News & Updates

Tax Help New Mexico is a free service for people whose household income is $54,000 or less, or those who are 65 years or older.  The service includes the opportunity to sit down with an IRS-certified preparer to identify any potential tax credits a person may be eligible for and help file both the...

Absenteeism in the younger grades, where students largely rely on parents to get them to school, can be a product of poverty. In Albuquerque, N.M., and elsewhere, schools are starting to track attendance student-by-student to better target support. Read the full article in The Christian Science...

America’s Promise Alliance, with generous support from AT&T, awarded a GradNation Acceleration Grant to Mission: Graduate as part of the GradNation campaign. The campaign strives to raise the high school graduation rate to 90 percent by 2020. Read the full Albuquerque Journal article

Twenty Rio Grande High School (RGHS) AVID students kicked off Groundhog Job Shadow Week at United Way of Central New Mexico in early 2018. They learned how UWCNM operates, participated in mock interviews and helped plan a career fair to be held at RGHS in the fall. Read the Albuquerque Journal...

Thank you to all of our donor group members for working to advance our community through your time, talent and donations. In case you missed the latest donor group news, read our new newsletter and learn about all of the ways to stay engaged with United Way of Central New Mexico.

With a new year comes new possibilities and a fresh focus. We're looking forward to introducing new donors to UWCNM, collaborating with our partners and working with our many volunteers. In our article, Neighbors Helping Neighbors below, learn how one UWCNM grant can have a huge impact on many...

Over the last couple of months, United Way of Central New Mexico has been raffling off a $500 credit on Southwest Airlines to support our internal workplace campaign. All proceeds from the raffle go to support the Community Fund and other UWCNM programs. On Wednesday we selected the winner at our...

As 2017 nears to an end, we're excited about the beginning of a new direction for our community. We plan to focus our efforts toward family stability and student support in our four-county area. Read more about our efforts in our December Newsletter below.

This editorial first appeared in the Albuquerque Journal on December 5, 2017. The path toward a life of crime often starts with youngsters whose families are being torn apart by addiction, violence and parental incarceration, according to District Attorney Raúl Torrez. So he’s working with United...

On November 26, the Albuquerque Journal published the following article on our family stability initiative: District Attorney Raúl Torrez cited the recent case of a man who strangled his wife with their four young children in the home to illustrate the need for a concerted community effort to...