The new Together for Arizona Chatbot is helping families near or in crisis and the providers who serve them.

The new service connects them to information and resources more conveniently and faster than what has been previously available. Residents can use the chatbot to quickly find food, clothing, or cellphone support with the anonymous virtual chatbot.

A free webinar will take place at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 30 to learn more about the chatbot and how to activate it. Click here to register for the webinar.

Together for Arizona, formerly known as the Collective Impact for Child Safety and Well-Being initiative, brings together agencies and residents with lived experience to analyze data, identify strategies, and launch improvement solutions to ensure that children and families are safe, stable, and flourishing.

“Arizona has resources available to meet the needs of children and families, but the availability of these resources doesn’t matter unless families also know where and how to access them,” Claire Louge, Prevent Child Abuse Arizona executive director, shared in a press release. “The Together for Arizona Chatbot is a tool designed to make sure families can quickly find what’s out there to help them where they are.”

The T4AZ Chatbot, co-created and co-developed with Valley Leadership’s Child Well-Being Impact Team, has mobile and computer applications and is available in English and Spanish.

Users can use the web-based Chatbot or SMS anonymously during times that are convenient for them, and, with the power of technology, they will spend less time searching to get connected with resources.

Email Shannon Gnam, director of Community Collaboration at Together for Arizona, at sgnam@azcouncil.com for more information.