Community Resources

BCBSAZ Health Choice partners with community-based organizations across the state to help build healthy communities.

We invest heavily and conscientiously in community development programs that impact health and education in rural and metropolitan communities throughout Arizona.

T.H.A.N.X. Program

Health Choice is committed to improving the health literacy of its community to improving the health literacy of its community through health and wellness education, and to fighting childhood obesity. The T.H.A.N.X. (Think Health About Nutrition and eXercise) program provides after school health and wellness education to schools in medically underserved communities.

Community Resources and Links

Below is a list of community resources that can help keep you and your family healthy.

Medicaid Services

• Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS): http://www.azahcccs.gov
• How to Sign Up for AHCCCS Services: http://www.azahcccs.gov/applicants/default.aspx 
• Health Care Programs for Arizonans: http://www.azahcccs.gov/applicants/default.aspx 
• Health Care Services for Families and Children: http://www.azahcccs.gov/applicants/default.aspx 
• Change your Address with AHCCCS: http://www.azahcccs.gov/members/changes.aspx 
• AHCCCS Member Satisfaction Health Plan Report Card: https://www.azahcccs.gov/Resources/HPRC/
• AHCCCS Provider Survey Results: https://www.azahcccs.gov/PlansProviders/CurrentProviders/providersurvey.html

Medicare Services

• Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services: http://www.cms.gov/

State Services/Benefits

• Arizona Women, Infants & Children: http://azdhs.gov/azwic/
• Arizona Head Start: http://www.azheadstart.org/
• Arizona Department of Economic Security: https://www.azdes.gov/
• Arizona Early Intervention Program: https://www.azdes.gov/azeip/
• Arizona’s Aging and Disability Resource Center (ADRC): http://www.azlinks.gov/
• Health-e-Arizona PLUS: http://www.healthearizonaplus.gov/
• Arizona Department of Health Services: http://www.azdhs.gov/
• Legal Assistance Southern Arizona Legal Aid, Inc.: http://www.sazlegalaid.org/
• American Medical Board: http://www.azmd.gov/
• Arizona Department of Economic Security: https://www.azdes.gov/ddd/
• Children’s Action Alliance: http://azchildren.org/
• AZ 211: https://211arizona.org/
• First Things First: http://www.azftf.gov/Pages/default.aspx
• Strong Families AZ: http://strongfamiliesaz.com/

National Services

• DNA – People’s Legal Services Inc.: http://www.nativelegalnet.org/
• American Diabetes Association: http://www.diabetes.org/
• American Medical Association: http://www.ama-assn.org/
• Centers for Disease Control: http://www.cdc.gov/
• Cultural Competency: http://www.npsf.org/?page=askme3