Common Grounds offers food, activities, and possible job/internships to teens in order to help them meet basic needs and also gain workforce experience.

Creating media voices for youth, arts, and activism in Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado.

Enchanted Circle Corp (DreamTree Project) offers necessary resources for children and teens as well as employment and internships.

An exciting program for youth that takes place outside of school hours (after school, non school days, weekends) and designed specifically for enrichment. This program is a unique blend of environmental education and outdoor adventure that is fun, educational, and physically challenging. We thoughtfully engage students while exploring connections to th

Our community faces challenges that are multifaceted and pervasive. Resilient solutions are best achieved through a holistic systems approach. Localogy is a cross-sector collaborative of charitable initiatives serving northern New Mexico. By pooling administrative resources, Localogy empowers passionate individuals and groups to focus their efforts on creating the maximum programmatic impact. Our projects coalesce organically, and are led by members of the communities they serve. These grassroots initiatives are responsive to emergent needs and are most efficient in delivering authentic solutions.

Apprenticeship programs combine paid on-the-job training with related classroom instruction. The goal is to prepare individuals for skilled occupations while equipping them with the practical experience that employers seek in applicants. One can enroll online.

4-H Youth and Development. Our 4-H program provides a creative a supportive environment in which culturally diverse youth and adults can reach their full potential. Our local county program works to develop life skills to help young people become self-directed, productive citizens. We also work to empower adult volunteers who multiply the efforts of our local county Extension staff.

Paseo Project offers high school and college students opportunities for creative internships, in which students will help prepare for the annual event. Interns learn event planning as well as being exposed to art.

We continue to offer free multi-generational classes and workshops at the Family & Youth Center art room.

Offers treatment such as counseling, drug testing, court ordered appointments.

Rocky Mountain Youth Corp offers internships and summer jobs to the youth.

TUES – SAT Noon-4pm; Writing mentorship for Taos County youth, ages 10 –19.

StemArts Lab offer boot camps and apprenticeships for young girls and women to inspire them to pursue a career in science or tech.

Taos alive offers free mentorship programs for youth and adults that focus on goal achievement and encourage engaging in positive activites.

With a 275-seat theater and two galleries, the TCA curates culturally relevant films, art exhibitions, and live performances as well as provides local, regional and internationally renowned artists, thinkers and performers the space to inspire creativity and foster a thriving love for the arts.

We EMPOWER Taos Pueblo Natives to RECLAIM their lives from addiction and mental health challenges.

Taos Pueblo Youth Outreach (also known as C.O.R.E. provides services and internships to the youth.

Pre-K center for 3-5 year olds.

Los Angelitos Early Childhood Service is an early intervention program that provides specialized services and supports to eligible children and their families birth to three years of age, with identified developmental delays or who are at risk for delay.

Bilingual childcare center for infants, toddlers, preschool, and pre-k children. Inspire Bilingual Early Learning Center is a New Mexico PreK Program. New Mexico PreK programs are free to all families. Wraparound care (care that occurs before or after normal PreK hours) may have a fee associated. New Mexico PreK is a voluntary program funded by the state of New Mexico to ensure that every child in New Mexico, aged 3 or 4, has the opportunity to attend a high-quality early childhood education program before kindergarten. NM PreK begins at the start of the school year. NM PreK is free to all New Mexico families.

True Kids 1 (TK1) is a youth media-and-technology education nonprofit founded in 2017. We’re based in Taos, NM at a leading-edge teen facility.

Therapeutic services focused on supporting the caregiving relationships that are the foundation of early development. Programs build nurturing connections between very young children and their parents, to give kids the very best chance at growing up healthy and safe.

Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health therapists have received specialized training in trauma-informed, evidence-based therapies for families with children ages prenatal to six. Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention (CBCAP) navigators provide intensive and comprehensive support services for families with children ages zero to five in order to improve social and emotional well-being and resilience.

UNM-Taos HIVE offers job skills training, as well as programming and mentorships for young people to explore their possible career interests.

Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Youth Heartline improves positive long-term outcomes and access to services by reducing risk factors and barriers for underserved children and families in Colfax, Taos, and Union Counties in northeast New Mexico. We provide services to over 1,000 children, youth, and families each year. We assist families in our community with education, referrals, support services, and activities to foster youth development and family connection.

