Our Mission and Vision | Values | Board of Directors | Staff
Board of Directors
The Board of Directors meets the second Tuesday of every month at 5:15 pm. If you are interested in attending a meeting, please call 505-767-1178 to confirm meeting dates, times and location.
Committee Involvement: Executive Chair, Governance, Policy
Committee Involvement: Executive, Program Review
Committee Involvement: Governance Chair
Committee Involvement: Finance
Committee Involvement: Client Leadership Committee
Committee Involvement: Governance
Committee Involvement: Client Leadership
Committee Involvement: Policy
Committee Involvement: Program Review
Committee Involvement:
Committee Involvement: Fund Development Chair
Committee Involvement: Fund Development
Committee Involvement: Client Leadership Chair
PROGRAM STAFF
Management & Senior Management Team
Primary Health Service Team
Social & Behavioral Health Service Team
Serving New Mexico
For over three decades, Albuquerque Health Care for the Homeless (AHCH) has served our community as the only health care organization in Central New Mexico dedicated exclusively to providing services to homeless people. AHCH provides critical services to over 7,000 men, women and children every year. By addressing the health-related causes of homelessness, AHCH makes it possible for people to find solutions to end their homelessness.
Mission
Our mission is to provide caring and comprehensive health and integrated supportive services, linking people experiencing homelessness to individual and collective solutions, and to be a leader in implementing innovative service models and a catalyst for solutions to homelessness and uphold a commitment to diversity and equity.
Vision
To live in a world that is just and without homelessness.
WHO WE SERVE
Over 7,000 people experiencing homelessness received services from AHCH in 2018. That includes nearly 23,000 health center encounters and 10,000 contacts made through outreach services and drop-in/Recourse Center visits.
- 20% stay at shelters, 12% in an other locations (campers, cars, vans, jails, hospitals etc.), and 25% on the streets. The reminder are in unstable or transitional housing or unreported.
- 63% of the clients served were male, 37% were female, and children/youth made up 4% of those served.
- 48% identify as Hispanic. 47% identify as White, 9% as African American, 12% as Native American/American Indian, 1% Asian/Pacific Islanders and the remainder are unknown or unreported.
Disclaimer: This health center is a Health Center Program grantee 42 U.S.C. 254b, and a deemed Public Health Service employee under 42 U.S.C. 233(g)-(n).
Save Lives
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#Save Lives
When you support AHCH you are saving lives. Your donations to AHCH provide our clients with access to care including treatment for chronic illness. Our clients are able to set up recurring appointments to help manage their care.
Cause of Homelessness
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# Cause of Homelessness
Homelessness in the US is caused by oppression, structural factors (lack of affordable housing etc.) and personal vulnerabilities (trauma, Mental illness, addiction etc)
Homeless Bill of Rights
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#Homeless Bill of Rights
Every person has the right to adequate food, housing, clothing, and health care. All people have the right to participate in the decisions affecting their lives.
Public Policy
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#Public Policy
Contemporary homelessness is the product of conscious social and economic policy decisions that have retreated from a commitment to ensuring basic life necessities for all people. Good public policy can reverse this trend.
End Homelessness
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#End Homelessness
Ensuring safe, decent, and affordable housing, health care, education, and living wage and/or adequate income supports, will go a long way to end homelessness.
Challenge Oppression
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#Challenge Oppression
We have the responsibility to challenge oppression based on racism, sexism, classism, and other biases/stereotypes within ourselves and our community and society.
Collaborate
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#Collaborate
We collaborate with public and private sector organizations to ensure the best care for our clients, and to address the systemic causes of homelessness.
Inclusion
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#Inclusion
Including homeless people in our policy-making, listening to their needs, recognizing their disenfranchisement and isolation from society, and promoting their empowerment towards self-sufficiency.