Home News And Events Services Pillars Our Services Kids Can About Us How You Can Help Contact Us FAMILY EMPOWERMENT The Family (Financial) Empowerment pillar assists families to become more self-sufficient by providing programs and services that allow them to improve their economic quality of life. Activities include free computer literacy and financial literacy classes, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and Children’s Savings Accounts, free tax preparation, and business development and workforce development. Free computer literacy classes Financial Literacy classes Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and Children’s Savings Accounts Free tax preparation Business Development Workforce development FAMILY WELLNESS CAASNM Family Wellness programs work with families, home childcare providers and licensed childcare. The Child and Adult Food Care Program (CACFP) provides reimbursement services for nourishing food for individuals who operate daycare services in their homes for children and adults with disabilities. The Healthy Kids Healthy Preschool initiative trains childcare centers to promote healthy eating, physical activity, reduced screen time and breastfeeding resources. The Thriving Kids Home Visiting program provides critical life skills partnering for families of children ages 0-3 living in rural areas of Doña Ana County, NM. Adopting a nationally recognized and evidence-based early childhood education model, Parents as Teachers, it brings CAASNM mentors into the home setting to assess, educate, and support young families BRIDGING RESOURCES The Bridging Resources staff connect families to community resources and benefits that can increase family and financial stability. Its Benefits Services program employs a highly skilled, case management approach to connect client families to community services by screening them for benefits, including SNAP (formerly Food Stamps), health insurance, utility assistance and cash assistance. Access to these programs can make the difference for families in their daily struggles to meet their basic needs. COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS Coats4Kids The Children’s Reading Alliance Cancer Aid Resource & Education (CARE) The overall goal of CAASNM’s Thriving Families initiative is to partner and mentor with families to identify, pursue, and engage the community opportunities and services that will ultimately see them thrive as family units in society. Thriving Families is a whole family approach that creates change for families using intensive case management services. It will build on these strengths to create a next generation, truly wrap-around model with extensive community health implications. Copyright 2021 Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico | All Rights Reserved | Designed by We Are IT English