Helping Young People and Families Build Stable Futures
The Office of Housing partners with state agencies, schools, and community organizations to address housing instability among children, students, and young adults. These efforts focus on two areas: direct support for youth and families experiencing homelessness and systems improvement. The systems improvement work is led by young people to reshape how services are designed and delivered statewide. Together, these programs create a coordinated approach that connects education, housing, and workforce opportunities, helping young people find stability and reach their goals.
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High school students walking in to a charter school in downtown Albuquerque
Family Stabilization Program
Total State Investment: $7.8 million
Partners: Public Education Department (PED), Albuquerque Public Schools (APS), Santa Fe Public Schools (SFPS), Las Cruces Public Schools (LCPS)
Focus: Direct assistance to students and families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity
About the Project:
The Housing Stability Program helps school districts identify and support students and families experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.
Funds are used for flexible assistance such as temporary housing, transportation, food, or utility costs and for dedicated Housing Navigators who coordinate case management, connect families to longer-term housing, and reduce barriers that interrupt a child’s education.
By linking housing support to the school system, the program keeps students enrolled, improves attendance, and strengthens family stability.
Gateway Young Adult Housing and Treatment Navigation Center
Gateway Young Adult Housing and Treatment Navigation Center
Total State Investment: $862,500
Partners: City of Albuquerque, Bernalillo County, community behavioral-health and housing providers
Focus: Safe housing, treatment navigation, and stability supports for young adults ages 18–25
Number of Beds: 0
Number of new Beds with State Support: 41
About the Project:
The Gateway Young Adult Campus will provide dedicated housing and support services for young adults experiencing homelessness or housing instability. The campus will offer 41 beds, day-use spaces, and access to behavioral-health services, education supports, employment pathways, and housing navigation.
State investment will help complete construction, furnish living and common areas, and launch programming designed specifically for transition-aged youth. Staff will work alongside young adults to address immediate needs while helping them build long-term stability, including connections to permanent housing, treatment, and community resources.
By creating a space tailored to the needs of young adults, the program will offer safety, opportunity, and guidance at a pivotal point in their lives.
Southern YHSI Curriculum Focus Group
Youth HomelessNESS System Improvement (YHSI)
Total State Investment: HUD Funds were $1.9 million and the state match for youth compensation and lived experience expertise support was $336,310
Partners: Regional and statewide youth-serving organizations and youth advisory board members
Focus: Improving homelessness services and amplifying lived experience expertise to support collaborative systemic change.
About the Project:
The Youth Homelessness System Improvement (YHSI) is transforming how New Mexico understands and responds to youth homelessness.
Through YHSI, the Office of Housing works directly with young people who have lived experience of homelessness to redesign programs and systems statewide.
Youth partners help lead data analysis, training development, and policy recommendations—ensuring that services are trauma-informed, equitable, and youth-centered.
The initiative includes:
- A Statewide Youth Action Board (YAB) that gives young people real decision-making power.
- Regional partners who coordinate prevention and response efforts across local systems.
- Development of new assessment tools, training curricula, and data standards to guide youth-serving providers.
By centering youth voice and collaboration, YHSI builds a stronger, more responsive network of services that meet young people where they are to ensure every young person has the safety, support, and opportunity they need to succeed.