We enable career pathways and workforce development systems to become more equitable and accessible.
New Mexico is leading the nation in the amount of “Opportunity Youth”— individuals neither in school nor working. C3P believes it is crucial to expand and improve access to college, career, and community pathway opportunities for the youth in Northern New Mexico especially those of color, low economic status, and young parents.
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Northern New Mexico Pathways to Opportunities Strategy Table
The Northern New Mexico Pathways to Opportunity Strategy Table (“Strategy Table”) was formed in 2021. It’s composed of representatives from the following sixteen national, regional and local funders:
- LANL Foundation
- Marshall L. and Perrine D. McCune Charitable Foundation
- Santa Fe Community Foundation
- Annie E. Casey Foundation
- United Way of North Central New Mexico
- Thornburg Foundation
- Los Alamos National Laboratory Community Partnership Office
- Anchorum Health Foundation
- Cricket Island Foundation
- Conrad N. Hilton Foundation
- Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions
- Davis Scholars
- Taos Community Foundation
- Las Vegas Community Foundation
- New Mexico Foundation
- Los Alamos Community Foundation
The Strategy Table is dedicated to ensuring underrepresented youth and young adults in Northern New Mexico have abundant opportunities to attain the skills, work experiences, confidence and social capital they need to be connected or reconnected to education and employment so they can secure employment, build their income and achieve economic well-being in their communities. Our focus is on youth of color, opportunity youth, young parents and other underrepresented youth middle school age through age 29 in San Miguel County, Mora County, Taos County, Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, Los Alamos County, Sandoval County and the 18 Pueblos, Tribes and Nations located in those counties.
New Mexico Native American Workforce Partners
New Mexico Native American Workforce Partners:
We’ve partnered with New Mexico Community Capital and Poston & Associates, LLC to assist the New Mexico Native American Workforce Partners (NAWP) with professional development, as well as assisting with member organization coordination and collaboration. LANL Foundation is also assisting in the development of the organization through strategic planning, with Poston & Associates, and website development, by Frohlichstein, LLC. The NAWP is an informal association supporting workforce development through the support of Tribal WIOA 106 and 177 funded entities throughout New Mexico.
