This process empowers families, constituents, and agencies.
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