We provide children with special needs, their families, and the community with therapeutic, educational, child care, and support services.

The Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board, Inc. (AAIHB) is an Indian owned and operated nonprofit organization that serves tribal communities in New Mexico, southern Colorado, and west Texas. We offer diverse health promotion and prevention educations programs, as well as specialized public health services. Our goal is to positively impact the health and well-being of the communities we serve.

Serving Dona Ana County since 1982, Mesilla Valley Hospice provides care for residents in our community who have been diagnosed with life-limiting illnesses. Whether patients choose to receive care in their own home, nursing home/assisted living facility, or in La Posada (Mesilla Valley Hospice's very own residential facility), the team of care staff are here to help.

Families and Youth, Inc., (FYI) underlying philosophy is to build on family and individual strengths to preserve family ties whenever possible. FYI's approach to youth development is to empower the youth to increase personal assets and enhance coping/survival skills. A multi-systemic approach to providing services is utilized by the staff, emphasizing specific skill development. Individual cognitive behavioral therapy and strategic or structural family therapy are provided to the adolescent and their families based on their individual treatment plan. FYI began as Children in Need of Services (CHINS, INC.,) on April 1977 under the leadership of Jose V. Frietze, LISW. To assess what services were needed, future State Representative Antonio Lujan, LISW, wrote a conceptual white paper and introduced the concept of a program based on the Salvador Minuchin Model of Family Therapy. Using this model, the CHINS approach focused on the participation of the entire family to enhance the possibility of a child's success. This model was adopted for statewide implementation of CHINS Services. As a result of elections in New Mexico, a new Governor was elected in 1984. That Governor proceeded to eliminate all funding for CHINS programs statewide. This sudden and dramatic change in funding forced CHINS, Inc., to re-examine its organizational structure and its focus. CHINS, Inc. was on the verge of closing down and the staff members who remained chose to make this challenge an opportunity. Collectively they decided to rename the agency Families & Youth, Inc., (FYI). A mission statement was developed and a new assertive attitude surfaced among the FYI staff.

MECA Therapies has been providing therapy services in Dona Ana County for over 10 years serving thousands of children and families. Our highly trained team provides evaluation and therapy for the following conditions: • Speech and language delays and disorders • Feeding and swallowing difficulties • Physical delays • Developmental delays • Neurologic/neuromuscular conditions • Sensory Integration Conditions • Autism Spectrum disorder • Nursing Professional services delivered with care. MECA Therapies believes in building relationships and works closely with the patients and their families to set and meet the goals that are most important to them. We pride ourselves on having a variety of programs and options available for service delivery which helps facilitate smooth transitions from one stage of treatment to another. MECA trained professionals provides the best Early Interventions in Las Cruces, NM. MECA Therapies staff consists of: -Physical Therapy (PT, PT Assistants, PT Technicians) -Occupational Therapy (OTR, Certified OT Assistants, OT Technicians) -Speech Therapy (SLP, Clinical Fellow, Apprentice of Speech-Language) -Special Instruction -Family Therapy -Social Work -Service Coordination Services -Nursing We employ both English speaking and Spanish-speaking therapists to serve within our communities! iHablamos Español! Programs: In Dona Ana County, MECA Therapies provides services through the following programs: 1. Early Childhood Services 2. Outpatient Clinic 3. DD Waiver MECA THERAPIES LLC 1350 Hillrise Cir Las Cruces, NM 88011 [email protected] (575) 522-9500

New Mexico is ranked as one of the hungriest and most poverty-stricken states in the nation. Roadrunner® Food Bank, a Feeding America member, is the largest non-profit dedicated to solving hunger in New Mexico. The Food Bank serves as a distribution hub and provides food to hundreds of affiliated partners around the state including food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and regional food banks. Roadrunner also distributes food through its own specialized programs helping children, families and seniors at schools, low-income seniors housing sites, senior centers and healthcare clinics. Last year, the Food Bank distributed more than 40 million pounds of food, helping tens of thousands of people experiencing hunger every week through a statewide hunger-relief network. For more information on solving hunger in New Mexico, visit www.rrfb.org, or follow us on social media: Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram.

As the trusted advocates for children and their families affected by trauma we engage in four areas of programming: The Children's Safehouse, Family Wellness Behavioral Health Services, Placement Services, and the Training Institute.

Amistad is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit agency providing a variety of programs including medical transportation, guardianship services, family counseling, veteran services, money management, and healthcare guidance to the elderly and to residents with disabilities in West Texas. Amistad was founded in 1976 as an initiative under the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), spearheaded by Ms. Lucy G. Acosta and a core group of volunteers. The initial goal of the agency was to provide transportation and social services to elderly residents and persons with disabilities. Today, Amistad serves as the only nonprofit Managed Transportation Organization (MTO) for 23 Far West Texas counties. Mission To advocate, connect, and deliver social services to communities, ensuring a dignified and meaningful life for all. Vision Every individual has access to services that promote a quality life through the Amistad spirit of compassion. Values Respect, Honesty, Integrity, Service, Excellence

The Southwest Indian Foundation is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Gallup, New Mexico, serving the "poorest of the poor" in the Native communities of the Southwest for 40 years.

Children’s Choice Child Care Services, Inc., is dedicated to facilitating the positive development of children by developing and maintaining school-age care programs that are a model of quality care – programs where children play, learn, grow, and make friends – programs where children are nurtured and develop life skills. Children’s Choice will use these programs as a source of training and technical assistance for the larger community of school-age care practitioners.

St. Martin's mission is to assist homeless and near-homeless people by providing resources, opportunities and hope! We provide shelter/food services, showers and clothing, job assistance, housing assistance, medical services and various other critical programs.

Heading Home is a New Mexico non-profit that provides shelter and housing services to people experiencing homelessness. We work to make experiences of homelessness as rare, short-lived and nonrecurring in our community. We fulfill this vision through serving as a unified voice of advocacy, prevention and service; we are an innovative convener, collaborator and educator about homelessness in the community. We are dedicated to serving those most in need in New Mexico by providing emergency and permanent supportive housing with access to wrap around services. Our programs serve families, women, men & veterans. Heading Home operates two shelters – the Albuquerque Opportunity Center and the Westside Emergency Housing Center. We run a medical respite program which provides 24-hour care to men recently released from the hospital who do not have a home. Our signature Housing First program, Albuquerque Heading Home, has housed hundreds of medically vulnerable, chronically homeless individuals since 2011. Our programs for families provide rental assistance and permanent supportive housing and case management. All of our programs assist veterans in exiting homelessness into permanent supportive housing. We utilize the Housing First, Collective Impact and Harm Reduction models to provide life-saving services to some of the most vulnerable members of our community.