Parent Supports Team

Ensuring parent support services for 100% of county residents. The 100% New Mexico housing action team identifies challenges, researches solutions and supports organizations in improving parent support services. The long-term goal is creating a countywide system of parent support programs with collaboration and coordination with all city government, county government and non-governmental organizations within the county’s borders.

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team collects and analyzes data then identifies gaps in parent support program services. The 100% Community survey data, including informational interviews with residents of all communities within the county’s borders, reveal which populations and communities lack easy access to parent support program services. The survey also reveals why parent support services may be difficult to access. Difficulties may include a lack of awareness of programs, lack of transport to programs, costs, lack of easy-to-access to services because of times of service.

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team focuses on identifying which organizations currently need capacity-building in order to meet the need. The team identifies partnerships to improve services. This can be done through a process of continuous quality improvement (the data-driven “assess-plan-act-evaluate” process).

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team focuses on identifying which private sector businesses can help address lack of accessible parent supports throughout the county. The team works to create partnerships between businesses and parent support systems and programs.

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team focuses on identifying how to use technology, including websites and apps, to increase awareness of parent supports, increase resources to provide services, and increase alignment of parent support services across all cities and communities within the county’s borders. The team also works to address the digital divide to increase access for all county residents to mobile devices and the Internet through community access points.

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team focuses on reaching all county residents in order to mobilize community teams to address the need for parent supports. The team works to engage all county residents who have free time (retirees, college students, etc.) to support parent support efforts. The team also works to create opportunities for all county residents to share their ideas for problem solving.

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team focuses on strengthening the capacity of all schools to increase their capacity to address the needs of student’s parents.The team focuses on how to fund schools to adopt the “community school” model with staff who can focus on ensuring support for all parents, caregiving grandparents and the student’s extended families.

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team focuses on identifying which individuals and programs working with local higher education can assist parent support program development and improvement efforts. This includes identifying support for surveying, data analysis, researching solutions, and creating campus-based housing security options, along with engaging students and staff in parent support efforts.

The 100% New Mexico parent support action team focuses on identifying the capacity of city and county government to strengthen their current parent support program efforts and expand them to meet the need. This includes a special focus on meeting the needs of the county’s most vulnerable parents and caregiving grandparents. Teams will recommend to local government the most up-to-date methods and software to accurately track parent support program effectiveness.

The 100% New Mexico parent support action team focuses on identifying which programs the federal and state government offer to support countywide parent supports. This process includes networking, advocating and grant writing.

The 100% New Mexico parent supports action team focuses on the long-term goal of creating a county-city “Department of Parents” to focus on addressing family challenges. This includes surveying residents on their access to parent support options, their need for the programs and why they might be difficult to access. This proposed department could also support ongoing research in parent support programs and support local efforts to ensure timely parent supports across the county.