The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ Office of Housing is investing $7.8 million this school year in its Family Stabilization program.
Source: N.M. Department of Workforce Solutions
ALBUQUERQUE – Families in seven New Mexico school districts, from Las Cruces to the Four Corners, can get help through their children’s schools this year to cover rent, utilities, car repairs, and other emergencies that push kids out of their homes and out of the classroom.
The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions’ Office of Housing is investing $7.8 million this school year in its Family Stabilization program. The program continues in Albuquerque, Las Cruces and Santa Fe public schools, which piloted it last year, and expands for the first time to all four school districts in San Juan County: Farmington Municipal Schools, Aztec Municipal Schools, Bloomfield School District and Central Consolidated School District. Combined with $4.85 million last school year, the state’s investment now totals more than $12.6 million.…