On Wednesday, the New Mexico Department of Health, in collaboration with the nonprofit Empowerment Congress of Doña Ana County, held a vaccine clinic at Doña Ana Community College in Anthony, New Mexico.
Federal funding cuts have hit the local nonprofit Empowerment Congress, with the organization losing the grant responsible for funding its vaccine access campaigns. Director of the organization Daisy Maldonado said these cuts will leave underserved communities with less access to healthcare.
“That funding supports [the] community health workers providing health based information to the community and then allows us to partner with the New Mexico Department of Health Vaccine Mobile Team to come out to the communities and provide these vaccines.”…