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Senior Citizen’s Law
Office |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico/$5,000 |
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Economic insecurity is a painful
and pressing issue for older New
Mexicans. By 2030, it is
estimated that New Mexico’s
population of persons age 65 and
older will double. Economic
security is essential to aging
in place with dignity. Funds
requested will support SCLO’s
Aging in Place Project by
incorporating a holistic,
person-centered approach to help
seniors access all the services
they need to be secure-including
benefits, legal services,
housing and transportation. SCLO
will also conduct a wide range
of activities of activities
including home visits, benefits
fairs, and public presentations. |
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St. Elizabeth Shelter |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico/$25,000 |
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Casa Familia provides a
dedicated emergency shelter for
homeless single women and
families with children along
with a full range of supportive
services. These services include
case management, counseling,
school tutoring, clothing,
supplies, assisting in finding
permanent housing aiding a
return to independent living.
St. Elizabeth has been meeting
the needs of homeless
individuals for 25 years and has
operated Casa Familia for the
past year-and-a-half, gradually
enhancing and improving the
program while increasing
visibility and volunteer
support. Support from the Frost
Foundation enables the program
to finish the year with a
balanced budget. |
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The Storehouse |
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Albuquerque, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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The Storehouse’s clients are not
homeless - they are families
with some income but who are not
able to make ends meet and are
striving to better themselves
and stabilize their families.
Clients include every
demographic - adults, parents,
school-aged youth and children,
seniors, infants, veterans, and
those suffering from physical
and mental disabilities. Over
the many years of its existence,
the organization experienced
steady increases in demand for
food. The work of The Storehouse
is to feed the hungry in our
community. |
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Think New Mexico |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$15,000 |
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schools smaller than 900
students tend to have higher
graduation rates and higher
student achievement.
Unfortunately, more than two
thirds of New Mexico ninth
graders enter high schools with
over 1,000 students, aggravating
the state’s shamefully low
graduation rate. New Mexico’s
commissioners have tended to be
less qualified than their
counterparts in other states in
terms of their educational and
professional backgrounds. Think
New Mexico proposes to champion
three pieces of legislation to
address these problems and
assist in reducing the size of
high school population in the
state. |
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Villa Therese Catholic
Clinic |
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Santa Fe, New Mexico/$10,000 |
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15.6% of New Mexico’s children
are uninsured. Children who are
uninsured and live in poverty
are at greater risk of missing
medical appointments, not
receiving timely |
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Santa Fe Performing Arts |
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immunizations, and developing
poor nutritional habits.
Choosing unhealthy snacks, such
as those with high
lead content, places a child at
risk for blood poisoning.
Because the VTCC serves
immigrant families, who move
back and forth to Mexico or
other South American countries,
it is critical that lab
screening services be offered to
children entering early head
start programs as well as to
older adolescents. Funding will
partially cover salaries and
operational costs. |
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The Wildlife Center |
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Espanola, New Mexico/$15,000 |
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| New
Mexico schools have struggled to
perform up to standards,
especially in math and science.
Engaging, experiential education
is very effective in increasing
understanding of concepts and
retention of information. Few
elementary school teachers and
virtually none of the public
elementary schools in Northern
New Mexico have the training or
resources to provide engaging
and forward-looking education in
math and science. The Wildlife
Center’s River Classroom
positively engaged seventy five
students representing seven
different schools. Funding will
support ongoing programs. |
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