>> Ted: COMING UP NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON, THE MONSOON IS DAYS AWAY AND WHY THE RAINY SEASON ISN'T AS RAINY AS USUAL AND DETAILS ON A NEW SYNTHETIC OPIOID THAT'S MORE POTENT THAN FENTANYL.

ADDRESSING THE NEED FOR BETTER CAREER TOOLS IN ARIZONA'S CLASSROOMS.

THAT'S NEXT ON ARIZONA HORIZON.

GOOD EVENING AND WELCOME TO ARIZONA HORIZON.

I'M TED SIMONS.

GOVERNOR KATIE HOBBS WITHDREW HER CABINET NOMINEES.

THE GOVERNOR TOLD SENATOR WARREN PETERSEN, SHE'S MAKING THE MOVE BECAUSE THE COMMITTEE HAS DEINVOLVED IN PARTISAN DESTRUCTIONISM.

THE GOVERNOR SAID THE WITHDRAWN NOMINEES WILL SERVE AS DEPUTY DIRECTORS UNTIL THE SENATE, QUOTE, RETURNS TO THE REGULAR CONFIRMATION PROCESS AND THAT PROCESS CHANGED WITH SENATE REPUBLICANS CREATING THE NOMINATION'S COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY SENATOR JAKE HOFFMAN, A FREQUENT CRITIC OF THE GOVERNOR.

BY LAW, THE AGENCY DIRECTOR CAN SERVE ONE YEAR WITHOUT CONFIRMED BY THE SENATE.

FORMER GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE, KARI LAKE'S RECORD'S TRIAL WRAP UP AND SHE WANTS ABSCESS TO ALL MAIL-IN BALLOTS IN AN TEMPT AN ATTEMPT SOME FRAUD COST HER THE ELECTION.

SHE CLAIMS THE SIGNATURES ARE PUBLIC RECORDS AND OPEN TO SCRUTINY, BUT THE COUNTY ARGUED THAT THE VOTER SIGNATURES ARE PROTECTED BY STATE LAW.

>>> ARIZONA CONGRESSMAN, PAUL GOSSAR IS BACK IN THE HEADLINES SAYING THAT MILLIE SHOULD BE HANGED AND ACCUSED MILLIE NOT STOPPING THE RIOT AT THE CAPITOL AND SECRETLY SHARING INTELLIGENCE WITH THE CHINESE MILITARY AND DESCRIBED AS A TRAITOR OR BMN ACTIVIST AND MILLIE IS RETIRING THIS MONTH.

>>> THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION BEGAN AGAIN OFFERING FREE COVID TESTS AND THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN REVIVED.

UP TO FOUR CAN BE SHIPPED STRAIGHT TO ONE'S HOME AND INTENDED TO BE USED THROUGH THE END OF THE YEAR.

TO ORDER THE TESTS GO TO COVID TESTS.GOV AND RESEARCHERS MAY HAVE FOUND A BIO MARKER FOR LONG COVID, A STUDY FOUND THAT THOSE WITH LONG COVID HAD LOWER LEVELS OF CORTISOL IN THE MORNINGS AND THAT THE VIRUS REAWAKENED AND 5 MILLION AMERICANS HAD LONG COVID SUCH AS FATIGUE, BRAIN FOG AND DIZZINESS.

>>> THE MONSOON IN ARIZONA OFFICIALLY COMES TO AN END THIS WEEK.

THOUGH FOR MANY ARIZONANS, THE MONSOON GOT STARTED AND IT WAS KNOWN FOR ABOVE AVERAGE RAINFALL AND WE HAVE OUR CLIMATOLOGIST, AND RANDY, THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> MY PLEASURE.

>> Ted: FIRST OF ALL, IT ENDS AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER AND WHY?

>> THAT WAS DONE A FEW YEARS BACK TO KIND OF PUT THE IDEA OF HURRICANE SEASON WHERE IT HAS A DEFINITE START AND WE DID IT BASED ON METEOROLOGICAL PARAMETERS LIKE THREE DAYS OF A DEW POINT ABOVE 55° AND THE END WHEN THE WIND SHIFTED SOUTH TO WESTERLY.

