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Memory Care Alliance Annual Caregiver Event Saturday

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Judge Cristy Carbon-Gaul

Memory Care Alliance News:

This Saturday, April 9, caregivers have an opportunity to fill the well and learn about new tips and tools for navigating what can be a difficult journey at Santa Fe Community College.

Education, Compassion and Empowerment is the theme for the 2022 Annual Caregiver Event, and registration has never been easier.

The pandemic has seen a large number of people decline without the normal amounts of socialization, and the Memory Care Alliance is here to help. They have just what you need, when it comes to information, resources, events and more. Read More

New Mexico Counties With Highest COVID Vaccinations

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Stacker State News:

The vaccine deployment in December 2020 signaled a turning point in the COVID-19 pandemic.

By the end of May 2021, 40 percent of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated. But as vaccination rates lagged over the summer, new surges of COVID-19 came, including Delta in the summer of 2021, and now the Omicron variant, which comprises the majority of cases in the U.S.

The United States as of Apr. 1 reached 980,731 COVID-19-related deaths and nearly 80.1 million COVID-19 cases, according to Johns Hopkins University. Currently, 65.6 percent of the population is fully vaccinated Read More

Community Health Funder Alliance Accepting Applications For Community Grants Through April 30

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CHFA News:

SANTA FE – The Community Health Funder Alliance is accepting applications to its third cycle of Community Grants.

This year’s cycle is open through April 30. Community Grants are annual, open, competitive grants between $5,000 and $15,000. These grants, totaling $425,000 this year, will be awarded to new and existing community health programs that enhance and strengthen the system of care in northern New Mexico.

An additional $1,390,000 will be awarded to Health Impact Grantees for the third year of their three- year grant awards. To date, the Alliance has awarded grants to 54 nonprofits Read More

Los Alamos Family Council Offers SMART Recovery For Friends & Family Every Monday Beginning Tonight

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By JORDAN REDMOND
Executive Director
Los Alamos Family Council 

Beginning today, April 3, Los Alamos Family Council is offering a SMART Recovery Friends & Family meeting every Monday night.

The meetings are free and held 6-7 p.m. Mondays at Los Alamos Family Council, 1350 Central Ave. Suite 102. 

Individuals with addictive behaviors aren’t the only ones affected by it. Friends and Family SMART Recovery for Family & Friends is available to support Concerned Significant Others (CSOs; parents, partners, friends, family members, etc.) as they learn to deal with emotional upsets, Read More

New Mexico Higher Education Department Offering Student Debt Relief For Healthcare Workers

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Higher Education Secretary Stephanie M. Rodriguez

NMHED News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Higher Education Department (NMHED) is now accepting applications for its Health Professional Loan Repayment Program, which repays student debt for eligible health professionals practicing in rural and underserved New Mexico communities and shortage areas.  

Gov. Lujan Grisham approved $1.6 million for the program, a $400,000 increase from last year. This funding could support over 60 working healthcare professionals in New Mexico this year. The Department has also applied for $400,000 in additional Read More

Topper Softball Team Organizes Cancer Awareness Day

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The Los Alamos High School Topper Softball Team organized a Colon Cancer Awareness Day Saturday at Hope Field to celebrate Neil DeHerrera’s recovery from colon cancer. His daughter’s Maria and Abagail play on the varsity team. Photo by Nate limback/ladailypost.com

The DeHerrera’s family and supporters gather with Neil DeHerrera, center, and his wife Melinda and daughters Abigail and Maria by his side Saturday at the special event at Hope Field. Photo by Nate limback/ladailypost.com

Members of the VFW present the colors Saturday at the Colon Cancer Awareness Day at Hope Field held to celebrate Read More

Stansbury Votes To Cap Insulin Costs At $35 In New Mexico

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U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury

STATE News:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Rep. Melanie Stansbury (N.M.-01) voted Thursday to pass critical legislation to cap the costs of insulin at $35 nationwide.

Her vote to pass the Affordable Insulin Now Act marks the second time that Rep. Stansbury has voted to cap insulin for New Mexicans after helping pass New Mexico’s $25 monthly cap on insulin copays in March 2020. 

New Mexico’s insulin cap leads the nation as the lowest cap on monthly insulin copays, but has not extended to the over 312,000 New Mexicans enrolled in Medicare Part D. Rep. Stansbury’s vote today Read More

New Mexico Indian Affairs Department Announces 2022 Indigenous Youth Wellness Summit June 17-18

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IAD News:

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Indian Affairs Department (IAD) announced Friday the 2022 Indigenous Youth Wellness Summit, “Being a Good Relative”.

Planned in collaboration with Honoring Native Life (HNL) and the IAD’s Indigenous Youth Council (IYC), the Summit will convene Indigenous youth from across the state to acquire mental health-related resiliency tools and strategies and identify mental health needs and priorities particular to Indigenous youth.

The in-person Summit is scheduled to take place June 17-18 in Albuquerque and will be open to Indigenous youth ages 16-25.

“Since Read More