FIRST STEPS

Leer en español: https://holycrossmedicalcenter.org/program/first-steps/first-steps-en-espanol/

Holy Cross Hospital’s First Steps Program provides home visiting services to parents of children ages prenatal to five, including fathers, adoptive parents, and foster families in Taos and Western Colfax Counties.

Home visiting services provide parents with information, support, and access to resources in our community that promote early childhood development and a positive family foundation.

We help parents adjust, grow, and change as they make their way through the ups and downs of parenthood. We also celebrate with them as their child grows and changes. Each milestone – cutting a first tooth, or taking a first step – is a joy to witness.

First Steps home visitors help prepare parents to cope with the everyday stressors associated with the transition to parenting, which are inevitable when a new baby enters your family. We work with other community organizations to help parents navigate the systems that are available to reduce those stressors. This leaves more time and energy for the joys of parenting as the family builds a relationship with their child.

Taos Nannies does babysitting for tourists, visitors, and people on vacation in Taos.

Childcare center for infants, toddlers, and preschool children, with priority given to native students.

The mission of Taos Pueblo Head Start and Early Head Start is to provide a developmentally appropriate and culturally relevant early childhood education program for all enrolled children from the Taos area, while providing comprehensive training and educational opportunities to empower families and staff.

Tiwa Babies is a service delivery that matches expectant parents/caregivers and parents/caregivers of children 0-5 years old with a qualified family support specialist. Tiwa Babies services promote optimal child and family development. Services are universal, at no cost, and provided in the family’s home or another location of the family’s choice. We offer our services to Native Families and Non-Native Families living in Taos County.

Twirl hosts onsite early childhood family classes 3x a week; classes are $5 or free of charge to anyone who asks. The Twirl Playground is open, free of charge, to families during business hours Wednesday through Mondays. Science Saturdays and Art Studio Saturdays are Twice monthly from 11-1, and Twirl signature events happen on site 8x a year, and are always free of charge

Childcare center for infants, toddlers, preschool, and pre-k children.

We respect all children by treating them as capable intelligent individuals, setting and meeting individual goals based on their own interests and providing a safe and nurturing environment for exploration and discovery.

We Believe Every Child:

• Is a capable and competent being
• Is a unique and complex learner
• Is deserving of an environment that nurtures the whole child.
• Learns through child-initiated, child-directed, educator-supported play
• Is a social being who learns through the development of relationships and collaboration with peers and adults
• Is by nature a creative and curious researcher and learns best through hands-on exploration that is relevant to his or her experiences
• Deserves trust, respect, and meaningful relationships to facilitate confidence and healthy risk taking
• Has diverse strengths rooted in his or her family’s unique culture, heritage, language and beliefs.
• Is a subject of rights, a whole citizen from birth, worthy of citizenship in the world
• Possesses hundreds of languages with which to describe their beliefs and experiences, and with which to express their learning. To respect and respond to cultural diversity

Childcare and home visiting services for children birth to 5. Youth Development, Inc. (YDI), founded in 1971, is a nationally recognized youth and family service organization in New Mexico. We can help you with preschool and child care, prenatal care, alternative education, job training employment assistance, mental and behavioral health services, homeless assistance, emergency housing, mentoring, family development services, family counseling services, and supervised visitation.

Childcare and home visiting services for children birth to 5.

Youth Development, Inc. (YDI), founded in 1971, is a nationally recognized youth and family service organization in New Mexico. We can help you with preschool and child care, prenatal care, alternative education, job training employment assistance, mental and behavioral health services, homeless assistance, emergency housing, mentoring, family development services, family counseling services, and supervised visitation.

Childcare and home visiting services for children birth to 5.

Youth Development, Inc. (YDI), founded in 1971, is a nationally recognized youth and family service organization in New Mexico. We can help you with preschool and child care, prenatal care, alternative education, job training employment assistance, mental and behavioral health services, homeless assistance, emergency housing, mentoring, family development services, family counseling services, and supervised visitation.

Childcare and home visiting services for children birth to 5.

Youth Development, Inc. (YDI), founded in 1971, is a nationally recognized youth and family service organization in New Mexico. We can help you with preschool and child care, prenatal care, alternative education, job training employment assistance, mental and behavioral health services, homeless assistance, emergency housing, mentoring, family development services, family counseling services, and supervised visitation.

Alcoholics Anonymous Support Group.

Alcoholics Anonymous Support Groups.

Peer support services for veterans.