BY THAT MEANS, WE'VE ALREADY ENDED THE MOON MONSOON.

>> Ted: THIS SUMMER RANKING WITH PREVIOUS MONSOONS, OFFICIALLY, WHERE DID WE RANK?

CAN'T BE VERY HIGH.

>> WE'RE NOT QUITE DONE AND ASSUMING NO MORE RAINFALL, WE WILL BE THE DRYEST MONSOON ON RECORD.

>> Ted: WOW!

HOW MUCH DID WE GET?

>> 1500 DEATHS150,000thS OF AN INCH.

>> Ted: THERE WERE TOWNS GETTING THREE OR FOUR TIMES THAT IN ONE STORM AND IS THAT UNUSUAL?

WHAT'S GOING ON AT THE AIRPORT?

>> THE AIRPORT IS ONE OF THE DRYEST PLACES WITHIN THE VALLEY AND THE LOWEST ELEVATION.

THE MONSOON IS DRIVEN BY HIGHER ELEVATIONS AND CAPE CREEK GETS MORE THAN SKY HARBOR.

BUT THIS HAS BEEN AN INCREDIBLY DRY SUMMER.

IT'S ACROSS THE VALLEY.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE STORMS THAT WE GET WITH THE MONSOON ARE CONVECTIVE AND THEY HIT ONE PLACE AND DIE AND DON'T MOVE ALONG.

SO SOME PLACES GET LOTS OF RAIN AND OTHERS DON'T.

>> Ted: BUT IN GENERAL, WHY WAS THE MONSOON SO DRY THIS SUMMER?

>> IT GOES BACK TO THE OTHER THING ABOUT THIS SUMMER THAT YOU MENTIONED.

IT WAS HOT.

IF WE DON'T ENVIRONMENT MOISTURE, WE CAN -- HOT AIR RISES IS WHAT CAUSES THE LIFT FOR THE THUNDERSTORMS AND WE DIDN'T ENVIRONMENT MOISTURE.

SO WE HAD ALL OF THIS HEATING GOING ON BUT WE WEREN'T LIFTING ANYTHING.

WHAT WE ENDED UP WITH A LOT OF WIND THIS SUMMER.

>> Ted: WE'VE TALKED IN THE PAST AND LATE JUNE, EARLY JULY, YOU NEED TO GET THE 115'S TO DRAW UP THE MOISTURE FROM MEXICO.

WE GOT THAT AND THEN SOME AND NO MOISTURE FROM MEXICO.

>> I WAS HOPING THIS SUMMER -- IT STARTED OUT GOOD WITH A TROPICAL STORM OFF THE COAST OF MEXICO AND WE PULLED UP MOISTURE IN JUNE, BUT THEN, THE TROPICS AROUND MEXICO SHUT DOWN.

>> Ted: THE RECORD HEAT AND HOW MANY RECORDS HAVE WE SET THIS SUMMER?

>> IT WAS INCREDIBLE!

THE TWO THAT COME TO MIND WERE THE NUMBER OF DAYS ABOVE 110° AND THAT WAS ASTRONOMICAL AND 55 DAYS.

BUT THE ONE THAT WAS MORE WORRISOME TO ME WAS THE NUMBER OF RECORD HIGH MINIMUM TEMPERATURES THAT WE HAD.

WE HAD 25 DAYS WHERE THE TEMPERATURE DID NOT GET BELOW 90°.

>> Ted: INCLUDING A 16-DAY STRETCH AND WE NEVER GOT BELOW 90.

>> RIGHT.

AND THAT TO ME IS WORRISOME BECAUSE THAT IS ONE OF THE CLASSIC SIGNS OF CLIMATE CHANGE, THAT WE HOLD IN THE HEAT AND PARTICULARLY IN THE NIGHTTIME.

SO WHEN WE SEE THOSE RECORDS BEING KNOCKED DOWN, WE SAY THAT, OH, THAT'S SOMEWHAT OF A SIGN CLIMATE CHANGE IS OCCURRING.

>> Ted: IT'S OBVIOUSLY AT PLAY HERE, BUT WERE WE SEEING RECORD HIGH, LOWS IN PLACES LIKE AHO AND BENEFITSEN BENSEN?

