Home visitation helping families identify their personal goals and learn to build upon their strengths, recognize challenges and opportunities for growth, and establish healthy relationships whose effects will last a lifetime. At the core of the program is the conviction that a healthy pregnancy and healthy baby are not only critical to the immediate well being of mother and child but are also basic to the long-term health and success of family and community. The most effective and efficient unit for building a competent society is a bonded, resilient and competent family.
Supplemental Food and Nutrition Education Program for Woman, Infants, and Children. Breast-feeding education & support; Parenting skills; Stages of child development; Importance of bonding and attachment; Development screening; Referrals for childbirth education, care of the newborns.
Recreational Youth Soccer program serving the young people and parents of Las Vegas, NM and surrounding communities. Las Vegas Youth Soccer League (LVYSL) has grown to around 400 soccer players over the years. Our goal is to offer a quality, safe and affordable recreational soccer program. For ages 4-12.
May assist with payments for childcare for those who qualify and attend school, employment, or work through ISD/HSD. This service does not, in any way, connect you with CYFD or protective services.
Temporary Cash Assistance provides a monthly cash benefit to meet basic family needs
such as housing, utilities, and clothing costs.
General Assistance (GA) provides limited financial assistance to children and disabled
adults.
Food Stamps issued to eligible low income households to increase purchasing power and
nutrition levels.
Community Assistance Programs & Community Service Block Grant provides
emergency assistance to persons and families for food, housing, medicine, work and education.
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) assists persons and
families with heating and cooling costs. Protects from winter shut-off: To avoid potential disconnection of services please contact the Human Services Department for eligibility information. Your services will not be disconnected from November 15 to March 15.
Qualified farm workers receive job training and/or classroom training to increase their basic skills or work skills in order to obtain unsubsidized employment. Provide work readiness training along with supportive services with the goal of helping people reach a higher level of self-sufficiency. Help-NM’s youth program goals are to improve educational achievement, job readiness and employment opportunities for youth 14-21 years old.
Growing future health professionals using high school health career clubs, peer education, and providing clinical rotations to health professional students. Offered in partnership with UNM HSC Office for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion - RHS/WLV Dream Makers high school health career clubs and the summer HCOP Health Careers Academy.
A full service domestic violence prevention/intervention provider with wrap-around service in the form of: Advocacy and Support, Legal Advocacy, Counseling (individual and group), Emergency Shelter Services, Life Skills, Community Outreach and Community Training.
The SPOT offers many youth services and programs. Dedicated to providing social & environmental justice services in 4 overall categories: Access, Education, Advocacy and Solidarity;
Serve Seniors 60 years of age and older in Las Vegas, Pecos, San Miguel; required sign-up, by phone or in person; delivers 7 days lunch + dinner meals to qualified Senior at homes; drive-through meals available all sites to Seniors during flex time, Mon + Thur.
Congregate Services- Sites in Las Vegas, Pecos, San Miguel for breakfast + lunch, activities; not available during flex time
Home Delivery Services- Meal delivery lunch + dinner, 7 days a week, for Seniors who qualify
Transportation Services- Bringing Seniors to + from Centers, shopping trips, medical appointments; not available during flex time
In tough economic times, sometimes many people need a little help to get by. Our Good Neighbor Fund, funded through the generosity of our employees, shareholders and customers was established to help those in need.
PNM customers who are facing a financial emergency can receive a grant to help pay part or all of a past-due PNM bill. Every year, the Good Neighbor Fund distributes tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of families in our service area for bill payment support. This program is administered by Samaritan House in Las Vegas, NM.
Subsidized housing, rent based on income. The City of Las Vegas Housing Authority provides safe, adequate, and affordable housing to low income families, in an environment that fosters cultural preservation, self-sufficiency and community pride.
Amistad Y Resolana is here to provide help to those in need of regathering their lives. Alejandro Rivera can make a difference and provide help in people suffering with substance abuse. People in need can come into a relaxing environment without prejudice. A home like feeling and welcoming, is the approach people need, more than ever. Amistad Y Resolana is ready and able to change this modern mentality and help our societies substance abuse victims grow in a positive way.
The only state owned and operated psychiatric hospital in New Mexico. NMBHI is made up of five clinical divisions serving a wide range of public needs. Each division is separately licensed and has its own unique admission criteria. The most familiar is the inpatient care we offer adult psychiatric patients. We provide adult psychiatric services on six units, serving approximately 1000 admissions per year.
