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Elev8 New Mexico Components:

Extended-Day Learning (EDL).

Youth like after-school programs. EDL offers a diverse choice of relevant, structured learning activities that are fun, challenging, and which reinforce the school curriculum. These activities, carried out with involved families and caring adults, embrace family and culture to promote children’s intellectual, physical and emotional growth for success in school and life. Students are also connected with caring, trained and competent adult mentors. GED and ESL courses also augment current family strengths.

Comprehensive School-Based Health.

School-based health centers (SBHCs) provide students with easily accessible, user-friendly, age-appropriate preventive, primary, mental and dental health care. SBHC supports, like behavioral or nutritional counseling, are integrated with EDL and family services. 

Key Family Supports and Services.

Elev8 New Mexico enhances families’ “financial literacy”—focusing on intricacies of investing, budgeting and managing credit—as well as on accessing economic relief benefits like Earned Income Tax Credits or food stamps when families are eligible. 

 
A statewide initiative, the Elev8 New Mexico demonstration phase is being implemented over four years in five diverse middle schools: Gadsden Middle School (by the Mexico border); Laguna Middle School (Pueblo of Laguna); the Native American Community Academy (an Albuquerque charter school); and Grant and Wilson Middle Schools (in urban Albuquerque).