>> BUT YES, IT WAS NOT LIMITED TO PHOENIX THAT WE HAD RECORDS THAT WERE SET DOWN BY TUCSON AND RECORDS SET UP AROUND FLAGSTAFF.

SO IT WAS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA.

>> Ted: THE HIGH LOWS, JUST NOT THE URBAN HIGH HEAT, BUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> YES.

THE IDEA AS WELL HERE IN PHOENIX, THE CITY IS NOT REALLY GROWING WHERE THE WEATHER STATION IS.

SO IF WE START SEEING CHANGING IN SKY HARBOR, IT'S NOT REFLECTIVE THAT THE CITY IS GROWING THAT IT'S GETTING HOTTER IN THE EVENING HOURS.

>> Ted: YES, IT.

LAST QUESTION ON THE HEAT AND LACK OF THE MONSOON, DID WE SEE ANY INFORMATIONS OF THIS INDICATIONS IN THE WINTER AND SPRING?

>> NO, NOT REALLY.

UNFORTUNATELY, THE THINGS THAT POWER THE MONSOON ARE HARD TO IDENTIFY AND THEY DON'T APPEAR LONG BEFORE THE MONSOON STARTS.

SO THERE WASN'T ANY CLEAR SIGNALS THAT THIS WAS NOT GOING TO BE GOOD.

REMEMBER LAST SHER, WE WERE SUMMER, THERE WEREN'T A LOT OF GREAT SIGNALS THERE WOULD BE A GREAT MONSOON.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ANSWERS BUT A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS.

>> Ted: LET'S GET TO THE MAP BECAUSE THE MAP HAS GOOD NEWS AND.

THE WINTER SEASONAL PRECIPITATION OUTLOOK AND NOT BAD, RANDY.

>> A NICE SITUATION FOR SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND THE ENTIRE STATE AND THE BASIC THAT WE'LL BE HAVING AN EL NINO AND THAT ALLOWS FROM THE TROPICS, THE ATMOSPHERE RIVERS, TO COME INTO CALIFORNIA AND WORK TEAR THEIR WAY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN UNITED STATES.

>> Ted: IT LOOKS LIKE THE DIVIDING LINE IS FLAGSTAFF AND EQUAL CHANCES ARE BOTHER THAN BETTER THAN NOTHING.

>> CONSIDER A SEE SEASON IN MEXICO OTHER THAN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: BECAUSE OF EL SAYS NINO WARMER THAN USUALLY SNOW LEVELS HIGHER?

>> PROBABLY SO BECAUSE WITH MORE STORMS, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE MORE CLOUD COVER AND SO WE WON'T BE COOLING DOWN AS MUCH.

CLOUDS TRAP THE HEAT IN.

>> Ted: IT SEEMS LIKE THE STORMS COME IN LOWER AND THEY WOULD BE WARMER, IT WOULD SEEM, AND NOT NECESSARILY THE CASE.

>> IT DEPENDS WHERE THE ACTUAL MOISTURE IS COMING FROM.

>> Ted: ALL OF US AND EVERYTHING WE TALKED ABOUT, IT'S UNUSUAL, DIFFERENT, RECORD-SETTING AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA.

HOW MUCH IS DUE TO CLIMATE CHANGE?

>> YOU THINK THIS SUMMER IS A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE KIND OF THINGS WE HAVE TO BE WORRIED ABOUT.

THE KINDS OF RECORDS FALLING THIS SUMMER, PARTICULARLY IN THE NUMBER OF DAYS OF THE MINIMUM LOW TEMPERATURES AND MAXIMUM LOW TEMPERATURES AND THOSE KINDS OF RECORDS ARE USUALLY ASSOCIATED WITH CLIMATE CHANGE.

SO TO SEE THOSE RECORDS FALL IS A GOOD INDICATION OF WHAT WE HAVE IS CLIMATE CHANGE.

>> Ted: IF YOU DRIVE AROUND TOWN, YOU SEE DEAD TREES BECAUSE THEY NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO RECUPERATE.

RANDY, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU AND GREAT INFORMATION.

