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Pascua Yaqui Tribe breaks ground on new health and social services building

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The Pascua Yaqui Tribe in southern Arizona has broken ground on a 100,000-square-foot building for its Health and Social Services Divisions.

The new Pascua Yaqui Health Services Center II will centralize several crucial services of the Pascua Yaqui Health Services Division and the Social Services Department into one facility: Centered Spirit, Sewa U’usim Program, Nursing Program, Diabetes Program, Pharmacy, Specialty Clinics, Health Administration and Social Services.

Having the leadership with the vision to embrace innovative thinking to provide the many health and social services that we have available from a new building will benefit our tribal citizens.

– Raquel E. Aviles, MHI, Pascua Yaqui Health Services Division

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Grant allows expansion of Pascua Yaqui Boys and Girls Club

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The Pascua Yaqui Tribe is a recipient of the competitive 2018 HUD ICDBG Grant award to build a larger Boys and Girls Club/Youth Facility.

Since 1999, the Boys and Girls Clubs of Tucson has had a relationship with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe in providing youth development in five core program areas: character and leadership development; education and career development; health and life skills; the arts and sports; and fitness and recreation.

With this construction, the Pascua Yaqui Boys and Girls Club House/Youth Facility, adjacent to the Pascua Yaqui Wellness Center, will serve a much larger number of members.

– Reuben Howard, Pascua Yaqui Tribe

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Tribal gaming continues to impact the state

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Contributions to the state from tribal gambling revenue will total more than $27 million for the quarter ending June 30. Arizona’s tribal communities make a commitment to contributing up to 8 percent of gross gambling revenue to the state, cities, towns and counties.

Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino in Maricopa, Arizona, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2019, takes that commitment further by supporting community organizations that make an impact, including F.O.R. Maricopa; Phoenix Rescue Mission; American Cancer Society; Phoenix Children’s Hospital; Against Abuse Maricopa; United Way of Pinal County; Habitat for Humanity and the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition.

– Michael Kintner, Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino