The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children – better known as the WIC Program – serves to safeguard the health of low-income pregnant, postpartum, and nursing (breastfeeding) women, infants, and children up to age 5 who are at nutritional risk by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets, information on healthy eating including nursing (breastfeeding) promotion and support, and referrals to health care.

The New Mexico WIC Program provides free healthy foods, ideas for healthy eating and maintaining good health habits, support for nursing families, and connects families with other community services. This combination of services is designed to create a support system that encourages families to feel confident in their own ability to maintain happy and healthy futures.

Chat with a lactation professional, meet other moms, and make some friends. Group meets the first Thursday of every month from 4:30-6:30pm in the Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center, Maternal Child Conference Room.

Services Offered

• Breast & Cervical Cancer
  • Screenings
• Children's Medical Services
  • Children and youth with special health care needs
• Family Planning
  • Offered Monday - Friday between 8am and 5pm (closed from 12pm-1pm for lunch); most effective methods (IUDs and implants), moderately effective methods (oral birth control pills, injectables, contraceptive ring), Plan B, pregnancy testing, Quick Start, and supply pick-up.
• Harm Reduction
  • In-person syringe exchange. If you live 10+ miles away, request a mail kit by calling 505-355-8917 
• Hepatitis
  • Counseling and testing or immunization if at risk
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  • Counseling and testing
• Immunizations
  • Available for children through age 18 and limited for adults
• Sexually Transmitted Diseases
  • Testing and treatment with partner services
• Tuberculosis
  • Treatment
• Vital Records
  • Birth and death certificates.
  • Please call to verify hours
• Women, Infants and Children
  • WIC
  • Special supplemental nutrition assistance program
  • Alamogordo 437-9093, 1207 E. 8th, Open Monday-Friday 8am-5pm
  • Holloman AFB  572-7369, 741 W. New Mexico Ave, Open Mondays and Fridays 8:30am-4:30pm
  • Tularosa 585-2163, 404 Fresno, Open Thursdays 8:30am-4:30pm
  • Mescalero 464-0932, Early Childhood Program Building, Open Wednesdays 9am-4pm
  • Chaparral 842-4701, 317 Mccombs, Open Mon-Fri 8am-5pm (closed 12-1 for lunch)

Meals for Seniors available Monday through Friday from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. Meals are available for dine-in or delivery. Registration is required.

Congregate meals and meal delivery available for seniors. Registration is required.

Congregate Meals in the dining room available Mon-Fri 11am-12:30pm

Meals on Wheels available for those that qualify.

Fitness Classes available.

Transportation available.

Age eligibility to join the Senior Center is 60 years of age.

Breakfast and lunch available for curbside pick-up for kids ages 1 to 18 not attending school or remote learning.

Prepared meal available each Wednesday from 3pm until 6 pm.

Otero Hunger Coalition prepares at Our Savior Lutheran Church each Wednesday 4:30pm until they run out.

Sometimes provides emergency overnight support.

Free prepared meal available each Tuesday 5pm-6pm. Pick meal up in the alley behind the church. If driving, enter from 12th Street.

SNAP provides nutrition benefits to supplement the food budget of needy families so they can purchase healthy food and move towards self-sufficiency.

"Bags of Hope" food distribution held the 2nd Saturday of each month from 9 am to 11 am.

Roadrunner Food Bank food distribution. Held the 2nd Friday of each month beginning at Noon.

Roadrunner Food Bank food distribution held the 4th Thursday of every month 8-11am.

Roadrunner Food Bank food distribution held the second Friday of each month beginning at 9 am.

Roadrunner Food Bank food distribution. Held the first Thursday of the month 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm. Call first to confirm.

Food pantry. Open 2nd and 4th Thursdays of each month, noon to 3pm.

Roadrunner Food Bank food distribution is held the first Thursday of every month starting at 9 am.

Food Pantry -Open 4 days a week, by appointment, to help provide food for those families in need

Furniture Ministry- Provides household and furniture items to those families and individuals who are in need

Building Supplies-Partner with Home Depot to provide building material to repair homes in Otero County

Medical Equipment Ministry-Loans medical equipment to those who do not have insurance.

Backpack Food Ministry- Provides weekend backpacks filled with non-perishables to our public school children that are identified as being in need. The backpacks go home on Friday and are returned on Monday to be replenished for the following week.

Benevolence Fund- Provides assistance with things such as prescriptions, utility bills, rent and overnight shelter. In addition, volunteers can assist with small household repair, wheelchair ramps, preparing coolers/heaters, etc.

PNM Good Neighbor-Love INC is the administrator for PNM’s Good Neighbor Fund for Otero County, assisting those that may need help paying their electric bill.

Community Garden-Created as a way of providing healthy, nutritious produce that families that they can grow themselves.

Community Classes-Walk alongside clients, giving them the tools and encouragement, they need to reach their full potential.