>> THANKS.

>> Ted: UP NEXT, DETAILS ON A NEW SYNTHETIC OPIOID THAT'S MORE POTENT THAN FENTANYL.

>> THERE IS YET ANOTHER DRUG HITTING THE STREETS, A SYNTHETIC OPIOID SAID TO BE MORE MOW TEN THAN FENTANYL.

FOR MORE, WE WELCOME STEPHANIE AND, UNFORTUNATELY, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NITOZENES?

>> IT'S A SUBCLASS OF SYMPATHETIC OPIOIDS AND WHEN I SAID "SYMPATHETIC OPIOIDS," IT'S FENTANYL AND A STRONGER VERSION OF FENTANYL.

>> Ted: WHY DO WE NEED A STRONGER VERSION OF FENTANYL?

[ Laughter ] >> I KNEW YOU WOULD ASK THAT.

WE DON'T NEED IT, PER SAY, BUT HISTORICAL, THIS WAS CREATED OVER 60 AREAS 60 YEARS AGO TO PAIN MANAGEMENT AND MORPHINE AND NEVER F.D.A.

APPROVED AND PROVED IT WAS ADDICTIVE AND A LOT OF OVERDOSES AND NEVER READY FOR MARKET.

>> Ted: SO HOW MUCH MORE POTENT THAN FENTANYL?

>> ANYWHERE FROM TEN TO 40 TIMES STRONGER THAN FENTANYL BUT I'VE SEEN 800 TO 1,000 TIMES STRONGER THAN MORE MEAN.

MORPHINE.

>> Ted: I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING SERIOUS BUSINESS.

SO THIS HAS BEEN AROUND -- HAVE THEY BEEN AROUND AWHILE?

>> THEY'VE BEEN AROUND AWHILE AND NOWADAYS PEOPLE HEAR FENTANYL AND THERE ARE DERIVATIVES LIKE CARFENTANIL AND THEY CALL ONE ISO, BECAUSE IT'S ISONITOZEN eVARIOUS ONES AND THE BIG TAKE AWAY IS A STRONGER FENTANYL.

>> Ted: ARE THEY PRESCRIBED?

>> THIS IS WHY I PUT IN THE COMPARISON.

YOU'LL SEE STUFF THAT TAINTS PILLS AND POWDERS AND FENTANYL IS MIXED WITH ANOTHER DRUG SO THE NITOZENE PRESENTS IN A POWDER FORM THAT'S WHITE OR OFF--YELLOW OR PILL OR LIQUID AND A MINISCULE AMOUNT MIXED.

>> Ted: WHERE IS THIS MADE?

>> IN YOUR SOUTHEAST ASIA, LIKE FENTANYL.

I HATE TO SAY THIS BUT IT'S BEEN OCCURRING SINCE 2019 AND THIS IS PRE-PANDEMIC CONCERNS, BUT THAT TOOK OVER OUR NEWS AND THERE'S BEEN DEATHS ASSOCIATED.

A LOT OF THE TIMES, TOXICOLOGY ISN'T LOOKING FOR IT.

>> Ted: IT'S BEING INCLUDED, AND CUT, IF YOU WILL, WITH OTHER DRUGS SIMILAR TO FENTANYL?

SAME THING?

>> EXACTLY.

A LITTLE BIT AMOUNT OF A POWDER MIXED WITH A PILL.

SO WHEN I THINK -- YOU DON'T TAKE UNKNOWN CHEMICALS OR PILLS IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM BECAUSE IT'S EASY TO MIX IT.

>> Ted: SOUTHEAST ASIA AND FENTANYL, A LOT FROM MEXICO.

>> AND RESOURCED.

NOW IT'S ALL COMING THROUGH THE BORDER AND THAT'S WHY ARIZONANS SHOULD BE ON HEIGHTENED ALERT.

>> Ted: LAST TIME YOU WERE ON WE TALKED ABOUT NEXALON.E.

NALOXONE?

>> YOU MAY NEED TO TAKE MULTIPLE DOSES TO SAVE A LIFE.

>> Ted: THE OVERDOSES, ARE THEY SIMILAR TO FENTANYL AND SAME KIND OF THING?

