Our Grandparents Raising Grandchildren program received a “special project” for the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department called New Mexico Grown. Produce from local producers such as the Santa Fe Farmer’s Market and Khalsa Farms are given to our program to distribute to the families of grandparents raising grandchildren.

Kylie Garcia, from the Santa Fe New Mexican, sheds light on what it is like for grandparents to raise a second generation of children in her wonderful piece, “Navigating Round 2 of parenting: Support for grandparents raising grandchildren.”

Imagine a place where food scraps are transformed into rich compost, children gleefully dig for earthworms, and the community comes together to cultivate resilience and share bountiful harvests. This is Reunity Resources, a 5-acre regenerative..

Las Cumbres is dedicated to assisting Grandparents Raising Grandchildren (GRG) in Northern NM. The agency’s GRG Program has been in place since 2012, initially offering group meetings with educational presentations for grandparents in Rio Arriba County. Today the program serves

Dr. Gabor Maté, renowned speaker and author with expertise on topics including childhood development, explains “Children don’t get traumatized because they are hurt. They get traumatized because they’re alone with the hurt”.  Recounting a “really good work day”, one Las Cumbres Behavioral Health Therapist shares two stories: 

Grandparents raising grandchild advocate for bill to eliminate tax on Social Security Income.

I am a grandmother raising my eight-year-old twin grandsons in Santa Fe. I’ve been caring for them for five years.

New Mexico ranks among one of the highest states with families where the father is absent from the household. Las Cumbres’ Padres Unidos Fatherhood Program is trying to