EARTH CARE INTERNATIONAL

Earth Care International (Earth Care), is a non-profit organization committed to educating and empowering youth to create a healthy, just and sustainable world. The Santa Fe Food Security Cadre (SFFSC) will support members in developing a model sustainable food system that increases local self reliance and the availability of healthy food for working families while reducing our community's carbon footprint. The primary goals of the SFFSC are to: 1) Improve access to healthy local food for working families in Santa Fe 2) Reduce food related CO2 emissions and improve energy efficiency; 3) Provide food nutrition education for young people; 4) Develop and retain young skilled labor force; and 5) Increase youth leadership, civic engagement, and academic engagement.

Currently serving the communities of Santa Fe County

CURRENT MEMBERS: Full Time: 8, Reduced Half Time: 3

CONTACT: Christina M. Selby, Earth Care International, 1235 Siler Road Suite D, SantaFe NM 87507, Phone:(505) 983-6896 Fax: (505) 983-2622, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ECOSERVANTS

EcoServants exists to engage and employ youth to serve and restore the community and its resources. Through AmeriCorps we operate an Eco-Mentors program which places four young college graduates in four 7-12 grade schools to provide positive mentoring, create environmental service learning projects, lead after school clubs, provide college and career preparedness as well as homework help. During the summer we offer a Youth Conservation Corps project that employs 20 youth to perform cave stewardship, cut trails, beautify parks, and otherwise steward public lands for recreational and environmental health. Youth also receive college credit as part of the program. This year we will also have pilot projects with the Ruidoso High School and the Mescalero Apache Fisheries department to improve environmental education and service for these organizations.

Currently serving the communities of Southern Lincoln County and the Mescalero Apache Reservation, New Mexico

CURRENT MEMBERS: Full Time: 5, Half Time: 9, Minimum Time: 38

CONTACT: Paula Hendrickson, Ecoservants, 1204 Mechem Dr. Suite #3, PO Box 1723, Ruidoso NM 88355 – 1723, Phone:(505) 808-1204, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

FAMILIES AND YOUTH, INC. (FYI)

The mission of the FYI/AmeriCorps Program is to increase academic success and improve student wellness among children/youth placed-at-risk, and to have positive and sustained community impact, through a holistic approach providing safe creative learning environments, tutoring services, enrichment activities, guidance, service awareness and service engagement, social service support, and by engaging multi-generational community volunteers.

Currently serving the communities of Las Cruces and Dona Ana County, New Mexico.

CURRENT MEMBERS: Full Time: 2, Half Time: 25, Quarter Time: 3

CONTACT: Anthony Rodriguez, 1190 Foster, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88001, (575) 556-1555 Fax (575) 522-2951, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS

The Opportunities with AmeriCorps for Reentry Success (OARS) program is designed to improve literacy and prepare offenders to reenter society. OARS will utilize national service participants to address the public safety issue of recidivism while providing real-world professional training, experiences, and learning opportunities in an effort to build their capacity, foster civic responsibility, and instill an ethic of service. National service participants will help decrease barriers to employment and education for persons with felony convictions. For instance, as education reentry specialist national service participants will help offenders with family reunification, cognitive education, reentry services, career resources and general education.

Currently serving the communities of the state of New Mexico

CURRENT MEMBERS: Full Time: 16

CONTACT: Dana Zaskoda, New Mexico Department of Corrections, 3415 Pan American Freeway N.E., Albuquerque NM 87107, Phone:(505) 841-2491 Fax: (505) 841-4267, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

NEW MEXICO HIGHLANDS UNIVERSITY

AmeriCorps Cultural Technology (ACT) creates unique service learning activities to meet the critical needs of non-profit Cultural Institutions. Cultural Technology (CI) is an emerging field that intersects cultural content and new interactive digital technologies to enhance and extend the availability and use of collections of CIs on-site and remotely. ACT will enhance the capacity of CIs by having skilled interns working with them to develop and improve their exhibits and online presence. These improvements in turn will help CIs share resources and reach new audiences.

Currently serving the communities of Las Vegas and San Miguel County, New Mexico

CURRENT MEMBERS: Full Time: 5, Minimum Time: 10

CONTACT: Lauren Addario, P. O. Box 9000, Las Vegas NM 87701, Phone(505)454-3239 Fax (505) 454-3241, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

NEW MEXICO SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF

New Mexico School for the Deaf (NMSD) utilizes AmeriCorps members to promote signed language development of deaf children who have limited exposure to language models in their homes and communities. The AmeriCorps program places Signed Language Models in rural locations throughout New Mexico to teach signed language to deaf children, their families and their school communities.
Currently serving the broader communities surrounding - Farmington, Gallup, Silver City, Hatch and Carlsbad, New Mexico

CURRENT MEMBERS: Full Time: 6

CONTACT: Cindy Huff, 1060 Cerrillos Road, Santa Fe NM 87505, Phone (505)476-6400 Fax (505)476-6398, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

RIO GRANDE COMMUNITY FARM

Rio Grande Community Farm (RGCF) partnered with the New Mexico State University Extension Service in Albuquerque (NMSU) and the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) Food Security Project will administer a pool of AmeriCorps members to meet the pressing need for agricultural labor on non-profit and educational farms. AmeriCorps Small Farm Cadre members work directly on non-profit and educational farms, assisting farmers in all farming tasks. Duties cover all aspects from the greenhouse, to the field and infrastructure development. Service learning programs are part of the farm operation, as well as summer internships for children and youth.
Currently serving the communities of Albuquerque, Village of Los Ranchos, and the County of Bernalillo, New Mexico

CURRENT MEMBERS: Full Time: 8

CONTACT: Minor Morgan, 6804 4th St, NW #114, Albuquerque NM 87107, Phone(505) 345-4580, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN YOUTH CORPS, AMERICORPS, (RMYC)

The mission of Rocky Mountain Youth Corps is to recognize and engage the strengths and potential of youth through team service in schools, the environment and communities of north central New Mexico. RMYC is a stepping stone to new opportunities. RMYC AmeriCorps revitalizes communities, preserves and restores the environment, prepares young people for responsible, positive lives and builds civic spirit through service.
Currently serving the communities of Taos, Rio Arriba, Coalfax and Mora Counties.

CURRENT MEMBERS: Half time: 28, Quarter Time: 52, Minimum Time: 60

CONTACT: Carl Colonius or Ben Thomas, 1021 Salazar Road, Suite DD, Ranches de Taos, New Mexico 87571, (575) 751-1420 FAX (575) 751-1136, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.