Policy & advocacy
Every community deserves a seat where health decisions are made
We engage communities, thought leaders, and legislators to develop inclusive and equitable public and behavioral health policy for New Mexico.
Every community deserves high-quality health services, infrastructure, and economic opportunity. That is a genuine challenge for places with small populations and limited revenue.
To sustain and improve vital systems — health care, education, transportation — these communities need robust public programming to make up for thin revenue streams. Yet the same communities often have no voice in, or visibility into, the policy decisions that affect them most.
Because policy-making is typically centralized and urban-based, smaller communities have limited influence. Far from decision-makers and less connected to the political process, they can find it difficult to be heard and included in decisions that direct development funding.
We bring underrepresented issues to the decision-making table. Our programs and services are the foundation for that change: community engagement blended with thoughtful advocacy creates a cycle of success and lasting, sustainable change.
Our approach
Grassroots first, then the statehouse
Start where people live
We work with residents and local coalitions to name their own needs, then ground every policy ask in that lived evidence.
Translate data into policy
Our research and mapping work becomes the case files legislators and agencies need to act — not abstractions, but county-level reality.
Show up and stay
From city councils to the Roundhouse to national networks, we keep underrepresented issues on the agenda across sessions, not just one hearing.
Working on a health policy issue?
We provide frameworks for research, development, and public discourse — and we can help convene the people who need to be in the room.