Adult Basic Education - New Mexico State Department of
Education
Website: http://www.sde.state.nm.us/
Phone: (505) 827-5800
E-Mail: vgarcia@sde.state.nm.us
Specific services include: writing, math, practical living skills, study skills,
career advisement, and one-to-one tutoring.
Aging - New Mexico State Agency on
Website: http://www.nmaging.state.nm.us/
Phone: 866-842-9230
E-Mail: john.arnold@state.nm.us
This agency is part of the Aging Network, a system of services dedicated to
promoting the independence and dignity of elders.
Alien Labor Certification - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.workforcesecurity.doleta.gov/foreign/
Phone: 1-877-US-2JOBS
E-Mail: contact-ilab@dol.gov
Certification so Aliens can work legally in New Mexico.
Apprenticeship Program - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_PartnerA3.html
Phone: (505) 841-8990
E-Mail: cbrewington@state.nm.us
Apprenticeship is a successful way of learning a skilled trade. But why learn
a trade through apprenticeship instead of some other method? Among other reasons,
apprenticeship gives workers versatility by teaching them to work with different
kinds of people in an actual working situation.
Blind - New Mexico Commission for the
Website: http://www.state.nm.us/cftb/
Phone: 1-888-513-7958
E-Mail: Greg.Trapp@state.nm.us
The New Mexico Commission for the Blind provides career training and training
in the skills of blindness.
Child Care Services Bureau - Children, Youth and Families Department
Website: http://www.cyfd.org/
Phone: 1-800-610-7610
E-Mail:
Federal and State programs that provide child care assistance to eligible families.
Community Development Programs - New Mexico Human Services Department
Website: http://www.state.nm.us/hsd/
Phone: 1-888-473-3676
E-Mail:
Programs designed to benefit the very low-income including food stamps, general
assistance, community development, and temporary cash assistance.
Federal Bonding - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website:http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_PartnerF1.html
Phone: (505) 841-8501
E-Mail:
Federal bonding is insurance to protect the employer against employee dishonesty.
This is an incentive to the employer to hire an at-risk applicant.
Field Services Bureau - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_PartnerF2.html
Phone: (505) 841-8446
E-Mail: CLeyva@state.nm.us
One-Stop Shop Career Centers. Providing job search functions by matching applicants
with employer openings. Additionally processes unemployment insurance benefits
and implement local WIA job training programs.
Financial Aid and Student Services - Commission on Higher Education
Website: http://hed.state.nm.us/index.asp
Phone: 1-800-279-9777
E-Mail: highered@state.nm.us
Current and prospective students consumer information on education after high
school.
Food Stamps Employment & Training - New Mexico Human Services Department
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_partnerF3.html
Phone: 1-800-432-6217
E-Mail:
The Food Stamp program helps many low- income households buy the food they need
to stay healthy, productive members of society.
Housing & Urban Development (HUD)
Website: http://www.hud.gov/
Phone: 1-877-483-2489
E-Mail: nm_webmanager@hud.gov
HUD helps provide citizens a decent, safe and sanitary home and a suitable living
environment.
Indian and Native American Education
Website:
Phone:
E-Mail:
Migrant Seasonal Farmworkers - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_partnerM1.html
Phone: (505) 524-6250
E-Mail: Iclaguna@state.nm.us
Available assistance may include job training, employability development assistance
and forms of related assistance that support a farm worker and his/her family
at addressing an urgent need.
NAFTA-TAA - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/dol_trad.htm
Phone: (505) 841-8033
E-Mail:
Assistance for workers dislocated due to foreign imports or NAFTA. The program
offers great benefits including money for retraining, and reimbursement of job
search and relocation expenses.
Postsecondary Education/Community Colleges
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_partnerP1.html
Phone: (505) 428-1638
E-Mail:
New Mexico's 19 community colleges offer academic and job training programs
tailored to the needs of the local communities.
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) - New Mexico Human Services
Department
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_partnerT1.html
Phone: 1-888-473-3676
E-Mail:
For qualifying families monthly cash assistance benefit to meet family needs
such as housing, utilities, and clothing costs.
Unemployment Insurance - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_partnerU1.html
Phone: (505) 841-2000
E-Mail:
Assistance for unemployed workers who have lost their job through no fault of
their own and are currently seeking employment.
Veteran Services - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/dol_vets.html
Phone: (505) 841-9300
E-Mail:
Veteran assistance in job placement, counseling, testing, referral to supportive
services, job development, and job training
Vocational Education - New Mexico State Department of Education
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/WIA_PartnerV3.html
Phone:
E-Mail:
New Mexico community colleges will provide a variety of services under WIA including:
assessment of knowledge, skills and career aspirations, career counseling, developmental
studies, job development and workshops, and opportunities for specialized training
as needed.
Vocational Rehabilitation - New Mexico Division of
Website: http://www.dvrgetsjobs.com/NMDVRInternet/
Phone: (800) 224-7005
E-Mail: AWinnegar@state.nm.us
For qualifying applicants vocational evaluation, identification of transferable
skills, vocational training, academic training, on-the-job training, work adjustment
training, job seeking skills training, job placement assistance, systems and
devices, job site modification and/or restructuring, guidance and counseling,
and post employment services.
Welfare to Work - New Mexico Department of Labor
Website: http://www.dol.state.nm.us/dol_fund.htm
Phone: 1-800-829-3676
E-Mail:
Succeeding in the world of work is the focus of this program which includes
job skills, work experience, mentors, childcare, transportation, and counseling
among other services.