Mental Health, Substance Abuse, CHW's Program, Anger Management, Batterrers Program and Social Work Internships.

The mission of El Centro Family Health is to provide affordable, accessible, quality health care to the people of Northern New Mexico. Developing a healthy body, mind, and spirit is a lifelong journey. In Northern New Mexico, the quality of this journey is enriched and interwoven with the traditions, history and culture of the people. Distance, isolation, economics, and the lack of information are major obstacles to achieving that quality of living. We strive to improve the quality of life by bringing primary health care and basic health education to the people of Northern New Mexico. Through a system of clinics and cooperative programs, El Centro offers vital health services in a caring and supportive environment. We serve the people of this region and help to preserve the unique traditional qualities that define life in Northern New Mexico.

EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT

Here for you 24 hours a day 7 days a week

Holy Cross Hospital’s Emergency Department is staffed with skilled physicians, nurses and other medical practitioners who specialize in emergency medicine. Our physicians are board certified in emergency medicine, offering the knowledge and experience to handle any emergency.

If you need to reach someone in the Emergency Room, please call 575-751-5835

If you you experience any of the following please don’t hesitate come into the Emergency Room:

•  Chest pain or upper abdominal pain lasting at least two minutes
•  Uncontrolled bleeding
•  Sudden or severe pain
•  Coughing or vomiting blood
•  Difficulty breathing, or shortness of breath
•  Sudden dizziness, weakness, or change of vision
•  Severe or persistent vomiting or diarrhea
•  Change in mental status such as confusion
•  Difficulty speaking
•  Unusual abdominal pain
•  Suicidal or homicidal thoughts
•  Fever or flu-like symptoms (may have severe flu that requires hospitalization)
•  Allergic reactions (some may be severe or life threatening)
•  Broken bones
•  Animal bites (can be significant in some cases)

If you need help in an emergency situation call 911.

Corrections Programs Serving Northern New Mexico Since 1984

Our Programs offer sentencing alternatives to incarceration for Adult/Juvenile offenders in Northern New Mexico

To provide a viable alternative to long term incarceration in both the Adult and Juvenile State institutions which are available to the Courts, New Mexico Juvenile and Adult Parole Boards and both the Juvenile and Adult Probation offices.

The Las Cumbres Behavioral Health Program offers an array of trauma-informed, evidence-based treatment services to address child traumatic stress and promote psychological resilience in children ages 6+. Therapists are skilled at working with children and youth who are struggling with multiple stressors and traumatic experiences. In addition, we offer our Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health therapists have received specialized training in trauma-informed, evidence-based therapies for families with children ages prenatal to six. Lastly, the Santuario del Corazon Program offers Bilingual/bicultural support to immigrant children and families in Northern New Mexico via trauma-informed mental health services and connections to resources such as transportation, housing, translation/interpretation, food assistance, legal assistance, and childcare.

MAS Comunidad's mission is to improve the lives of people in the villages surrounding Peñasco. Our holistic wellness programs center the expressed needs of the community while recognizing its rich tri-cultural diversity. We facilitate access to services, support opportunities for self development, build partnerships with local and regional entities and legislators, and strategize on ways to support local economic development.

The Spot Office Is dedicated to providing essential navigation services and community outreach opportunities  to the greater southern Taos County area. 

• Navigation Services 

• Community Outreach Events 

The National Domestic Violence Hotline provides essential tools and support to help survivors of domestic violence so they can live their lives free of abuse. Contacts to The Hotline can expect highly- trained, expert advocates to offer free , confidential, and compassionate support crisis intervention information, education, and referral services in 200 languages.

Retreats for Veterans and their Partners.

New Mexico Department of Veterans’ Services – Field Services Offices

There are several Department field offices located throughout the state. Each is staffed by a veterans service officer (VSO) who has attained accreditation through the National Association of County Veteran Service Officers. All VSOs are also veterans themselves, dedicated to helping their fellow veterans with filing for the well-deserved benefits earned through their honorable service to our country.   Please see below for contact information for the nearest VSO.

We are a non-profit organization committed to creating community programs that benefit military veterans and their families in Taos, New Mexico.

Our main focus is on the healing of active military, veterans, military families, and gold star families of fallen heroes and reintegration with the local community through programs, classes, and events to improve relationships and build camaraderie.

Some of our programs include: beekeeping, community garden plots, workshops, and veteran memorial clean-up.