FY2025

Grants from the Next Generation Fund support local and statewide positive youth development initiatives.

Chaves County CASA Program - $11,162: Offering Adventure Time programming to protect and enhance the physical, mental, and social well-being of Roswell and Chaves County’s at-risk youth. Chaves County CASA offers services in Roswell, Artesia, and the surrounding communities. https://casakids.org

Pegasus Legal Services for Children - $60,000.00: Offering the Pegasus Kinship Guardianship Program. The Pegasus KGP provides legal Guardianship assistance for New Mexican families in crisis: children whose parents are unwilling or unable to care for them, now living with kin caregivers who are seeking full legal custody of the child(ren). Pegasus offers statewide services. https://pegasuslaw.org

YouthWorks - $59,848: YouthWorks specializes in workforce training and development, alternative education, career pathways training, and trades certification for youth and young adults in northern New Mexico. YouthWorks educates, mentors, and trains youth and young adults in career trajectories with academic and experiential project-based learning. Offering services in Santa Fe County and surrounding zip codes. https://santafeyouthworks.org