The groundbreaking 100% Guadalupe initiative ensures that all families in the county have access to the ten vital services for surviving and thriving.
The truth is simple. The 100% Guadalupe initiative, a program of NMSU’s Anna, Age Eight Institute, provides Guadalupe County with a collaborative process for transforming under-resourced communities into fully-resourced environments, creating local access to services described in the book 100% Community: Ensuring ten vital services for surviving and thriving.
We know the challenges and how to fix them. All that’s lacking is the buy-in to make the health, safety, and education of 100% of Guadalupe’s and all of New Mexico’s children and students the number one priority.
A SNEAK PEEK From the “Road to 100%” Video Series
Watch as we head to Guadalupe County to check out the 2024 summit! “The Road to 100%” is our video series highlighting the innovative work of champions rolling out the 100% New Mexico initiative in their local community. In this upcoming episode, we learn how the Guadalupe County team is approaching its rollout of their local initiative.
What determines our health?
The 100% Guadalupe initiative identifies the adverse social determinants of health in the form of families’ lack of access to vital services. These services, such as medical and behavioral healthcare, determine our quality of life with the capacity to prevent adverse childhood experiences, trauma, substance use disorders, and poor school achievement leading to a lack of job readiness. By guaranteeing services within Guadalupe County, we go upstream to prevent family involvement with child welfare, law enforcement, the courts, and emergency room care.
We’re ensuring ten vital services.
The goal of the 100% Guadalupe initiative is to remove the barriers preventing families, students, and children from accessing the ten vital services for surviving and thriving: medical and dental care, behavioral health care, food security programs, housing security programs, transportation to reach services, parents supports, early childhood learning programs, fully-resourced community schools, youth mentor programs, and job training.
WHY SERVICES ARE OUT OF REACH
When people in Guadalupe County say, “We refer families to services,” how do they know the services actually exist?
County stakeholders, including all local elected officials, can learn which services are easily available by surveying residents. Our 100% Guadalupe survey asks parents, students, and elders to what degree they can access support services and what the barriers to services might be.
Our goal is to ensure that 100% of families and community members in Guadalupe County have access to ten vital services, promoting the health, safety, and resilience of all county residents.
How Survey Results Guide Solutions
Explore our 100% Guadalupe County Survey to learn what’s easily available in all the communities within a county’s borders. This information is what guides the initiative’s ten action teams, each one focused on replacing service barriers with easy access.
We’re creating 100% Family Centers.
The 100% Guadalupe initiative county surveys reveal many barriers family members face when seeking services. The initiative addresses all barriers to ten family services by building the 100% Family Center: One Stop Service Hubs and community schools as 100% Service Hubs to increase access to all ten vital services through onsite, web-based, and navigator-supported linking to service providers. With one-stop-service hubs, we can confidently say, “We’re referring families to services.”
“Every family in our community has been impacted, either directly or indirectly, by childhood trauma. We all can tell a story and we all can see the generational cycle of trauma. Our families don’t have to live with untreated mental health issues or substance misuse. Working together and fighting apathy, envy and fear, we can ensure ALL our children not just survive but thrive.”
—Lisa García Brassell, 100% Guadalupe initiative leader
THE 100% GUADALUPE INITIATIVE TEAM
COUNTY STAKEHOLDERS
The local initiative is a collaborative effort, with community members at its core, to create a county where all children, students, and families have access to ten essential services for surviving and thriving. This vision is realized through the active engagement of local innovators, leaders in local governments, and family-serving organizations. The initiative is designed to develop programs, policies, and funding strategies to enhance service access, which may involve the establishment of community-based and school-based one-stop service hubs. For more information, contact us.
