Recent Updates from the New Mexico Campaign to End Child Homelessness
New Mexico Campaign Overview - Click to Read
December 2012: PEACH (Physical and Emotional Awareness for Children Experiencing Homelessness) online training series. Applications due October 31. Learn more.
September - November 2012: Strengthening Young Families Experiencing Homelessness Training Series
September 20, 2012: Free Training in Albuquerque! Understanding Trauma and Trauma-Informed Care - Register today.
May 10: Webinar - Building a Culture of Self-Care to Support Service Providers - Watch the recording.
April 25: Webinar - Developing a Trauma-Informed Approach to Support Children and Their Families - Watch the recording.
March 2012: Webinar - Understanding The Impact of Trauma on Children - Watch the recording.
December 2011: Press Release - More Than 16,000 Children Homeless in New Mexico
December 2011: Free Webinar! Becoming Trauma-Informed.
November 2011: Training - Core Skills for Homeless Service Providers
March 2011: Update - New Mexico Interagency Council on Homelessness
January 2011: Strong Starts for Children Policy Forum
January 2011: Webinar: Understanding and Responding to Children Who Have Experienced Trauma
December 2010: Supporting All Families in New Mexico
November 2010: New Report: Ending Child and Family Homelessness in New Mexico
November 2010: Press Release: New Mexico Leaders Release Report on Ending Child and Family Homelessness
August 2010: New Mexico Campaign Launches Community Dialogues
July 2010: Progress in New Mexico
June 2010: Developing a Statewide Campaign to End Child Homelessness
May 2010: Everyday Democracy in New Mexico
March 2010: 2010 New Mexico Summit to End Child Homelessness
About the New Mexico Campaign to End Child Homelessness
The New Mexico Campaign to End Child Homelessness connects families, communities, service providers, advocates, policymakers, elected officials, and the media to address child and family homelessness through an array of coordinated local and state-based efforts. The New Mexico Campaign is a call to action with the following goals:
Increase public awareness of the scope and impact of homelessness on children and families
Inform state and local policies and plans to better address the needs of homeless children and families
Improve program design and service delivery to effectively meet the unique needs of homeless children and families
The New Mexico Campaign to End Child Homelessness is an initiative of the Campaign to End Child Homelessness at The National Center on Family Homelessness in partnership with members of the New Mexico Campaign to End Child Homelessness Steering Committee which includes organizations that support and serve children, youth, and families who are homeless, early childhood education programs, schools, health care organizations, advocacy organizations, and many others.
New Mexico Campaign in the News
December 17, 2011: Las Cruces Sun-News - Without a Home: Homeless Children an Increasing Trend Locally, Statewide
December 14, 2011: El Paso Times - New Mexico Ranked Among Worst in Nation in Child Homelessness
November 10, 2010: KOAT - Homeless Child Speaks Out on NM's Growing Problem
March 28, 2010: Santa Fe New Mexican - Homework, But No Home
March 5, 2010: Daily Lobo - Closed Shelters Strain City's Homeless Services
