It’s My Very Own (IMVO), a faith-based, voluntary organization, seeks to make kids’ lives a little brighter by working with communities to provide displaced children with Bags of Love that meet their immediate needs.

Each bag of love includes a handmade quilt, stuffed animal, toys, books, and personal items.  The bags are age appropriate and are delivered to the local agencies charged with removing children from unsafe homes.

Licensed Accredited Star 5 Child Care Center serving 160 children ages 6 weeks to 12 years old. State of NM Early Childhood Education and Care Department grant recipient to provide FREE NM Early (3 year old) PreK and FREE NM PreK (4 year old) Full day programs.  Locally owned and operated for over 21 years.  

Evidence-based mental health therapy, Crisis debriefing, Corrective attachment therapy, trauma informed therapy 

Eligibility:

Food Pantry - Last consecutive Tuesday and Wednesday of the month 4-5:30pm

Must have NMSU ID.

The Aggie Cupboard also accepts non-perishable food and/or financial donations. Please make checks out to the Otero Hunger Coalition, and provide them to Greg Hillis, Institutional Research Office, NMSU Alamogordo.

At PMS, we offer a wide range of therapy and treatment options. We serve children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Our clients come from all walks of life and all diversities. Some of our common services include providing individual, couples, family and group therapy for mental health and substance use disorders, medication evaluation and management, and crisis intervention.

PMS provides specialty behavioral health programs based on local community need. These include specialty court services, Multi-Systemic Therapy (MST), Assertive Community Treatment (ACT), Psycho-Social Rehabilitation (PSR), Comprehensive Community Support Services (CCSS), Behavioral Management Services (BMS), Respite, Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) and Traditional Healing.

Accessibility of Services

PMS offers services in a manner accessible and available to individuals in their community. Aspects of this accessibility include the need for access at times and places convenient for those served, prompt assessment and engagement in services, access to crisis services and person-centered treatment planning and services.

With COVID 19 impacting face to face services, we are offering sessions through telehealth and other remote methods.

We are a seasonal market open every Saturday from the first Saturday in June through the end of October.

• LOCATION: Washington Park near the corner of Washington Ave and First St
• Saturday Market (10am-12pm or sellout): June through October (later if food is available)
• Come early for best selection.

Our Market, with vendors from Otero and Lincoln County, offers fresh, seasonal, local foods sold by the people who have grown, gathered, raised or caught them, and all crafts are made by those who sell them. Come meet your neighbors, farmers and crafters. We love to visit and welcome questions about how we grow and make our products.

MISSION

To prepare children for school while providing families access to community resources and comprehensive support services to ensure their children’s success.

WHY IS THIS PROGRAM IMPORTANT?

Early Head Start/Head Start is a federally funded program that prepares America’s most vulnerable children to succeed in school and beyond. Head Start programs deliver services to children and families in core areas of early learning, health, and family well-being while engaging parents as partners every step of the way.

Because the program focuses on the family as a whole, children receive early screenings which may lead to early identification of developmental delays, lead poisoning, and dental, health care, and mental health service needs. The program also provides nutritious meals to children and referrals to community resources for families.

WHO / WHAT AGE GROUPS IT’S FOR:

Early Head Start has two options:

The Home Based program serves children prenatal to 3 and is available for working or non-working families.

Center Based programs serve children 6 weeks to 3 years old and are designed for working families.

Both options support families to transition to Center Based Head Start when age appropriate, or for those in Home Based to transition to Center Based Early Head Start when needed for working purposes.

Head Start provides preschool services for 3- and 4-year-old children in a Center Based model

Alamogordo High School (AHS) students have many dual-credit opportunities and can earn associate degrees and industry certifications while still in high school which allows them to join the workforce or continue college courses after graduation.

Internship and mentorship opportunities available through partnerships between AHS and out community stakeholders and businesses provide students with the work-based learning experiences necessary to succeed in a job or chosen field of study.

Career Technical Education programs provide our students with hands-on instruction and learning opportunities that are high wage, high demand, and high skill. Career Technical Student Organizations (CTSO) help students build necessary leadership and career-related skills.