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Public Health New Mexico

Public Health New Mexico

Mission

KUNM‘s Public Health New Mexico reporting project provides in-depth, investigative and continuous coverage of public health in New Mexico, with an emphasis on poverty and educational equity.

We cover the politicians, the policies, and the agencies responsible for sustaining public health and solving poverty. To fully report on these topics, we give voice to those who are voiceless in the media: people and practitioners; advocates and analysts; researchers and activists; and people hoping to build a better way of life. Through our work, citizens are engaged, government is made more accountable, and the profile of public health and poverty is elevated by expanded public discourse and civic engagement.

This project has been sustained by support from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation and private donors.

KUNM broadcasts on transmitter throughout central and northern New Mexico, reaching more than half the state’s population.  Nielsen Audio Research from Fall 2014 shows 100,000 people a week listen to KUNM.
  • A new sober housing program aimed at people just leaving detox or residential treatment is coming to Albuquerque. The Albueuqerque City Council unanimously approved a pilot program giving housing vouchers to peopl in recovery, requiring continued attendance to Alcoholics and/or Narcotics Anonymous, and ongoing drug screening.
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    Sober housing program coming to Albuquerque after council approval
    Daniel Montaño
    The Albuquerque City Council unanimously approved a plan Monday for a program aimed at helping people in recovery get housing. The Continuing Sobriety Housing Voucher Program will begin as a pilot with up to 25 people. It will be aimed at folks who are exiting detox or residential treatment programs and it will require continued sobriety, and ongoing enrollment in Narcotics or Alcoholics Anonymous. Participants would also be subject to drug screens to maintain enrollment.
  • A new report from the United Way takes a look at a sometimes overlooked demographic — people who are above the federal poverty line, but don't earn enough money to pay for basic needs every month, what the report calls ALICE: Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed. 46% of New Mexican households fall below that threshold.
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    Report finds almost half of New Mexico households live below their “survival budget”
    Daniel Montaño
    A first of its kind report for New Mexico looks at a particular demographic of people living above the federal poverty level, but still struggling to make ends meet. The study found 46% of New Mexico households fall below the threshold for what United Way calls ALICE.