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Merger of nonprofits promises boost in mental-health services

Arizona Daily Star (Tucson) - 10/10/2015

Oct. 10--Providing more ways to foster self-reliance and well-being among adults and youth is the primary goal as two longtime nonprofits here merge.

Pima Prevention Partnership, which has been in Tucson 23 years, and COPE Community Services, which has been here 40 years, each provide programming to help local residents, but with an emphasis on different age groups.

COPE offers physical and mental health care to about 10,000 adults here each year while Pima Prevention Partnership focuses on social services for over 9,000 youth and their families annually.

Under the merger announced this week, those families will be able to receive more behavioral health and healthcare-related services.

COPE will retain its name and Pima Prevention Partnership will function as its subsidiary, said Tom Donovan, CEO of COPE.

The merger may provide new job opportunities as the organizations expand what services they offer families, said Claire E. Scheuren, executive director of Pima Prevention Partnership, although nothing has been determined yet.

The groups have not yet merged their boards, which both unanimously approved the merger, but discussions are focused on bringing the two boards together.

Scheuren's organization, which has about $12 million in annual revenue and a staff of 143, provides services that include three charter schools, teen pregnancy prevention, family strengthening, mentoring, workforce readiness, Pima County Teen Court, and Sin Puertas outpatient behavioral health treatment.

COPE averages about $43 million in annual revenue and has a staff of 450.

Contact reporter Patty Machelor at pmachelor@tucson.com

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