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New Mexico Suicide
Intervention Project,
Inc. |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$15,000 |
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NMSIP was incorporated in 1994.
Nationwide statistics show that
suicide is the third leading
cause of death for youth, ages
10-24 in the United States. It
is inconceivable that close to
4,500 young adults and children
die by suicide each year. More
tragically still, New Mexico has
one of the highest youth suicide
rates in the nation. SKY
Counseling Center has been
providing free counseling and
suicide risk assessments for
at-risk youth and their families
in northern New Mexico since
1998. These services are
ongoing. |
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Northern New Mexico
Birth Center |
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Taos, New
Mexico/$5,000 |
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Father absence is a the heart of
young people’s poverty, poor
health, dropping out of school,
teen pregnancy, criminal
behavior, depression and
suicide. A concerted community
effort is needed to support
fathers in being vitally engaged
with their children. NNMBC will
partner in Summer 2011 with REEL
Fahters, Taos Men Engaged in
Nonviolence (M.E.N.) and the
Harwood Museum to hold a series
of three film screenings and
dialogues focused on fathers and
families. The heart of each
program will be facilitated
dialogue sparked by the film. |
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Open Hands |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$20,000 |
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Open Hands is a Santa
Fe-based nonprofit which
has served elderly and
disabled people in New
Mexico since 1977. The
mission is to empower
frail elderly and
disabled people to avoid
premature
institutionalization,
helping them to live
with dignity in a home
environment that
supports them in having
safely, accessibility,
mobility and
independence. Clients
are required to
contribute as much as
they can toward the
services. Funding would
provide supplemental
funding for the portion
these clients cannot
afford. |
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Pajarito Playground,
Calle Pajarito |
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Espanola, New
Mexico/$5,000 |
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The Pajarito site serves a
recognizable problem – providing
a place for activities for
at-risk, low income family
children. The mission is to
provide a safe play space, to
curb drug and gang activity in a
high crime neighborhood, and to
prevent obesity by providing the
children a means to exercise
outdoors, keep in shape, and
have fun. The Play space will
also build social skills and
will be an outlet for the
families to develop a sense of
community in their neighborhood. |
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Peanut Butter & Jelly,
Inc. |
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Albuquerque, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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PB&J Family Services has
serviced children and their
families in New Mexico since
1972. “Heeling Hearts” is a
program that was established in
2008 with the help of the Frost
Foundation and McCune Foundation
to provide therapeutic and
skills training for women
incarcerated at the New Mexico
Women’s Correctional Facility in
Grants New Mexico and to save
the lives of “unadoptable” dogs
from the nearby Animal Shelter.
The goal is to provide a
rehabilitation program for women
that will reduce inmate
recidivism, so that the inmate’s
children can grow up in loving
positive environments and to
save the lives of many dogs. |
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PublicUS CDC |
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Las Cruces, New
Mexico/$5,000 |
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In 2001, the Navajo Nation
issued a health advisory warning
against high concentrations of
uranium in the Four Corners
region of New Mexico. Due to
lack of public funding to
install public water systems
many small rural communities
continue to rely on unregulated
water sources, with severe
health consequences. The project
will address the need for clean
water in the Four Corners region
and also, through production of
the ML water systems will be an
economic development project,
providing supplemental income
and skills training to
low-income New Mexico residents
and students. |
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Rio Grande Food Project |
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Albuquerque, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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Twenty years ago, the Rio Grande
Presbyterian Church started the
Rio Grande Food Project (RGFP)
with the mission of “feeding
people mentally, physically and
emotionally”. It’s the second
largest emergency food provider,
by volume, in New Mexico and
serves between 50-70 households
per day. This year, the RGFP and
its 60 community volunteers, in
collaboration with the
Storehouse and other charitable
food donors, will distribute
over one million pounds of food
to over 67, 000 households. |
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Santa Fe Project Access |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$15,000 |
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New Mexico and Louisiana have
many similar challenges in
meeting the needs of the
uninsured. Over 25 percent of
adults are uninsured in both
Santa Fe, and New Orleans. Many
of these uninsured work for
small businesses with less than
50 employees that will be exempt
from federal employer coverage
mandates. Thus, many of these
uninsured will be required to
purchase individual coverage
through a health care exchange
mechanism and many may find
purchasing commercial coverage
through exchange too expensive.
The proposal would build on the
relationship between to develop
a synergistic project that can
benefit both states; uninsured
populations and provider
infrastructure. |
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