Our first glance of fiscal year data (July 2020 through June 2021) is that more than 12,000 unduplicated individuals visited the Human Services Campus and received at least one service.

We've been busy with COVID, monsoons, fiscal year end, DOJ, and sending peace to those in need. We carry on. Heads down, focused on the work, doing the day to day, and pushing for systems change, taking the high road.

This coming Sunday marks one year since our champion, Mike McQuaid passed away due to COVID. I still expect him to walk through the door of my office. He would say "you got a minute?" And dang, it still hurts.

Here it is another July, wishing for monsoon weather that includes rain and not just dust storms. At the Human Services Campus we continue to follow COVID protocols, testing and vaccinating. Face covering and hand sanitizing. We adapt, we shift, we persevere.

Fewer positive COVID cases on the Human Services Campus. Testing and vaccinations continue. Mask wearing indoors. Lots of hand sanitizer in use. Coughing still makes people tense up. I’m sticking with fist bumps and hugs.

COVID-19 is still with us, and that’s an ever-present factor in our day-to-day operations at the Human Services Campus, even with minimal positive cases and continuing vaccinations. We received permission from the Arizona Department of Public Health to add some indoor seating, reducing the [...]