News and Updates

An Albuquerque nonprofit that finds jobs for former inmates is bringing its playbook to Española
Richard Simmons’ decisions over the past couple of decades put him in and out of the prison system more than a half dozen times and led to his addiction. But on Thursday, sitting in a corner of the New Mexico Reentry Center, a nonprofit focused on housing and job placement for formerly incarcerated people, Simmons had a revelation. “I went to prison my senior year in high school. Finding a job with a record (like mine) feels impossible,” said Simmons, 55, tears in his eyes. “But I don’t have another one in me to go back. I’ve been seven times.”

Town, county and Tribe awarded road funds
It's no secret traffic and pedestrian safety isn't at a high level in Taos and Taos County, where motorists often struggle to see faded median lines and pedestrians lack sidewalks. The same is true of Taos Pueblo, where most of the Tribe's millennia-old foot trails turned wagon trails turned roads have never been paved or equipped with drainage features.

Government Results and Opportunity Training
Find the recorded training for the Government Results and Opportunity funding here: https://youtu.be/W8tFLRJhmeo.