Reverend Tiffany Hollums (McCurdy Ministries) and community partners told the council that McCurdy has repurposed campus space into a family resource center and a “Lighthouse” that offers clothing, diapers and food to families and individuals in need and is coordinating with local nonprofits for on-site services.

Hollums said McCurdy pivoted from earlier plans and opened space to community partners, hosting organizations that include United Way of Northern New Mexico, CASA (court-appointed special advocates), Northern Youth Project and grief-therapy resources. McCurdy reported more than 115 families served, 50 individual clients and about 170 people on a waiting list for resource services; organizers said strong demand has outpaced staff and facility capacity.

McCurdy’s family resource center offers navigators who connect families with services and recently hired on-site therapy capacity. Hollums described several prevention and youth-focused projects, including literacy supports, little libraries, Locker 505 clothing distributions on Saturdays, a diaper pantry and potential internship/transitional-housing pilots for young adults. The interfaith coalition and other partners have assisted with fundraising for small technology projects (for example, a $9,300 phone distribution project raised about $11,000, attendees said) and volunteer recruitment.

Separately, the health council’s resource-directory working group reported progress compiling a searchable online and printable directory of health and social services. Members said the directory will include both an easily browsable front page and detailed service cards for housing, counseling, substance-use treatment, elder services and other categories. Council members emphasized keeping both paper copies (quarterly activity guides) and an accurate online master list because different residents rely on different formats.

Speakers

- Reverend Tiffany Hollums, McCurdy Ministries (faith-based nonprofit)
- Celeste Raffin (resource-directory working group member)

Clarifying details

- McCurdy reported serving ~115 families and 50 individuals and listed about 170 people on a waiting list for services (figures reported by McCurdy staff).
- Phone distribution project: organizers reported a fundraising target of $9,300 and approximately $11,000 raised to provide cell phones and limited service to clients in treatment programs.
- Directory work: working group aims for both paper (quarterly activity guide style) and online master list; group constraints include quorum rules for council members on the working group (up to 5 council members may serve on a working group to avoid quorum issues).

Community relevance

- Geographies: Española Valley, Rio Arriba County, Los Alamos County (regional access and referrals).
- Impact groups: children and youth, grandparents raising grandchildren, low-income families, referral partners (schools, clinics).

Meeting context

- Engagement level: high among nonprofit and faith-based partners; multiple volunteers and community organizations already engaged.
- Implementation risk: low-to-medium — projects rely on ongoing fundraising and volunteer capacity but are already operating at small scale.

Provenance

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