>> SOMETIMES THEY DON'T KNOW TO TEST FOR IT AND IS IT UNDERREPORTED AND NOT BEING SYSTEMATICALLY TRACKED NOW.

I WILL TELL PEOPLE HEARING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME, WHICH I ASSUME IS A LOT OF PEOPLE, THE DEA HAS A PHENOMENAL RESOURCE PAGE WHERE YOU CAN LEARN MORE ABOUT NITOZENE.

>> Ted: WHEN I WAS LOOKING THIS, CARDIAC ARREST IS A POSSIBILITY HERE.

>> A LOT OF TIMES WE SAY OPIOIDS WITH FAILURE TO BREATHE BUT RESPIRATORY, CARDIAC CONDITIONS AND THIS IS THE NEWEST TO THE SCENE AND NEVER ENDING.

>> Ted: IS THERING THERE SOMETHING TO WATCH OUT FOR?

DOES IT LOOK A CERTAIN WAY?

IS IT A PILL IN A CERTAIN SIZE IN.

>> IF ANYTHING, YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THE SIGNS, IF SOMEONE IS BREATHING AND WHEN I SAY OVERDOSING, LIKE SLUMPED OVER.

NOWADAYS, THEY'RE MIXING FENTANYL WITH ANIMAL TRANQUILIZERS AND CALLING IT A ZOMBIE INFECT, THIS SLOW STATE AND YOU WANT TO GET THEM HELP IMMEDIATELY.

NALOXONE OR NOT, CALLED 9-1-1.

>> Ted: THIS TIME OF YEAR WHERE WE WORRY ABOUT HALLOWEEN, KIDS AND CANDY AND NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'RE GETTING.

MINE,I MEAN, IS THIS IS A LEGITIMATE CONCERN?

>> THERE'S BEEN DEATHS TIED TO THIS AND THEY'RE UNDERREPORTED.

I THINK BIGGER TAKE AWAYS, IF YOU DON'T SEE IT IN THE PACKAGE AND DIDN'T COME FROM A STORE, IF IT'S NOT SEALED, FROM A DOCTOR, YOU DON'T TAKE UNKNOWN SUBSTANCES.

WE NEED TO EMPHASIZE THAT WITH OUR YOUTH.

EVERYONE FROM THE LITTLE KIDS TO COLLEGE KIDS AND YOU CAN'T TRUST YOUR SOURCES.

EVEN IF YOUR BEST FRIENDS, DON'T PUT IT IN YOUR BODY IF YOU DON'T KNOW.

>> Ted: IT SOUNDS LIKE THIS IS ON THE PERIPHERY, HAS IT HIT ARIZONA AND IF NOT, WHEN WHEN DO YOU EXPECT IN.

>> YOU CAN TRACK IT TO D.C., NEW YORK, TENNESSEE, OHIO WISCONSIN AND CALIFORNIA, SO IT HAS HIT THE WEST COAST.

I HAVEN'T HEARD REPORTS OF ARIZONA, BUT IT'S AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> Ted: THESE ARE NITAZENE, RIGHT?

>> AND PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED, ISO, THAT SEEMS TO BE A CONCERNING ONE THAT PEOPLE ARE TRACKING.

THE DEA'S WEBSITE HAS A LOT OF INFORMATION.

>> Ted: THANK YOU SO MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON.

>> THANKS.

>> Ted: TRYING TO IMPROVECAREER DEVELOPMENT AND ACCESS GOOD TO HAVE YOU BOTH HERE AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

WE'LL START WITH YOU.

THE ARIZONA COALITION FOR CAREER READINESS, GIVE ME A BETTER DEFINITION OF WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.

>> A NUMBER OF ORGANIZES, FIVE OF US, ACTUALLY, WHO WORK IN THIS AREA, WERE TRYING TO BRING ALL TOGETHER SO WE CAN PRESENT THE MESSAGE TO ALL OF ARIZONA'S PEOPLE AND STUDENTS, TEACHERS, FAMILIES AND ITS EMPLOYERS AND FORMED A STATE-WIDE TECHNOLOGY TOOL IN ORDER FOR ACCESS INFORMATION TO DO PLANNING, TO GET INTO THE CAREER THEY WANT FOR EMPLOYERS TO LET PEOPLE KNOW WHAT CAREERS ARE AVAILABLE IN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: SOUNDS LIKE A COMMUNICATION KIND OF THING.

