“Thriving Kids” is the term CAASNM uses to describe its comprehensive State of New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) home visiting program. The program’s CAASNM Home Visitors work with expectant families and families with children who have not yet turned 5 years of age using the PAT (Parents as Teachers) evidence-based curriculum, an internationally recognized family wellness curriculum aimed at achieving whole-family wellness and child-school readiness. Thriving Kids recognizes that parents are their child's first teacher. It builds upon strengths to partner with parents/caregivers so children can reach their full potential and live in an environment where they can thrive.
During monthly visits with families, Thriving Kids provides free age- and abilities-appropriate books, activities, and materials that are individualized with the family’s values, culture, and child's development and milestones. The long-term outcomes according to the Scope of Work with the New Mexico ECECD are:
To improve the maternal and child health outcomes
To promote child development
To promote school readiness in children served
To encourage positive parenting
To connect families to formal and informal support in their communities
Community Action Agency of Southern New Mexico (CAASNM) is a 501c(3) non-profit organization founded in 1965 serving the communities of southern New Mexico, helping low-income individuals build a better future for themselves and their families through innovative services that focus on whole-family success. Headquartered in Las Cruces, NM, CAASNM has offices in Anthony and Albuquerque, and it primarily serves Doña Ana, Luna, Hidalgo, Grant and Sierra counties, with limited services statewide
CAASNM provides resources and programming to people facing adversity. The goal is to help increase their resiliency and overall family wellbeing. It does this through programs that build on family strengths, self-empowerment, and resilience. Among the many services CAASNM provides are youth entrepreneurship and development, nutrition programs for children, family financial programs, housing stability, and community empowerment and advocacy. Last year, CAASNM served over 14,000 families.
CAASNM's board-approved mission is to partner with New Mexicans to overcome adversity by connecting communities, encouraging family wellness, empowering families and bridging resources. One of the agency’s strengths is this innovative, unified network of programs that helps people face and rise above the many economic, family, and life challenges they may encounter.
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