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St. Elizabeth Shelter |
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Santa Fe,
New Mexico/$20,000 |
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Santa Fe alone, Adelante has
provided services to more than
1,000 homeless students during
the past year. Casa Familia
provides a dedicated emergency
shelter for homeless single
women and families with children
along with a full range of
supportive services including
case management, counseling,
school tutoring and clothing to
enable them to address
healthcare issues, find
employment, find permanent
housing and return to
independent living. It’s now
open 24/7 so older, infirm women
can stay indoors during the day
along with young mothers with
sick children. Funding would
provide vital operating funds. |
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Teen Parent Center |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$5,000 |
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Child Care Bridge Program for
Teen Parents.
The current child care program
is operated by PMS Early
Headstart. They currently
operate three classrooms serving
124 children ages 0-3. They
cannot serve all of the children
of teen parents in the community
and also serve families who are
not in the teen parent program.
Without daycare on site or other
day care opportunities in the
community, teen parents cannot
continue their education.
Funding will assist start up
costs for a licensed child care
program to serve 8-12 infant
children of teen parents at the
school site. |
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Espanola Teen Center |
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Think New Mexico |
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Santa Fe, New
Mexico/$10,000 |
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The smaller schools initiative
addresses the problem of New
Mexico’s shamefully low
graduation rate. Think New
Mexico is working to enact three
legislative reforms to address
these problems: 1) a bill to
incentivize school districts to
build smaller schools; 2) a bill
to ban campaign contributions
from lobbyists and major state
contractors; and 3) three
constitutional amendments to
streamline the PRC’s
jurisdiction and increase
qualifications for
commissioners. To implement
these initiatives, Think New
Mexico will follow the strategy
that worked so well in efforts
for full-day kindergarten; the
food tax repeal; the Strategic
Water Reserve; Individual
Development Accounts and lottery
scholarship reform. Funding will
help achieving these goals. |
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