As school carries on through the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, parents, students and schools continue to deal with a variety of stressful situations that have taken a deep emotional toll on many families. Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community families have especially struggled as young children and teens juggle learning in different environments and […]
The Seven Challenges program is being offered to teens in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community through the Behavioral Health Services department as part of a new approach to substance abuse counseling. The program was developed by Robert Schwebel, Ph.D., in 1991, and meets teens (and adults) where they are in their developmental stage and […]
Rancho Solano freshman Liam Enos, the son of Shea Enos Jr. and Maricella Quintero, completed his first season of cross country this fall. Enos, a longtime football player, has taken on the challenge of cross country at Rancho Solano because the school does not have a football team. “I didn’t know what to expect; I […]
In August, Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community Emergency Management Coordinator Kirsten VanDeventer assisted the American Red Cross during a two-week deployment in New Mexico as part of Operation Allies Welcome. This Operation was a global response to the evacuation of Afghan civilians, allies, and US citizens with the goal of receiving and integrating Afghanistan evacuees […]
On November 15, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Community Development Department launched a Community member online survey to receive input on the future of housing in the Community. “Future of SRPMIC Housing” survey has been created to identify the ideas, needs and gaps in housing within the Community. Once these responses are received, more […]
On October 23, the Household Hazardous Waste and Shredding event was held at the North Two Waters Complex parking lot in the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, as part of the 2021 Virtual Fall Overhaul event. Waste was dropped off by 147 cars, and staff from the Community Development Department’s Environmental Protection and Natural Resources […]
In September, the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community’s Social Services Department celebrated National Kinship Care Month by providing their Kinship Care Program providers with food boxes. Kinship care is any family member that is taking care of another family member. In the Community, more often this is grandparents who are supporting grandchildren. These cases come […]