2009 Sandia Foundation Grants
ACCION New Mexico
to assist in conducting effective outreach to entrepreneurs by defraying a portion of the costs associated with lending and providing financial literacy training for those who experience barriers to qualifying from traditional financial institutions, $7,500
Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless
for continuing support of Tierra del Sol Residential Recovery Program for homeless women and children offering a therapeutic community and comprehensive package of services emphasizing engagement of disenfranchised women to facilitate sustainable transition to healthier living, $7,500
Albuquerque Meals on Wheels
to expand the Low Income Medical Meals Program for homebound individuals on food assistance to include no-cost weekend meals for 25 clients for one year to decrease food insecurity, increase intake of appropriate and nutritious foods, positively impact client independence and improve client adherence to medically-prescribed diets, $7,500
APS Title I, Homeless Projects
to provide stipends for teachers and educational assistants as well as instructional supplies in an after-school and summer tutoring program for homeless high school students, $7,500
Assistance League of Albuquerque
to support a new delivery model for Operation School Bell, a program that provides clothing to about 3,000 students in all 34 elementary and middle schools to pick up their clothing while accompanied by a parents, school representative or Assistance League member, $7,500
Bosque School
to build the financial aid program increasing accessibility to an independent college preparatory education for qualified students with minimum financial means, $5,000
Cancer Services of New Mexico
to support the Legal, Insurance and Paperwork Assistance Program that provides cancer patients and their loved ones with comprehensive assistance for cancer-related legal issues with teams of volunteers with appropriate expertise provide services through free clinics, individualized private sessions with clients or through conference calls, $5,000
Catholic Charities
to cover expenses to update curriculum/instruction to improve bilingual education for Spanish speaking, mostly immigrant, low income preschoolers preparing them for kindergarten, $7,500
CNM Foundation
to be used to supply students with transitional needs - whether transitioning from foster care programs, juvenile justice system, job transitions or shelter/housing transitions, $7,500
Crossroads for Women
to support intensive employment training program and trial employment program for women with co-occurring mental and addictive disorders who cycle through homelessness and incarceration, $7,500
Goodwill Industries of New Mexico
to support Pathways to Self-Sufficiency Program providing job assessments, training, placement and retention services to homeless, chronically homeless and near homeless individuals, $7,500
Martineztown House
to enhance literacy skills among underserved children ages 3-12 through a comprehensive bilingual pre-literacy program, and afterschool program and summer program, $7,500
New Mexico Collaboration to End Hunger
to support Albuquerque activities as part of the statewide initiative to provide food to those in need, $25,000
New Mexico Center on Law & Poverty, Inc.
to support the "Food for Albuquerque" project, the Center will use proven change model of administrative, legal, legislative and community advocacy to expand low-income families' eligibility for and access to the Food Stamp Program (recently renamed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-SNAP), $7,500
PB&J Family Services, Inc.
to provide support for Time Limited Reunification program for parenting training to families in which a children has been removed due to abuse or maltreatment, $7,500
Presbyterian Ear Institute
to provide scholarships to support children who are deaf and hard-of-hearing to attend the Institute's Oral School, $6,000
Rio Grande Food Project
to provide emergency food relief at least 24,000 of the most vulnerable in our community - children (50%), seniors over the age of 65 (5%) and adults with food insecurities (45%), providing a weeks' work of emergency food once every 90 days, $7,500
S.A.F.E. House
To provide replacement of old tableware, flatware, two refrigerators and one freezer as well as purchase food preparation and storage equipment, $5,000
Samaritan Counseling Center
to cover or supplement counselig fees for poor, uninsured or underinsured families needing counseling and care coordination for children and their families in the SE Heights in collaboration wtih St. Joseph Center, $7,500
The Storehouse
to purchase and transport food at the food pantry that serves 18,000 families and more than 35,000 individuals, $7,500
Working Classroom, Inc.
to support after school and summer programs providing art and acting classes and art-based academic skill building to talented at risk middle school students who are not achieving to potential in traditional academic programs, $7,500
