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Vitalyst Health Foundation has awarded three grants, totaling $512,000 to:
Local First Arizona, which will help utilize and develop new polices and regulations to support sustainable growth with consideration for health equity.
Pima County Community Land Trust, which will increase access to affordable quality housing by helping counter gentrification-driven displacement. The program will include zoning incentives that encourage and support urban infill, locally-led development, socially integrated housing and mixed-income neighborhoods.
The University of Arizona Cooperative Extension, which will work to achieve equitable access to drug treatment for Arizonans with opioid use disorder by expanding access to well-researched, proven, and highly-effective medications through community driven changes to key state policies and financing structures.