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2024 Labor and Health and Human Services Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

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Pueblo of Acoma

Project Description: The Pueblo of Acoma will expand health and mental health services for seniors enrolled in the Pueblo and surrounding areas.

Project City/County: Acoma Pueblo, NM

Amount Requested: $4,000,000

Albuquerque Sign Language Academy

Project Description: Albuquerque Sign Language Academy will develop the Adult WorkForce Training Program Hub to enhance educational and career opportunities for deaf, hard of hearing, and people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $300,000

University of New Mexico

Project Description: Neonatal Opiate Withdrawal Syndrome New Mexico will expand its training program statewide for providers who treat babies exposed to opioids in utero in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $3,905,000

Women in Leadership

Project Description: Women in Leadership will conduct outreach and engagement, and overdose prevention, recognition, and response trainings to communities in central and southeastern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $530,000

New Mexico Reentry Center

Project Description: The New Mexico Reentry Center will hire a program manager to provide mental health and substance use disorder programming for previously incarcerated individuals in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $80,000

Heading Home

Project Description: Heading Home Westside Emergency Housing Center will hire Emergency Medical Technicians to provide substance abuse treatment for people seeking care at the Westside Emergency Housing Center.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $165,000

paws and stripes

Project Description: Paws and Stripes will expand the Paws and Stripes suicide prevention program for veterans in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $153,000

New Mexico Dream Center of Albuquerque

Project Description: New Mexico Dream Center of Albuquerque will provide trauma-informed services to victims of sex trafficking in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

University of New Mexico’s Brain Disease Research Program

Project Description: The University of New Mexico will purchase equipment to aid in the diagnosis of brain diseases such as Alzheimer’s.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $1,071,000

University of New Mexico

Project Description: The University of New Mexico will conduct the Measuring Child Maltreatment Project to assess the prevalence of child abuse and neglect in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

heading home

Project Description: Heading Home will provide vocational certification training for unhoused individuals.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $600,000

The University of New Mexico

Project Description: The University of New Mexico will purchase equipment to enhance drug discovery for infectious diseases.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $3,000,000

New Mexico Human Services Department

Project Description: The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions will expand primary care and psychiatry residency programs to improve recruitment and retention of medical providers in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $1,636,000

University of New Mexico

Project Description: The University of New Mexico will expand the Center for Memory and Aging to improve screening for dementia throughout New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $988,000

Siembra Leadership High School

Project Description: Siembra Leadership High School will partner with Central New Mexico Community College to increase dual credit attainment by students.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $130,000

The Savila Collaborative dba Centro Savila

Project Description: Centro Savila will expand its Bilingual Behavioral Health Professional Provider Pipeline to increase the number of Bilingual Mental Health Providers in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $405,000

Ethos Literacy

Project Description: Ethos Literacy will provide adult literacy services to individuals who do not qualify for federal programs.

Project City/County: Albuquerque, NM

Amount Requested: $125,000

Central New Mexico Community College

Project Description: Central New Mexico Community College will expand the Teacher Residency Model and Special Education Teacher Training Program.

Project City/County: Albuquerque Region, NM

 Amount Requested: $500,000

Central New Mexico Community College

Project Description: Central New Mexico Community College will provide workforce training for clean energy and transmission technologies.

Project City/County: Albuquerque Region, NM

  Amount Requested: $1,135,000

Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum

Project Description: Explora Science Center and Children’s Museum will develop the Brillante Early Learning Center to support two-generation education to improve educational and economic outcomes for New Mexico families.

Project City/County: Albuquerque Region, NM

Amount Requested: $1,177,000

The University of New Mexico

Project Description: The University of New Mexico will implement a Multi-Layered System of Supports model for multilingual students at-risk for dyslexia in three schools.

Project City/County: Albuquerque Region, NM

Amount Requested: $450,000

University of New Mexico

Project Description: The University of New Mexico will collaborate with Navajo Technical University to create the Indigenous Child Language Center to train indigenous students in data science and linguistic research.

Project City/County: Albuquerque and Crownpoint, NM

Amount Requested: $800,000

Youth Development Inc.

Project Description: Youth Development, Inc. will increase cultural competency among more than 400 staff members at 35 Head Start sites.

Project City/County: Based in Albuquerque but programming is statewide NM

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

El Puente de Encuentros

Project Description: El Puente de Encuentro’s Proyecto Crecer will create a culturally and linguistically diverse pipeline for behavioral health professionals in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Bernalillo, NM

Amount Requested: $252,000

Southwest Piping Institute

Project Description: Southwest Piping Institute will provide specialized training for skills needed to fulfill jobs created by the CHIPS Act and Inflation Reduction Act.

Project City/County: Bernalillo County, NM

Amount Requested: $1,350,000

New Mexico Department of Health

Project Description: The New Mexico Department of Health will expand school-based health services for children in underserved communities throughout New Mexico.

