NMCAP supports a number of programs and projects designed to increase regional capacity for HIV prevention, education and care and explore creative solutions to community needs.
We host an AmeriCorps team that annually places 6-10 volunteers at community based agencies where they work on HIV prevention and education. In 2013-2014, team members are based at Youth Shelters and Southwest Care Center in Santa Fe, and at UNM Truman Health Services, The Transgender Resource Center of New Mexico, the NM"Power program at PPNM and First Nations Community Healthsource. In addition to supporting projects that would be impossible without the support of our team members, this program helps to train the next generation of professionals in the field by providing personal and professional development to members of the team.
We offer technical assistance in HIV programming to community based organizations around the state, specializing in projects that target under-served and marginalized communities, including Native Americans, people living along the border, migrant workers, etc.
Our Comida Buena program helps to assure that People Living with HIV/AIDS in New Mexico have access to high quality nutrition. With our partners, we support food pantries in Santa Fe, Albuquerque and Las Cruces where clients can access foods that are nutritious and culturally approprate. We also offer workshops on the role of nutrition in promoting health and on how to make tasty, healthy meals that are also reasonable in cost.
We hold an annual forum series for People Living with HIV. This program takes us to locations around the state where we both share information about legislation and policy that affects access to care and services, and learn from community members about their evolving needs. The information we gather through the fora is included in our annual needs assessment of HIV services.
