VISTA PROGRAM HOST SITES
YouthWorks
YouthWorks serves 100 clients ages 16-25. The goal of YouthWorks is to assist their clients to independent sustainable livelihoods through jobs training and education. One NCNMEDD VISTA is serving with YouthWorks to further develop and build their client navigation program.
City of Santa Fe Community Navigator and Financial Empowerment
The City of Santa Fe VISTA will contribute to capacity-building efforts within the Office of Economic Development and Affordable Housing to empower marginalized residents to break the poverty cycle through financial and skill-based pathways. The VISTA will focus on community engagement activities and partnership to design a Financial Empowerment Center (FEC). They will contribute to the development of the Community Navigator Program which empowers resident’s access to local resources to reduce their housing costs and increase their job-related skills. They will advance workforce development initiatives and improve the social and physical environments for marginalized residents to work, live, and thrive in Santa Fe.
LVNMCF Hermit's Peak/ Calf Canyon Fire Recovery
The overall goal of the Hermit's Peak/Calf Canyon Fire Recovery VISTAproject is to build the capacity of the Las Vegas Community Foundation to promote social and economic development through their granting programs thereby alleviating poverty in the communities they serve. A primary immediate program of the foundation is serving as the Fiscal Sponsor of the Mora & San Miguel County Long Term Recovery Group (MSM LTRG).
https://www.lvnmcf.com
Bridge to Health NM Capacity Building
Build the capacity of the Bridges to Health New Mexico to help people and communities overcome barriers to exercise and health behavior change that affect the very core of the quality of life of our community members, thereby alleviating poverty in Española, NM.
Santa Fe Farmers' Market Institute
The mission of the Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute is to make healthy locally grown food accessible for communities in northern New Mexico. Santa Fe Farmers Market Institute provides outreach to the local agricultural community by providing farmers with professional development and training programs, microloans, grants, and business consulting. Two NCNMEDD VISTAs serve the Institute. One VISTA is supporting program development for the Healthy Food Finance Initiative which will provide funding for the middle of the food supply chain. The other VISTA is serving to develop the Local Foods For All project which is providing affordable locally grown food in impoverished communities via a mobile market.
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