Lisa García Brassell
Executive Director, Lake City Youth & Family Center
100% Leadership Team and Job Training Team
Myria Mandell
Certified Prevention Specialist, DWI
100% Leadership, Food Security, and Behavioral Health Teams
Chantel Lovato
UNM Partner HERO, Guadalupe County
100% Community Schools and Housing Teams
Susann Mikkelson
NMSU Extension Agent, Guadalupe County
100% Food Security and Housing Teams
Melanie Saiz-Storey
Owner/Operator – Cub Academy Childhood Development Center
100% Early Childhood Learning Team
Vanessa Sisneros
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Community Navigator
Verónica Sanchez
Retired Elementary School Teacher
100% Parent Supports Team
Elizabeth Higgins
Student
100% Guadalupe Youth Leader
Adrienne Mathewson
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Transportation Action Team Lead
Lisa García Brassell
Executive Director, Lake City Youth & Family Center
100% Leadership Team and Job Training Team
Myria Mandell
Certified Prevention Specialist, DWI
100% Leadership, Food Security, and Behavioral Health Teams
Chantel Lovato
UNM Partner HERO, Guadalupe County
100% Community Schools and Housing Teams
Susann Mikkelson
NMSU Extension Agent, Guadalupe County
100% Food Security and Housing Teams
Melanie Saiz-Storey
Owner/Operator – Cub Academy Childhood Development Center
100% Early Childhood Learning Team
Vanessa Sisneros
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Community Navigator
Verónica Sanchez
Retired Elementary School Teacher
100% Parent Supports Team
Elizabeth Higgins
Student
100% Guadalupe Youth Leader
Adrienne Mathewson
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Transportation Action Team Lead
Lisa García Brassell
Executive Director, Lake City Youth & Family Center
100% Leadership Team and Job Training Team
Myria Mandell
Certified Prevention Specialist, DWI
100% Leadership, Food Security, and Behavioral Health Teams
Chantel Lovato
UNM Partner HERO, Guadalupe County
100% Community Schools and Housing Teams
Susann Mikkelson
NMSU Extension Agent, Guadalupe County
100% Food Security and Housing Teams
Melanie Saiz-Storey
Owner/Operator – Cub Academy Childhood Development Center
100% Early Childhood Learning Team
Vanessa Sisneros
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Community Navigator
Verónica Sanchez
Retired Elementary School Teacher
100% Parent Supports Team
Elizabeth Higgins
Student
100% Guadalupe Youth Leader
Adrienne Mathewson
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Transportation Action Team Lead
Lisa García Brassell
Executive Director, Lake City Youth & Family Center
100% Leadership Team and Job Training Team
Myria Mandell
Certified Prevention Specialist, DWI
100% Leadership, Food Security, and Behavioral Health Teams
Chantel Lovato
UNM Partner HERO, Guadalupe County
100% Community Schools and Housing Teams
Susann Mikkelson
NMSU Extension Agent, Guadalupe County
100% Food Security and Housing Teams
Melanie Saiz-Storey
Owner/Operator – Cub Academy Childhood Development Center
100% Early Childhood Learning Team
Vanessa Sisneros
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Community Navigator
Verónica Sanchez
Retired Elementary School Teacher
100% Parent Supports Team
Elizabeth Higgins
Student
100% Guadalupe Youth Leader
Adrienne Mathewson
LCY&FC 100% Guadalupe Transportation Action Team Lead
Did you know? Our transformational 100% New Mexico initiative is guided by web-based, self-paced courses provided free to all New Mexicans.
INTRODUCTORY COURSE
What Happened to 8-Year-Old Anna?
In this groundbreaking course, “A Child’s Right to Survive & Thrive” course, 100% New Mexico initiative co-developers Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney and Dominic Cappello, authors of Anna, Age Eight and 100% Community, introduce you to “Anna’s story” and the strategies to ensure 100% of children, students, and families can thrive.
Free
Self-Paced
Community
Community
ADVANCED COURSE
ROAD TO 100% TRAINING CENTER
The Road to 100% Training Center introduces initiative member to the “How To 100%” and the “Developing the 100% Family Center: One-Stop Service Hub” Courses. These courses provide initiative members with the skills and resources to ensure county residents have access to the ten vital services for surviving and thriving.
Free
Self-Paced
Community
Community
INTRODUCTORY COURSE
What Happened to 8-Year-Old Anna?
In this groundbreaking course, “A Child’s Right to Survive & Thrive” course, 100% New Mexico initiative co-developers Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney and Dominic Cappello, authors of Anna, Age Eight and 100% Community, introduce you to “Anna’s story” and the strategies to ensure 100% of children, students, and families can thrive.
Free
Self-Paced
Community
Community
ADVANCED COURSE
ROAD TO 100% TRAINING CENTER
The Road to 100% Training Center introduces initiative member to the “How To 100%” and the “Developing the 100% Family Center: One-Stop Service Hub” Courses. These courses provide initiative members with the skills and resources to ensure county residents have access to the ten vital services for surviving and thriving.
Free
Self-Paced
Community
Community