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New Mexico Child
Advocacy Networks |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico/$28,000 |
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For youth exiting foster care at
age 18, the transition to
adulthood is especially
difficult. When support for
young people around housing,
educational opportunities and
employment are not in place,
risk factors for outcomes like
homelessness, incarceration,
pregnancy, serious illness and
death rise significantly. Youth
Power Up! New Mexico is a
program in which committed and
well-trained community
volunteers will be matched with
youth in the foster care system
in a long term mentor-protégé
relationship. |
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New Mexico Coalition to
End Homelessness |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico/$15,000 |
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The New Mexico Coalition to End
Homelessness (NMCEH) seeks to
end homelessness by promoting
the development of a system of
supportive housing and services
for the homeless in each New
Mexico community. Among New
Mexico’s estimated 17,000
homeless people are low-income
families with children, mentally
ill and other disabled adults,
runaway youth, veterans, and
recent immigrants. Each group
needs supportive housing that
meets their particular needs.
Key goals - to reach out to new
partners, continue technical
assistance and educate the
public about the importance of
ending child homelessness. |
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New Vistas Early
Childhood Program |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico/$15,000 |
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Investing in early childhood
development can yield high
public as well as private
returns. New Vista has found
that well-designed services with
explicitly defined goals are
effective in changing parenting
practices and positively
influence the life course for
infants and toddlers who are
impacted by Autism, Down
Syndrome, prematurity, etc.
Programs that combine
child-focused educational
activities with explicit
attention to parent-child
interaction patterns and
relationship building have the
greatest impact on both the
child and the community. New
Vista served over 500 families
last year. |
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Outside In |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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young people in New Mexico are
at high risk. There are a large
number caught in a revolving
door of probation violations and
detention. As repeat offenders,
they are unable to break out of
negative and self-destructive
cycles and patterns of behavior
that keep them on the treadmill
of the juvenile justice system.
Local juvenile justice
authorities are becoming
increasingly aware that music
and other arts can have a
profound and transformational
impact. Outside In is delivering
a yearly average of more than
600 quality artistic
presentations, performances and
workshops to confined
populations. |
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Santa Fe Girls School |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico/$10,000 |
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Founded in 1998, Santa Fe Girls’
School (SFGS) was conceived in
response to the community’s need
for a small academic settling
where adolescent girls from a
variety of economic and cultural
backgrounds could thrive in a
single-gender environment,
preparing girls of the demands
of high school, college, and
young adulthood. SFGS is a
private middle school for sixth,
seventh, and eight grade girls
and offers a nurturing and
challenging space for adolescent
girls to find their voices in
the absence of adolescent boys,
whose learning styles and
maturity levels are arguable
dissimilar. |
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Southwest Creations
Collaborative |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico/$15,000 |
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SCC
was founded in 1994 with the
ambitious social mission to
reduce poverty and
build intergenerational wealth
through the creation of
dignified living wage jobs,
leadership development and
education opportunities for
women and their families.
SCC works primarily with Latina
immigrant women and their
families. Many women in
New Mexico are now more likely
to be the main breadwinner in
their families as a
result of the highest
unemployment rates in 22 years,
particularly in the service
and construction trades. |
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Think New Mexico |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico/$25,000 |
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Think New Mexico began its
operations on January 1, 1999.
The smaller schools initiative
addresses the problem of New
Mexico’s shamefully low
graduation rate. The research
demonstrates that smaller
schools have higher graduation
rates, higher student
achievement, and lower levels of
student alienation and violence.
To improve New Mexico’s low
graduation rate, Think New
Mexico proposes to champion
legislation limiting the size of
new high schools constructed in
the state to no more than 900
students and new middle and
elementary schools to no more
than 400 students. |
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Tierra de Sol Housing
Corporation |
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Anthony,
New Mexico/$15,000 |
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Tierra de Sol project will
provide comprehensive financial
literacy training for job
seekers, homebuyers and small
business owners that include
money and debt management;
financial literacy; resolving or
preventing mortgage delinquency;
mortgage foreclosure prevention;
homebuyer education programs;
home improvement counseling and
construction, rental assistance
program. Funding will improve
financial management skills of
150 homebuyers, 65 homeowners,
45 job seekers and 10 businesses
owners. Training will be
provided through group
counseling and one-on-one
sessions. |
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Warehouse 21/REEL
Fathers |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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Father absence is at the heart
of virtually every problem
experienced by children and
youth-poverty, poor health,
dropping out of school, teen
pregnancy, criminal behavior,
depression and suicide. To
address the problem, REEL
FATHERS has developed program
relationships with
community-based organizations
and agencies in northern and
central New Mexico. Through
these program initiatives,
fathers are honored, affirmed
and supported. They gain a new
appreciation of their importance
to their children, families and
community. |
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