New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group Launches Emergency Response Grants Program
Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky
STATE News:
SANTA FE — Friday, Early Childhood Education and Care Department Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky announced Friday the launch of a new grant program designed to support infants, toddlers and their families during the COVID-19 crisis.
The Early Childhood Emergency Response Grants program – an initiative of the New Mexico Early Childhood Funders Group (NMECFG) – will meet immediate needs pertaining to early childhood during the pandemic.
“For years, the NMECFG has been at the core of New Mexico’s efforts to improve the lives of children Read More
EPA Takes Action To Guide Health And Safety Decisions At Cleanup Sites During COVID-19 Pandemic
EPA News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Friday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued interim guidance to the Agency’s regional offices to ensure that decisions about new or ongoing cleanup activities at sites across the country are made with the health and safety of communities, state and tribal partners, EPA staff, and contractors as the priority.
The interim guidance focuses on decision making at emergency response and longer term cleanups sites where EPA is the lead agency or has direct oversight of, or responsibility for, the cleanup work.
This includes, but is not limited to, Read More
New Mexico Delegation: $170 Million For Frontline Health Care Providers In First Wave Of COVID-19 Relief Funding
CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION News:
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with U.S. Representatives Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.), Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) and Xochitl Torres Small (D-N.M.), have announced that an estimated 1,793 New Mexico health care providers will receive more than $169,486,132 to aid in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
The New Mexico funding is part of a first wave of funding from the $150 billion grant program included in the bipartisan CARES Act for direct aid to health care institutions like hospitals that are facing severe Read More
Daily Postcard: Easter 2020 Like No Other…
Easter 2020 is like no other. The worldwide coronavirus pandemic has triggered social distancing, travel restrictions and religious service cancellations. Many people will attend Easter services virtually today and also gather virtually with family and friends. Though this pandemic poses many challenges, we also see it bring out the best in our community – concern, kindness, compassion for each other. It’s inspiring to live among such great people. The news team at the Los Alamos Daily Post would like to take this special day to wish all of our readers good health and peace of mind. Courtesy Read More
State Auditor Colón Warns Vulnerable New Mexicans About Unemployment Insurance Scams
STATE News:
ALBUQUERQUE — New Mexico State Auditor Brian Colón, through the Office of the State Auditor (OSA) and the New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS), urge New Mexicans to be aware of fraudsters seeking to exploit COVID-19 by taking advantage of vulnerable New Mexicans, particularly non-English speakers in the Refugee and Vietnamese communities, but can also impact Hispanic, and Native American communities.
“Scammers are praying on New Mexico’s most vulnerable communities,” Auditor Colón said. “These predators are targeting non-English communities, taking Read More
