Company News

• January 2009
  Piurek & Associates holds 3nd Annual Community Appreciation Luncheon for clients, vendors and communities supportors. The luncheon was in Phoenix, Arizona at the Irish Cultural Center. The theme this year was family favorites. Larry Prather, Alice Prather's husband cooked the best barbeque ever. Alice made her famous cole slaw. Jeff cooked up veggie stroganoff, an old favorite of his children, adapted through the years. Zohreh mixed up a mediterranean salad, and Karrie Steving made a wonderful spinach dip. Sally Lara showed her support by bringing chulapas with all the fixings. For a great finish, Elaine Groppenbacher made homemade apple pies. Once again, we were filled with gratitude for all your support and encouragement. Thank you for making it possible for us to be here. We couldn't do it without you!
• December 24, 2008
  Youth Transition to Adulthood - Public Service Day on Career Straight Talk, KFNX News-Talk Radio 1100
  Karrie Steving discusses Youth Transition to Adulthood on Career Straight Talk. Karrie has a passion for helping youth and families prepare for successful transition to adulthood. On the show, she shared ideas for youth, families and helping professionals to consider when approaching this rite of passage. You may download the recorded show below. Contact Karrie with comments, questions and requests for free youth to adulthood resources at ksteving@piurek.com.
  
  Radio Interview Youth Transition to Adulthood
• December 2008
  Piurek launches the Human Service Skill Building Academy in Arizona. The Academy is made possible by co-sponsoring agencies including Jewish Family and Children's Services (JFCS), Marc Center, Native American Connections, NCADD, TERROS, and Triple R Behavioral Health. These co-sponsors graciously agreed to provide space for each session so training could be offered for free or at low cost.
  
• October 2008
  Piurek & Associates adds graphic facilitation to their service offerings. After training at The Grove in San Francisco, California and hundreds of hours of practice, we are pleased to offer this exciting new tool to our facilitation tool box.
• September 17, 2008
  Zohreh Piurek represented Piurek & Associates at the 52nd Annual Conference of the Association of College and University Auditors (ACUA) held September 14-18, 2008 at the Hyatt Regency Phoenix. Zohreh presented a workshop session “Monitoring Contract Compliance: Do You Know Where You Stand?” that focused on the importance of organizations being internally prepared for audits and reviews. During this presentation participants were taught how their organizations can always be ahead of the game and how to prepare for audits and reviews. Participants learned the following: how to develop internal tools to identify contract requirements; determine adequacy of existing measures; identify new measures (where indicated); identify current contract compliance with requirements; and most importantly, develop ongoing systems to maintain and monitor contract compliance.
• August 2008
  Piurek & Associates exhibits for the second time at the annual conference hosted by The Southwestern School for Behavioral Health Studies in Tucson, Arizona. This continues to be a great conference. Please visit the visit the EMPACT—Suicide Prevention Center website at www.eventsite.cc for information on attending the next Annual Southwestern School for Behavioral Health Studies.
• July 16, 2008
  Gabriella Guerra and Elaine Groppenbacher present the concurrent session, "Securing Their Future: Treating Young Adults Aged 18-24 with Substance Abuse Disorders" at the 9th Annual Summer Institute in Sedona Arizona. Visit the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy (CABHP) website at www.cabhp.asu.edu for information about this annual event and other great training opportunities sponsored CABHP.
• February 2008
  Launch of Piurek & Associates' “new” web site. The web site address is: www.piurek.com
  
• January 18, 2008
  Elaine Groppenbacher of Piurek & Associates and Toni Issadore presented at the 19th Statewide Child Abuse Prevention Conference held at the Mesa Convention Center, January 17-18, 2008. Elaine and Toni facilitated a candid conversation about the “isms” people have regarding children and adolescents with complex histories, needs and mental health challenges. The views we hold, the stance we take and our responses can create either a burden of limitation or a future of opportunities. These influence our day-to-day work with youth, families, and our colleagues. Elaine and Toni, parent-professional presenters, led a candid & practical exploration of how and why our views develop, how to increase awareness, and keep biases in check so we can achieve a positive, inclusive, relationship-based practice with people who have mental health challenges. Visit the Prevent Child Abuse Arizona web site.
  
  
• January 16, 2008
  Piurek & Associates holds 2nd Annual Community Appreciation Luncheon in Phoenix, Arizona, for clients, vendors and community supporters. Thanks everyone! We are here because of your generous support!



• January 2008
  Margaret Trujillo presents at a conference hosted by the Center for Applied Behavioral Health Policy and Arizona Department of Behavioral Health Service. Margaret presented on the topic – Creating a Community Workforce at the “Busting Myths, Breaking Barriers: Developing Culture and Linguistic Responsiveness to Reduce Disparity Across Behavioral Health and Health Systems” conference. To view materials from this presentation, please visit our Speaking & Events page.