WE ARE A WEBSITE AND PEOPLE WERE TRYING TO GO TO THAT WEBSITE SO THEY CAN LEARN HOW TO ACCESS INFORMATION AND IT'S FREE ACROSS ALL OF ARIZONA.

>> Ted: WHAT IS PIPELINE AZ?

>> IT'S A TECHNOLOGY PLATFORM HELPING OFF ARIZONANS FIND A CAREER.

WE ARE AS A COLLECTIVE GROUP, WE ARE TRYING TO HELP EVERYONE IN ARIZONA HAVE EQUITABLE INFORMATION AND ACCESS TO THAT INFORMATION.

AND WE'RE DOING THAT THROUGH PIPELINE AZ.

>> Ted: GIVE ME AN EXAMPLE.

A COLLEGE STUDENT, WHAT DO THEY GET.

>> ANY STUDENT COMES INTO THE ORIGINS OF OUR TOOL.

WHETHER WE HAVE A PROGRAM OR PIPELINE, WE ARE IN THE CLASSROOMS.

SO JUNIOR ACHIEVEMENT OF ARIZONA, EDUCATION FORWARD ARIZONA, ARIZONA BUSINESS EDUCATION COALITION AND PIPELINE AZ AND VALLEY OF THE SUN UNITED WAY.

WE'RE THROUGH THE FOUNDING MEMBERS WORKING IN THE PROGRAMS IN THE SCHOOLS.

SO WE'RE DELIVERING CAREER DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH STUDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT DO RELATIVE CAREERS LOOK LIKE IN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: IS THAT SOMETHING STUDENTS WERE NOT AWARE OF.

WE KNOW ABOUT COLLEGE AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE AND EDUCATION, BUT THERE ARE CAREERS OUT THERE.

>> THE ISSUE IS THAT WE HAVE A CHALLENGING TIME KEEPING UP WITH THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

WE DO A GREAT JOB IN OUR STATE BRINGING NEW BUSINESSES AND INDUSTRY HERE.

SO IN THE CLASSROOM, THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS GETTING RELEVANT INFORMATION SO BY BRINGING THIS COALITION TOGETHER, WE'RE PROGRAMMATICALLY ABLE TO DELIVER WITH OUR PATHWAY IS LOOKING LIKE.

>> Ted: BETTER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN INDUSTRY AND EDUCATION?

>> LET ME STATE THE PROBLEM QUICKLY.

THERE ARE MANY GOOD ORGANIZATIONS THAT SHE JUST MENTIONED AND MANY MORE SENDING OUT INFORMATION TO HELP PEOPLE WITH PLANNING.

IT WAS CONFUSING.

WE FORMED THE COALITION TO COME TOGETHER WITH A SINGLE MESSAGE AND SOURCE THROUGH THE PIPELINE TO HELP PEOPLE KNOW WHERE TO GO.

FROM THE SUPPLY SIDE, PEOPLE WHO ARE EDUCATING AND TRAINING THEN AND FROM THE DEMAND SIDE, THOSE WHO ARE SEEKING TALENT IN THEIR PIPELINE.

AND SO, BRINGING THAT TOGETHER AND HAVING THAT LINK AND THAT SINGLE TOOL CALLED PIPELINE AZ.

>> Ted: WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM INDUSTRY?

WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING FOR OUT THERE?

>> THAT THEY HAVE A TALENT PIPELINE IN MANY AREAS AND YOU MENTIONED THEM BEFORE, BUT IN TERMS OF TECHNOLOGY, HEAVY CONSTRUCTION, THE HEALTH INDUSTRIES, THEY'RE ALL THERE.

THE PROBLEM IS, MANY YOUNG PEOPLE AND FAMILIES DON'T KNOW EARLY ENOUGH THE POSSIBILITIES.

THEY KNOW THE VISIBLE CAREERS BUT DON'T KNOW THE POSSIBILITIES.