Household Ministry-Provides household necessities like dishes, pots and pans, bedding, towels and more.

Food pantry open to all residents of Tularosa.

Food Pantry: Thursdays 9 am - 11 am

Shared Table: Saturdays 11am - 1pm - Free prepared meal - Pick up curbside 

Roadrunner Food Bank food distribution

4th Wednesday of each month, 9:30 am until the food runs out.

Roadrunner Food Bank food distribution the 4th Wednesday of the month.

Call 575-687-3219 to confirm

As a church we believe that access to food is at the center of Christian ministry. A weekly Grace Cares food pantry gives out bags filled with staples to replenish the food supply for families and individuals.

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.

Food pantry open Tuesdays 10am-2pm except the first Tuesday of the month.

Food Pantries
By offering access to free, fresh produce and canned goods, we provide valuable meal supplementation while helping those in need maintain their independence and dignity.

Meal Programs
From sit-down meals that provide nutritious food and valuable human interaction, to mobile meals that deliver much-needed sustenance to those who cannot reach a food distribution center, we ensure that the most vulnerable members of society do not go hungry.

Receive a FREE meal on the 3rd Saturday of EVERY month. 10:00am-12:00pm

Food bank distributes food on the 2nd Friday of each month. Sign-in begins at 10 am.

At this time there is very limited food pantry programming in the county.  Please call to confirm food services and if there are rules about who can get food.

Food is distributed on the 4th Wednesday of each month. Sign-in starts at 11:30 am. Foods are already packaged so there is no need to bring own boxes or bags but you are more than welcome to do so anyway. 

Provides commodities.

The food bank is on the 4^th Friday of each month. Sign-In begins at 9:30 am. Please call to confirm the type of food made available and if there are any rules about who can get food.

Can call for emergency food assistance and leave a message. Please call ahead to confirm hours of service, availabilty of services, public health safety guidelines when visiting and fees.

Provides free nutritious snacks and meals to youth enrolled in eligible after-school programs throughout the State of New Mexico. Please call ahead to confirm hours of service, availabilty of services, public health safety guidelines when visiting and fees.

Apple Valley Senior Center is where soup kitchen works out of. Hot lunches and food baskets are distributed. Please call ahead to confirm hours of service, availabilty of services, public health safety guidelines when visiting and fees.

• Distributes non-perishable foods to those in need on the 1st and 3rd Thursdays of each month at 11:00 a.m.
• Grief Share
• Home Repairs Ministry

Outreach Services

• Community Organizing
• Community Prayer Breakfast
• Community Block Parties
• Special Project Development & implementation
• Christmas Stocking giveaway
• Speaking Engagement
• Mentoring
• Prison/Detention Visitation & Training
• Bible Studies
• Support Churches in community outreach
• Notary Service

Counseling Services

• Life Coach
• Substance Abuse Counseling
• Counseling for youth and young adults
• Battered Spouse Counseling
• Youth and young adult group
• Support group for Youth and Young Adults
• Support group for Adults and Seniors
• Information & Referral “I&R”
• Community Issues/concern
• Support/ or just someone to talk to

T.R.I.U.M.P.H.S.

(Teaching Recovery Information Understanding Motivation Prevention Health Support)

• Drug Education

• Good Grief/Loss

• Anger Management

• Domestic Violence

• Relationships/Family

• Self-esteem and Self Image

• Post Acute Withdrawal

• Communication Skills

• Relapse Prevention/Plans

• Framework to Recovery

• Working the Twelve Steps

• Spirituality

• Behavior Modification Training & Classes

Delivers nutritious, diet-specific meals to the homebound, elderly, and/or disabled individuals.

Commodity food. 8-9 AM, 4th Saturday

Commodity food. 10 AM, 2nd Tuesday

Commodity food. 3:30-5:30 PM, 1st + 3rd Tuesday

Food distribution to identified shut-in Seniors + handicapped persons only; Pet food available; Take donations to Semilla Natural Foods

Serve Seniors 60 years of age and older in Las Vegas, Pecos, San Miguel; required sign-up, by phone or in person; delivers 7 days lunch + dinner meals to qualified Senior at homes; drive-through meals available all sites to Seniors during flex time, Mon + Thur.
Congregate Services- Sites in Las Vegas, Pecos, San Miguel for breakfast + lunch, activities; not available during flex time
Home Delivery Services- Meal delivery lunch + dinner, 7 days a week, for Seniors who qualify
Transportation Services- Bringing Seniors to + from Centers, shopping trips, medical appointments; not available during flex time

Distributes commodities to Seniors only. 9-1 PM, 3rd Thursday

Commodity distribution. 10-12 noon food pick-up 1st Wednesday at church, after 1st Tuesday home delivery

Commodity distribution 1-4 PM, 1st Tuesday of full week + last Tuesday

Soup Kitchen; Takeout meals, food pantry bags, + produce . No commodities.

Offers a free meal. They are currently doing drive-through takeout only.