OCJ KIDS
TUCSON, AZ
Fernanda
OCJ Tucson Rep
Mailing Address: 4624 E. Quail Ranch Dr.
Tucson, AZ 85739
Phone Number:
520.442.4755
Local Group Homes
- Percent of Homes Adopted 12.5%
Local DCS offices
- Percent of DCS Offices Adopted 0%
Volunteer
In Kind Donations:
Providing needed resource for DCS and Group Home Kits for children and youth who are being removed from their homes, and transported to another home.
Resources may include:
- Emergency Removal Kits (PJs, Diapers, Wipes)
- Baby Items (formula, Bottles, Etc.)
- Food Gift Cards
- Hygiene Welcome Kits
- Transport Cuddle Bags
- Socks & Underwear
- Suitcases
Resource Kit Building:
Sign up your family, church, or buisness to volunteer at the OCJ Kids facility to build foster care resource kits.
team sizes: 1-15 people
Group Home Services
House mentors:
Training and equipping caring adults to volunteer in local foster group homes.
Training is required
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Mentor information
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Mentor training (required)
Transition Programs & Services
Suitcase Program
Making suitcases available for every foster youth aging out of the system. OCJ Kids provides one filled rolling duffle bag filled with essential and practical living resources and an empty suitcase for their personal belongings.
Pizza
Program
This program is designed to incentivize youth to call in to a volunteer or support community on a monthly basis to stay in contact with the youth, and help them on their journey into adulthood. If a youth calls in to check-in, we send them gift cards for Little Caesar’s Pizza
T-Mobile Phone Program
OCJ Kids partnered with T-Mobile to offer youth aging out of foster care with a free phone with unlimited data. Youth are required to call in once a month to a trained phone mentor. Mentors collet their information and track their progress on their individual journeys.
Phone
Mentor
OCJ Kids is looking for caring adults to serve as mentors for our T-Mobile Phone program. Volunteers must be available to talk with youth on a regular basis, providing them love, support, and guidance. All mentors must complete a brief training before volunteering for this program.
Collection Drives:
Providing needed resources for the children/youth living in the group homes.
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Hygiene Welcome Kits (Monthly)
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Socks & Underwear (Monthly)
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Suitcases (Monthly)
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School Supplies & BackPacks (June-July)
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Christmas Gifts (November)
Interested? Talk with us about getting registered as a volunteer
Adopt a Group Home:
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Churches and businesses can “adopt” or “sponsor” a local foster group home.
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Community partners will connect with a local home and determine essential resources and supplies need in the home.
Resource items may include:
bath towels, bedding, house décor, hygiene, etc. Other investments may include sponsoring a home to attend an OCJ Kids event or a group field trip.
Adopt a Child Welfare Office:
Connecting monthly with a local Child Welfare Office to provide essential resources and supplies to care for foster children and youth during removals, processing, and placement. Each office will have different needs and different processes.
Interested? Talk with us about starting your individual assessment and Proposal
HELP SPONSOR OUR BIG EVENTS
DONATION TO OUR CURRENT BIG EVENT
MAKE A DONATION TO IMPACT FOSTER CHILDREN
GENERAL DONATION (GOES TO HIGHEST & BEST USE INSIDE OCJ KIDS)
AZ TAX CREDIT
AZ TAX CREDIT (WILL LINK TO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL CHARITIES)
OUR MISSION
Youth are amazing! They hope, dream, challenge, learn and lay the groundwork for their futures and ours. The education, experience and family values instilled in a teen will follow them for the rest of their lives. Every day, youth in society are exposed to unhealthy and unstable futures.
OCJ Kids’ mission is to equip foster and at-risk children and youth by providing them tools, resources, and positive role models to succeed and excel in every area of life.