Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family

What Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family does

The Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family (GOYFF) is a state government agency operating under Arizona Governor Katie Hobbs, headquartered at 1700 W. Washington St., Suite 230, Phoenix, AZ. Founded in its current functional scope with the establishment of the Governor's Youth Commission in 1989, GOYFF coordinates statewide policy and grant administration across nine governor-appointed councils and commissions, one subcommittee (Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders), and two task forces (Justice for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse; Task Force on Long-Term Care), addressing youth development, substance abuse prevention, domestic and sexual violence, human trafficking, juvenile justice, child welfare, aging, and service and volunteerism. The agency employs 47 staff and is led by Director Tonya Hamilton.

GOYFF's core service is grant administration and program coordination rather than technology product development. Its portfolio includes the WIOA Governor's Discretionary Fund (approximately $5.9 million distributed annually to 16 subgrantees including Grand Canyon University, Northern Arizona University, Pima County Community College, Community Bridges, and Per Scholas), AmeriCorps competitive and formula grants, substance use prevention grants (approximately $4 million available), child well-being grants ($100K and $180K recent awards), and domestic/sexual violence and juvenile justice grants. The office runs the Governor's Youth Commission, engaging 40-50 high school students annually from all 15 Arizona counties through five workgroups (Conservation and Sustainability, Domestic Violence, Education, Mental Health, Substance Use Prevention), contributing 5,812 commission service hours in 2023-2024.

The agency's business model is fundamentally different from a commercial enterprise: it is funded through state appropriations and federal pass-through grants, with no product pricing, no revenue-generating customers, and no equity-financing structure. Its "go-to-market" is a community-led coordination motion across state agencies (DES, ADCRR, ADVS), tribal nations (Hopi, Hualapai, Ak-Chin, Navajo Nation, Gila River Indian Community), universities, community organizations, and direct citizen engagement via public comment processes and events such as the Arizona Human Trafficking Symposium and the Lighting Arizona Purple Kick-Off. Service hours, volunteer leverage ratios, and grant dollars deployed serve as the primary impact metrics rather than revenue or ARR.

Name

Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family

Legal name

Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family

Website

https://goyff.az.gov

Company type

Private

Founded year

1989

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Arizona Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family (GOYFF) is a state agency under Governor Katie Hobbs that administers grant programs and coordinates nine governor-appointed councils addressing youth development, family services, substance abuse prevention, human trafficking, and workforce development across Arizona.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Grant Administration and Youth Services

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321)

SIC

Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro primary industry

Grantmaking Agencies & Education Program Grants Administration (EDADAHAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Behavioral Health & Substance Use Program Funding (Public Health) (HLAJALAI), District Student Services Administration (Special Ed, Counseling, Health) (EDADABAJ), Benefits Counseling & Financial Literacy for Transition-Age Youth (EDAKANAJ), Scholarships, Grants & Education Benefits Administration (Financing-adjacent) (FSAKAEAM)

Keywords

• Youth development programs
• Family support services
• Workforce development grants
• Faith-based community engagement
• Substance abuse prevention

Headquarters

HQ city

Phoenix

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Governor's Discretionary Fund: Approximately $5.9 million distributed annually through the WIOA Governor's Discretionary Fund to support organizations implementing workforce best practices. Funds support programs serving currently and formerly incarcerated individuals, foster care system participants, disconnected youth, veterans, high school students, unemployed/underemployed individuals, individuals with disabilities, and trauma-affected individuals across Arizona's urban, rural, and tribal communities.
2. AmeriCorps Program Administration: GOYFF administers AmeriCorps competitive and formula grants supporting national service programs across Arizona.
3. Child Well-being Grants: Grant programs to prevent child abuse and neglect across Arizona communities, including recent $100K awards and $180K for strengthening child abuse response systems.
4. Substance Use Prevention Grants: Approximately $4 million available to prevent substance use and misuse across Arizona through community-based prevention programs.
5. Workforce Development Grants: 16 subgrantees receive WIOA funding including Arizona Autism Charter Schools, Arizona Career Development Center, Arizona Youth Partnership, Community Bridges Inc., Grand Canyon University, Northern Arizona University, and others serving target populations.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

GOYFF is an Arizona state government agency that administers federal and state grant programs and coordinates nine governor-appointed councils and commissions addressing youth development, faith-based community engagement, and family support services. It distributes approximately $5.9 million annually through the WIOA Governor's Discretionary Fund to 16 subgrantee organizations and manages additional grant programs including AmeriCorps, Child Well-being, Domestic & Sexual Violence, Juvenile Justice, and Substance Use Prevention. It also operates the Governor's Youth Commission, engaging 40-50 high school students from all 15 Arizona counties in volunteerism and service-learning activities.

