the booth as people in the community knew them and yelled out to acknowledge them by name.” As the kids checking out all the ven- dors before the event opened, guests stopped them with compliments about Cartwright’s and the work they do in the community; beaming with pride they rushed back to share people recognized them. - sion Partners like Diane Bell, who get involved to provide learning ex-  Johnny Ringo’s Carefree Adventures a few weeks before. Mindfully, these kids have created their own family and Johnny was their newest member welcomed to our growing Scott Foundation Family. There are presently 132 community members that embrace, protect and help guide these kids in their journey to make the world better than they found it. 


- lap services. With some organizations, that’s true but the programs of the Scott Foundation are comprehensive and transforming.         multiple career paths, personal development tools, touching an indi- vidual’s “core”, that are not typical in any other organizations, a com- munity of support and the ability for these young people to actually interact with all those community members who care about them, in- - where and constant advocacy and support from our leadership team. Presently there are 4,000+ youth in Arizona alone that are eligible for our programs. With their annual open enrollment taking place in November, the timing of this story comes when the organization is growing well beyond their wait list with an increased demand to reach more kids.


For nearly 13 years they’ve focused on developing a foundation that propels real change to how foster youth are served in Arizona. - tic system that will render the old systems obsolete. Through their programs, they guide development of heart-based experiential learn- ing that strengthens the daily opportunities for foster kids and their community. Their extraordinary outcomes, bring about a natural shift in consciousness that is socially engineered by young people through their desire to thrive and live with purpose vs. survive. - zona foster youth. They imagine a journey that inspires foster kids to be their absolute best today while making our communities stronger and more peaceful. They imagine an education and societal system fo- cused on empowering our foster youth, not just rescuing them. They also imagine a world where these youth are taught that they are not separate, but instead, are accepted for themselves and are a part of the community that surrounds them. That can only happen when they experience that connectedness and develop their self-esteem and  Their approach is proactive. The teens who volunteer to participate


 and extended family experience. Their horizons are expanded with


 average 100 per-year. Some careers are new, exciting and are ones they never imagined. They provide programs to develop each teen’s self-esteem, self-ac-         well as practical life-skills training so these young adults transition into real life much better equipped. 


or are forced to leave for one reason or another, generally still stay connected to them via more than one vehicle they provide. The Scott Foundation lifeline is one that doesn’t disappear, even when teens “age out” of the system.


Their outcomes for participants who remain in their program are stagger. 100% graduate high school, 82% average decrease in case “incident” reports, no arrests, no pregnancies, 80% reduction in pre- scribed drugs, 90% average reduction in self-harm attempts, 97% av- erage program attendance, 450 average volunteer hours per youth, annually.    the potential in Arizona Foster Youth with programs that are unique in the Country. Please remember your Arizona Foster Care Tax Cred- its make their work possible . To learn more visit www.Scott-Foundation.org.


Special Thanks to Cave Creek / Carefree community Vision Partners – Cartwright’s Modern Cuisine | Johnny Ringo’s Carefree Adventures | Curt McCormick & Associates, LLC | Kiwanis Club of Carefree | Carefree Con- signment | Horse & Agriculture Magazine | Diane Bell | Edward Jones, Nathan Breese | Cave Creek Olive Oil Company | Gustafson & Associates | Hummingbird Tiny Home Inn | JC Consulting, Joell Adams | Mountain Sky Farms | Roadhouse & The Hideaway Grill | The Lazy Lizard, Cave Creek | Desert Foothills YMCA


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