Every Sector. One Intercept.
The addiction and crime crisis touches every corner of Arizona's public systems. AZ Intercept brings every sector to the same table — because the intercept point only works when everyone acts together.
First Responders at the Intercept Point
Law Enforcement
Officers, deputies, and sheriffs are often the first — and sometimes only — contact a person in crisis has with any system. That moment is an intercept point. AZ Intercept equips law enforcement with clear diversion protocols, warm handoff tools, and cross-sector relationships that make treatment a real option at the point of contact.
What You Gain
Practical diversion tools. Direct treatment referral pathways. Cross-sector protocols you can use in the field — not just in a policy manual.
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The Receiving End of Every Intercept
Clinicians & Treatment
When law enforcement diverts, when a judge orders treatment, when a family calls for help — someone has to be ready to receive. Clinicians and treatment providers are the destination of every intercept. AZ Intercept builds the referral infrastructure, shared language, and cross-sector trust that makes treatment the real answer, not the backup plan.
What You Gain
Referral pipelines from law enforcement and courts. Shared intake frameworks. A seat at the policy table where your capacity constraints are heard.
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The Intercept Between Arrest and Outcome
Justice & Courts
Prosecutors, judges, public defenders, and probation officers hold the most consequential intercept point in the system — the space between an arrest and what happens next. AZ Intercept builds the frameworks, data, and cross-sector relationships that make treatment-informed decisions the standard, not the exception.
What You Gain
Evidence-based frameworks for treatment-informed sentencing. Direct relationships with treatment providers. DUI Science data that holds up in court.
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The Crisis Intercept in Real Time
Hospitals & Emergency Medicine
Emergency departments see the crisis at its most acute — overdose, psychiatric break, trauma. The ER is one of Arizona's most powerful intercept points, and one of the most underutilized. AZ Intercept connects hospital systems to the treatment, law enforcement, and community infrastructure that turns an ER visit into a turning point.
What You Gain
Cross-sector discharge protocols. Direct treatment referral pathways. Law enforcement and court contacts for complex cases. Shared data frameworks.
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Building the Recovery Infrastructure
Treatment Providers
Treatment providers are the backbone of every successful intercept — but they are too often isolated from the law enforcement, court, and hospital systems that feed into them. AZ Intercept builds the referral pipelines, shared protocols, and policy voice that treatment providers need to do their work at scale.
What You Gain
Referral volume from law enforcement, courts, and hospitals. Policy representation at the legislative level. Cross-sector data to demonstrate outcomes.
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The Accountability and Amplification Layer
Community, Nonprofits & Elected Officials
Nonprofits, community advocates, victims, families, and elected officials are not peripheral to the intercept — they are essential to it. They hold the system accountable, fund what works, carry the stories that change policy, and represent the communities most impacted. Speak Up Stand Up and organizations like it bring the human truth that no data set can replace.
What You Gain
Direct relationships with law enforcement, courts, and treatment. A platform for stories that change policy. Legislative access and advocacy infrastructure.
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Organizing Partners
The Organizations Behind the Intercept
Science & Research
DUI Science
Bringing the neurological and behavioral science of addiction and impaired driving to every sector — giving law enforcement, courts, and clinicians a shared evidence base.
Treatment & Recovery
Nova Via
Evidence-based treatment and recovery frameworks built for the Arizona context — the receiving end of every successful intercept.
Community & Advocacy
Speak Up Stand Up
A nonprofit amplifying never-before-heard stories from individuals whose lives were changed by the right intervention — the human truth behind every policy debate.
Which Sector Are You?
Every sector has a role at AZ Intercept. Find yours — and register to bring your organization to the table.