Product overview

The Governor's Office of Youth, Faith and Family (GOYFF) is a government administrative office, not a technology product company. It operates as a coordination hub for youth development programs, community services, and volunteer initiatives. The office does not offer a software product, platform, or SaaS offering. Its services consist of grant administration, council/commission management, youth commission programs, and public engagement systems. The primary offerings include various grant programs (AmeriCorps, Child Well-being, Domestic & Sexual Violence, Juvenile Justice, Substance Use Prevention, Workforce Development/WIOA), multiple governor-appointed councils and commissions (Arizona Juvenile Justice Commission, Arizona Parents Commission on Drug Education and Prevention, Arizona Substance Abuse Partnership, Governor's Advisory Council on Aging, Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism, Governor's Commission to Prevent Intimate Partner and Gender-Based Violence, Governor's Council on Child Safety and Family Empowerment, Governor's Council to Combat Human Trafficking in Arizona, Governor's Youth Commission, Justice for Victims of Child Sexual Abuse Task Force, and Task Force on Long-Term Care), and the Governor's Youth Commission with five workgroups (Conservation and Sustainability, Domestic Violence, Education, Mental Health, Substance Use Prevention). The office also provides public engagement tools including a Public Comment Submission Form and Grant Reviewer Application system.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Governor's Discretionary Fund

Quantifiable outcome

• 5,812 service hours contributed by 2023-2024 Governor's Youth Commission with 20,426 leveraged hours from community members
• +4 more outcomes

Named customers6 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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No

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Partnerships

16 partnerships are on record, tiered major, core and minor.

• McCain Institute for International LeadershipmajorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 20 January 2022Partnered with GOYFF and the Governor's Council to Combat Human Trafficking to host the 4th Annual Arizona Human Trafficking Symposium, uniting stakeholders across the state to enhance cross-disciplinary collaboration.
• Arizona Department of Economic Security (DES)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDES is the primary agency distributing WIOA funding. GOYFF aids in distributing approximately $5.9 million in funding to support organizations implementing workforce best practices across Arizona's urban, rural, and tribal communities.
• Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (ADCRR)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADCRR collaborates with GOYFF on workforce development programs, expanding reentry services for currently and formerly incarcerated individuals.
• Arizona Department of Veterans' Services (ADVS)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerADVS partners with GOYFF to expand workforce development programs serving Arizona veterans.
• Center for the Future of ArizonamajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaborates with GOYFF on workforce development initiatives to advance Arizona's workforce landscape.
• Arizona State University College of Health SolutionsmajorTechnology or IntegrationASU's College of Health Solutions conducts cross-site evaluation of the WIOA Governor's Discretionary Fund grant program.
• Arizona Autism Charter Schools, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee providing workforce development services for individuals with autism spectrum disorders.
• Arizona Career Development CenterminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee providing career development and workforce training services.
• Arizona Youth PartnershipminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee focused on youth workforce development programs.
• Community Bridges, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee providing behavioral health and workforce services.
• Grand Canyon UniversityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee providing higher education and workforce training pathways.
• Northern Arizona UniversityminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee providing workforce development and educational programs in northern Arizona.
• Pima County Community College DistrictminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee providing community college and workforce training programs.
• Per Scholas, Inc.minorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerWIOA subgrantee providing technology training and workforce development in Phoenix.
• Arizona Tribal NationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGOYFF collaborates with tribal partners including Hopi, Hualapai, Ak-Chin, Navajo Nation, and Gila River Indian Community to fulfill its mission through collaboration and capacity building, supporting needs and resources essential for tribal nations to thrive.
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)majorStrategic or Co-development PartnerGOYFF aligns with SAMHSA best practices in substance use prevention work, particularly in the Substance Use Prevention Workgroup initiatives.

Scale indicators14 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• CaliforniaVolunteers: California's state-level office overseeing service, volunteerism, and AmeriCorps programs, structurally analogous to GOYFF's service-and-volunteerism and AmeriCorps grant administration. Operates with a similar Governor's-office mandate and youth engagement mission.
• Massachusetts Service Alliance: Massachusetts' state service commission, comparable in administering AmeriCorps funding, youth leadership programming, and statewide volunteer mobilization, mirroring GOYFF's mandate.
• Volunteer Tennessee: Tennessee's state commission on service and volunteerism, administering AmeriCorps and youth service programs. Direct functional peer to GOYFF's Governor's Commission on Service and Volunteerism and Governor's Youth Commission.
• Arizona Department of Economic Security: Arizona's primary state agency for social services and the lead distributor of WIOA funding in the state; GOYFF's WIOA Governor's Discretionary Fund is administered in direct coordination with DES, making it the closest operational peer for workforce and family-services grant administration.
• Arizona Department of Child Safety: The Arizona state agency responsible for child welfare, directly overlapping with GOYFF's child well-being, child abuse prevention, and foster-care transition grant portfolios. Comparable in mission (child and family services) and in statewide coordinating scope.
• Arizona Department of Veterans' Services: Partner state agency that collaborates with GOYFF on workforce programs serving Arizona veterans, providing a directly comparable state-agency peer with overlapping program cohorts and grant-distribution functions.

Broad incumbents

• Texas Workforce Commission: A larger statewide workforce agency that administers WIOA funds at scale in Texas. Comparable to GOYFF's workforce development function but operating with broader budget and statutory authority.
• Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps): The federal agency that funds AmeriCorps state and national grants, including the formula and competitive grants that GOYFF administers in Arizona. Peer relationship as upstream funder of GOYFF's AmeriCorps program.

Others

• National Governors Association: The cross-state membership organization for U.S. governors; analogous in coordinating governor-appointed councils, sharing best practices across state youth/family-serving offices, and shaping federal-state policy frameworks relevant to GOYFF's mission.

Regional players

• Arizona Commission on the Arts: An Arizona state coordinating commission that similarly operates under state authority to administer grants and community programs across the state, providing a structural parallel to GOYFF's grant-administration model within Arizona's broader public-sector landscape.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/AZGOYFF
• Instagraminstagram.com/azgyc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/goyffaz

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Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

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