HELPING PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND THAT AND HAVE A PLAN BOTH WHILE THEY'RE IN SCHOOL, HIGH SCHOOL ONTO COMMUNITY COLLEGE.

THE GOAL IN ARIZONA IS TO HAVE 60% OF OUR PEOPLE GRADUATE WITH A DEGREE, AN ASSOCIATE DEGREE OR INDUSTRIAL CERTIFICATE.

>> Ted: WHAT ARE YOU HEARING FROM EDUCATORS AND THOSE IN THE CLASSROOMS REGARDING THIS EFFORT AND THE GENERAL EFFORT?

I MEAN, ALLOWING A KID TO EXPLORE AND SEE WHAT'S OUT THERE.

>> WE'RE GETTING POSITIVE FEEDBACK BECAUSE IT'S SOMETHING FOR TEACHERS TO HAVE PROGRAMMATIC RESOURCES AND SO, HAVING A COORDINATED GROUP READY TO DELIVER ANY KIND OF CAREER DEVELOPMENT, YOU KNOW, PROGRAMMATIC TOOLS IS HELPFUL.

WHEN YOU HAVE STUDENTS ENGAGING IN CAREER DEVELOPMENT, THEY'RE GETTING MORE ENGAGED IN THE CLASSROOM.

NOW THEY HAVE A GOAL AND SOMETHING THAT THEY'RE WORKING TOWARDS AND INSPIRING AND DOING A BETTER JOB IN SCHOOL AND HAVING A POST SECONDARY GOAL AND WORKING TOWARDS THAT.

TO JIM'S POINT, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE HELP THAT GOAL OF 60% OF ARIZONANS TO HAVE A POST SECONDARY DEGREE BY 2030.

SO WE KNOW IF WE CAN INCREASE THAT EVERY YEAR BY 20%, JUST THAT COHORT, WE'LL HAVE LIKE 5 BILLION IN ADDITION TO ECONOMIC GAINS, WHICH IS PRETTY AMAZING.

CAREER DEVELOPMENT IS THE FOUNDATION OF TALENT FOUNDATION WHICH IS THE FOUNDATION OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT.

>> Ted: THAT 60%, THAT NUMBER, YOU HAVE A WAYS TO GO HERE.

>> WE'RE AT 48% AND WE HAVE A WAY GO AND WE HAVE DO THIS WORK.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

ONE OF THE THINGS, WE HAVE TO ENGAGE PEOPLE EARLIER.

THE GROUP THAT I WORK WITH, ARIZONA AND BUSINESS COALITION, WE DEVELOPED A MIDDLE SCHOOL PROGRAM AND THAT HAS 75 HOURS OF INSTRUCTION AND VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE AND EMPLOYERS COMING IN AND WORKPLACE LEARNING, TRYING TO EXPAND THAT AND IN THE RURAL COUNTIES.

OUR BIGGEST PROGRAM IS YUMA COUNTY.

>> Ted: ARE YOU GETTING BUY-IN FROM EDUCATORS ON THIS?

>> ABSOLUTELY.

WE BUILT OUT SEVERAL SUBSITES SO THE INFORMATION CAN BE CONSUMED BY THE DIFFERENT AUDIENCES.

SO FUTURE AZ AND A MIDDLE SCHOOL VERSION AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE VERSIONS OF OUR TOOL.

ALL OF THESE ARE CONNECTED TO INDUSTRY INPUT POINT AND, AGAIN, BUY-IN AND MYRIAD IS A SCURRYING WORD?

>> SAY THAT AGAIN.

>> Ted: EVERYBODY IS PRETTY MUCH ON BOARD?

>> YES, YES.

WE NEED MORE EMPLOYERS GETTING ON BOARD TO SHARE THIS INFORMATION.

ABOUT THE PIPELINE THAT NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED IN ARIZONA.

>> Ted: SOUNDS LIKE A GREAT IDEA.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.

>> THANK YOU.

>> THANK YOU, TED.

>> Ted: THAT'S IT FOR NOW.

I'M TED SIMONS AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

YOU HAVE A GREAT EVENING!