Project City/County: Bernalillo, Taos, San Miguel, Chavez, Colfax, McKinley, San Juan, Lincoln, Guadalupe, and Lincoln Counties, NM

Amount Requested: $950,000

Young Fathers dba; Fathers New Mexico

Project Description: Young Fathers New Mexico will strengthen and expand community-based services to prevent child abuse and neglect throughout New Mexico.

Project City/County: Bernalillo, Valencia, Sandoval, and Santa Fe Counties, NM

Amount Requested: $213,000

carlsbad lifehouse

Project Description: Carlsbad Lifehouse will develop a certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic in Southeastern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Carlsbad, NM

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

City of Clovis

Project Description: The City of Clovis will build a Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Treatment Center to serve as a hub for inpatient care in Eastern New Mexico.

Project City/County: City of Clovis, in collaboration with the City of Portales; the Village of Fort Sumner; Curry County, De Baca County, Quay County, and Roosevelt County, NM

Amount Requested: $15,000,000

Children's Reading Alliance

Project Description: Children’s Reading Alliance will design and implement high-impact literacy tutoring in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

Project City/County: Don?a Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

Ngage New Mexico

Project Description: Ngage New Mexico will implement kindergarten to career programing to support education and career readiness for Doña County students.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $202,000

Children's Reading Alliance

Project Description: Children’s Reading Alliance will design and implement high-impact literacy tutoring in Doña Ana County, New Mexico.

Project City/County: Doña Ana County, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

Presbyterian Healthcare Service’s Española Hospital

Project Description: Presbyterian Healthcare Service will create the first ASAM Level 3.7 facility in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Española, NM

Amount Requested: $1,800,000

Las Cumbres Community Services

Project Description: Las Cumbres Community Services will expand services for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities in Northern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Española, NM

Amount Requested: $944,000

Northern New Mexico College

Project Description: Northern New Mexico College will provide commercial driver’s license training through a mobile unit at remote, rural high schools.

Project City/County: Española and surrounding Pueblos, NM

Amount Requested: $643,000

San Juan County Partnership’s Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Program

Project Description: The San Juan County Partnership will develop a substance abuse prevention program for youth in the Farmington, New Mexico, area.

Project City/County: Farmington, NM

Amount Requested: $300,000

Project Description: Navajo Preparatory School will build out its International Baccalaureate Diploma and Middle Years programs.

Project City/County: Farmington, NM

Amount Requested: $700,000

Gallup Community Health

Project Description: Gallup Community Health will expand its practice to include behavior health services.

Project City/County: Gallup, NM

Amount Requested: $516,000

Hidalgo County

Project Description: Hidalgo County will purchase a new ambulance to better serve emergency medical needs in Southwestern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Hidalgo County, NM

Amount Requested: $350,000

Sheri’s House of Hope

Project Description: Sheri’s House of Hope will hire a new Peer Support Specialist to expand its ability to support victims of domestic violence in Lea County, New Mexico.

Project City/County: Hobbs, NM

Amount Requested: $49,000

Pueblo of Laguna

Project Description: The Pueblo of Laguna will distribute overdose prevention products and naloxone to community members to reduce overdose rates within the Pueblo.

Project City/County: Laguna Pueblo, NM

Amount Requested: $35,000

Amador Health Center

Project Description: Amador Health Center will expand its current building to treat mental health and substance abuse in Southern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $780,000

Las Cruces Public Schools

Project Description: Las Cruces Public Schools will launch the Academic Career-Experience Career Ready Toolbox Program to support high school student in career readiness.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $430,000

New Mexico State University

Project Description: New Mexico State University will develop and implement a new environmental and energy technologies program.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $138,000

Las Cruces Public Schools

Project Description: Las Cruces Public Schools will offer the High School Pre-Medical Program to allow students direct early exposure to hands-on experiential learning with focused pre-apprenticeships in grades 11-12.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $382,000

Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico

Project Description: Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico will expand its Kids Can Youth Entrepreneurship Program to rural communities and counties in southern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Las Cruces, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

New Mexico Highlands University

Project Description: New Mexico Highlands University will develop the Heritage Trades Academy to support the preservation of historic structures, enhance economic development, and preserve local heritage and culture.

Project City/County: Las Vegas, NM

Amount Requested: $1,075,000

Luna Community College

Project Description: Luna Community College will create the Wildfire Resiliency Training Center to prepare students to enter the workforce.

Project City/County: Las Vegas, NM

Amount Requested: $609,000

Save the Children

Project Description: Save the Children will provide early childhood home visiting, kindergarten readiness, and school-age literacy programs.

