Leadership in funding and fiscal responsibility

Southwest Human Development is well known for maximizing resources through innovative strategies and layered funding that enable our programs to meet the real-world needs of children, parents, and staff.

OUR ABILITY TO FORM DYNAMIC PARTNERSHIPS and procure braided/blended funding resources are key factors in our reputation for maximizing resources that benefit our programs and the entire community. Even during the economic turmoil of the pandemic, realignment of funding enabled us to build three new centers that expanded the resources needed most by working families: Access to extended full-day hours of safe, reliable, high-quality child care. The innovative Tablet Lending Program we launched during the pandemic continues to support equity and technology literacy, including improvements in Arizona’s public education system. Our partnering school districts are now seeing Wi-fi-enabled tablets as a viable solution to the obstacle of supplying every child with a laptop when some homes lack Internet access. One of the most impressive returns on funding investment is often overlooked: The life-changing impact of multilevel, two-generation support for personal growth and development through grants for continued education and lifelong learning. Hundreds of Head Start parents and employees have completed our on-site Child Development Associate (CDA) program since its launch in 2012—many of whom are employed today in Head Start and Early Head Start programs. The success rate for finding immediate employment upon program completion is 97 percent, and many have gone on to earn degrees from associate through doctoral.

$11,193,859 Federal Head Start

$8,773,472 Federal Early Head Start

$1,482,848 HS/EHS American Rescue Plan

$810,834 USDA/CACFP

$7,290,029 Local In-Kind Donations

$1,732,037 Private/Other

$31,283,079 Total Revenues

Independent Audit Results

CliftonLarsonAllen LLC, Certified Public Accountants, completed the Fiscal Year 2022 audit ending June 30, 2023. Summary of findings: The financial statements present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position of Southwest Human Development, Inc. as of June 30, 2023 and 2022, and the changes in its net assets and its cash flows for the years then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.