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Expanding Opportunities for Underrepresented Youth

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

Composed of representatives from national, regional, and local funders the Strategy Table has the goal of expanding and improving access to college, career, and community pathway opportunities for youth of color, opportunity youth, young parents, and other underrepresented youth from middle school age through age 29 in Northern New Mexico. Read more.

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.