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LAS CRUCES CITY COUNCIL

City lists resources available for those in need

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The Las Cruces City Council has been working to ensure all Las Cruces residents have their basic needs met since they have been impacted by the effects of the statewide Public Health Order caused by COVID-19.

 Las Cruces City Council approved emergency funding to help Las Cruces residents and businesses with money from The Telshor fund (money the City receives from the lease of Memorial Medical Center that is jointly owned by the City and County) and from the City’s General Fund and distributed it to the following local non-profits and community service providers.  

Residents needing assistance with food, rent, mortgage or utility payments may contact the following Food assistance

  • Loaves and Fishes Senior Supplemental Meal Program, 320 Southgate Court, 575-523-1272, https://echoinc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/New-Mexico-Commodity-Supplemental-Food-Program-Brochure.pdf
  • Families and Youth, Inc., 1320 S Solano Drive, 575-522-4004, www.fyinm.org
  • Casa De Peregrinos emergency food program, 999 W. Amador Ave., 575-523-5542, www.casadeperegrinos.org

Rent and mortgage assistance

  • Community Foundation of Southern New Mexico, 2600 El Paseo Road, 575-521-4794, www.communityfoundationofsouthernnewmexico.com
  • Catholic Charities, 125 W Mountain Ave., 575-527-0500, https://catholiccharitiesdlc.org
  • Community Action Agency, 3880 Foothills Road, 575-527-8799, https://caasnm.org/
  • Mesilla Valley Community of Hope (MVCH), 999 W. Amador Ave., 575-523-2219, www.mvcommunityofhope.org

Utility assistance

  • City of Las Cruces with assistance from Casa De Peregrinos (see above)
  • Catholic Charities, 125 W. Mountain Ave., 575-527-0500 - https://catholiccharitiesdlc.org/
  • MVCH (see above)

 For more information, call the city Community Development Department at 575-528-3059.

Las Cruces City Council, COVID-19

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