ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – Bernalillo County and the City of Albuquerque have secured a $2 million grant from the state to expand behavioral health services.
As a result of a joint application, the county and the city of Albuquerque were awarded $1 million each from the New Mexico Health Care Authority to support substance use treatment for pregnant and parenting mothers and school-based violence prevention services for at-risk youth, respectively.
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Bernalillo County will use the funding to expand residential treatment and aftercare services through the Mariposa Residential Recovery Program at its CARE Campus. The grant will help partially fund renovations of the Supportive Aftercare Center at the facility, which enables parents to stay with their children while receiving treatment and recovery support…