Tucson resident Michael Webster (left) has completed Recovery & Wellness Support Training earning certification  as  a  Recovery  Support  Specialist  with  Helping Ourselves Pursue Enrichment (HOPE Inc.). HOPE provides  behavioral  health  services  for  adults  being  discharged from a crisis facility or incarceration, on probation  or  parole,  and  persons  in  Behavioral  Health Court or diversion programs. At […]

On May 14, three community health care representatives visited and toured the Dismas Charities Tucson facility.  Among them were Spencer Graves, of the  Pima County Health Department, Michal Goforth, from  the Pima Community Access Program, and Debra Johnson, of St. Elizabeth Health Center.  All three agencies  are  involved in providing  services for those seeking health […]

Using  community  partnerships,  the  Tucson  program  commissioned  the  Santa  Rita  High  School carpentry class to build four picnic tables for the facility’s  outdoor  recreational  area.  Above  from left  are  Tucson  Associate  Director  Michael  Lorenzini,  shop  teacher  Chuck  Gallagher,  and  students  and  graduating  seniors  Geoffrey  Skinner, Anthony Lorenzini (Michael’s son), and Spencer Craig.  Dismas  stresses  the  […]

Rene Sanchez (standing), a representative from the Tucson Indian Center, whose goal is to promote the self-sufficiency of the American Indian people through education, employment resources and referral, spoke at the Tucson facility.  According to Director Gabi Whaley, the Indian Center believes that the basic needs of American Indian people and families must be met […]