Project City/County: McKinley County, NM

Amount Requested: $1,400,000

Mescalero Apache Tribe

Project Description: Mescalero Apache Tribe will construct a new wing of the Mescalero Care Center to expand nursing home care for elders.

Project City/County: Mescalero, NM

Amount Requested: $5,000,000

Mora County Ambulance Services

Project Description: Mora County Ambulance Services will to purchase a new ambulance to respond to medical emergencies in Northern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Mora County, NM

Amount Requested: $900,000

Boys & Girls Club of Generational Empowerment

Project Description: Boys and Girls Club of Generational Empowerment will expand emotional wellness programs for youth in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico.

Project City/County: Ohkay Owingeh, NM

Amount Requested: $250,000

Pueblo of Isleta

Project Description: The Pueblo of Isleta will provide summer and afterschool learning in the Tiwa language with a focus on culture and STREAM.

Project City/County: Pueblo of Isleta, NM

Amount Requested: $300,000

New Mexico Department of Health

Project Description: The New Mexico Department of Health will create a Primary Care Community Hub to recruit, retain, and support primary care and behavioral health providers throughout New Mexico.

Project City/County: Santa Fe, NM

Amount Requested: $700,000

New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department

Project Description: The New Mexico Early Childhood and Education Care Department will establish family resource centers throughout New Mexico.

Project City/County: Santa Fe, NM

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

New Mexico Human Services Department

Project Description: The New Mexico Department of Human Service will help rural primary care clinics update health IT and electronic medical record systems throughout New Mexico.

Project City/County: Santa Fe, NM

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Wise Fool New Mexico

Project Description: Wise Fool New Mexico will expand afterschool programming in underserved neighborhoods and Pueblo communities.

Project City/County: Santa Fe County, NM

Amount Requested: $200,000

College and Career Plaza

Project Description: College and Career Plaza will grow its in-school student support model to additional school districts in rural New Mexico.

Project City/County: Santa Fe County, NM

Amount Requested: $190,000

Project Description: Navajo Preparatory School will create the Classrooms Without Walls Leadership Program to help students develop 21st-century advocacy and communication skills to support community building within Tribal nations.

Project City/County: Shiprock and Famington, NM

Amount Requested: $500,000

Gila Regional Medical Center

Project Description: Gila Regional Medical Center will purchase and install a new MRI machine to better serve constituents in Grant, Hidalgo, and Catron Counties in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Silver City, NM

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

New Mexico Governor’s Commission on Disability

Project Description: New Mexico Technology Assistance Program will add new assistive technology to its device/application loan library.

Project City/County: Statewide, NM

Amount Requested: $160,000

Chronic Disease Prevention Council of New Mexico

Project Description: The Chronic Disease Prevention Council of New Mexico will create a mental health and behavioral health professional’s network.

Project City/County: Statewide, NM

Amount Requested: $100,000

New Mexico Higher Education Department

Project Description: New Mexico Higher Education Department will establish two Tribal Education Technical Assistance Centers to provide Native American educators and educators serving Native American students with technical support.

Project City/County: Statewide, NM

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Southwest Institute for Transformational Community Schools

Project Description: Southwest Institute for Transformational Community Schools will support the development and expansion of three programs within the Center of Excellence for Community Schools.

Project City/County: Statewide, NM

Amount Requested: $1,800,000

New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions

Project Description: The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions will develop economic transition services for oil and gas industry workers expected to face dislocation as the country moves away from fossil fuels.

Project City/County: Statewide, NM

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Dual Language Education of New Mexico

Project Description: Dual Language Education of New Mexico will use the CLAVESTM framework to work with Indigenous communities in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Santa Fe County, NM

Amount Requested: $250,000

Taos Whole Community Health

Project Description: Taos Whole Community Health will expand its substance use disorder treatment program.

Project City/County: Taos, NM

Amount Requested: $700,000

Taos Health System, Inc.

Project Description: The Taos Health System will purchase a daVinci XI Robot for use in surgeries.

Project City/County: Taos, NM

Amount Requested: $2,000,000

Holy Cross Medical Center

Project Description: Taos Health System will extend the Rural OB Access & Maternal Services (ROAMS) Program at Taos Health System for an additional year.

Project City/County: Taos, NM

Amount Requested: $1,000,000

Sierra Vista Hospital

Project Description: Sierra Vista Hospital will replace its current hospital to provide high-quality health care to constituents in Southern New Mexico.

Project City/County: Truth or Consequences, NM

Amount Requested: $15,000,000

Valencia County, in collaboration with Catron, Cibola, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Sierra, and Socorro Counties

Project Description: The Opioid Remediation Collaborative will implement best practices for addiction treatment services throughout seven counties in New Mexico.

Project City/County: Valencia, Catron, Cibola, Guadalupe, Hidalgo, Sierra, and Socorro Counties, NM

Amount Requested: $897,000