Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico (CAASNM)/

Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico

CAASNM’s programs are organized into four broad programs that provide a comprehensive network of health, financial, and social service programs. These programs are: Family Wellness; Family Empowerment; Bridging Resources; and Community Connections.

• CAASNM Family Wellness programs work with families, home childcare providers and licensed childcare centers to improve access to healthy, nutritious meals for children and train providers on topics of nutrition, exercise, safety, and child development.
• Family (Financial) Empowerment assists families to become more self-sufficient by providing programs and services that allow them to improve their economic quality of life. Activities include free computer literacy and financial literacy classes, Individual Development Accounts (IDAs) and Children’s Savings Accounts, free tax preparation, and business development and workforce development.
• The Bridging Resources staff connect families to community resources and benefits that can increase family and financial stability. Its Benefits Services program employs a highly skilled, case management approach to connect client families to community resources and benefits.
• Community Connections represent collaborations between CAASNM and other independent organizations and programs in the community that CAASNM fiscally sponsors, such as Coats4Kids, The Children’s Reading Alliance (a separate 501(c)3), and Cancer Aid Resource & Education, Inc. (CARE) helping area cancer patients.