Violence Prevention Program Unit

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline

If you need to talk, the 988 Lifeline is here.

Affirming Heart Victim Services

Affirming Heart Victim Services, through the Cavern City and Lea Co. Child Advocacy Centers, is dedicated to providing fact finding interviews for children and adolescents when there is suspected abuse, neglect, or if they witness a crime.

Arise Sexual Assault Services

To provide comprehensive care and resources for survivors of sexual assault in Eastern New Mexico.

Breaking the Silence New Mexico

Breaking the Silence New Mexico is a nonprofit organization that promotes mental health literacy, advocacy, and well-being for teens, youth, and adults.

Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (SCIP)

As authorized by the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act of 2022, the Byrne State Crisis Intervention Program (Byrne SCIP) provides formula funds to implement state crisis intervention court proceedings and related programs or initiatives, including, but not limited to, extreme risk protection order programs that work to keep guns out of the hands of those who pose a threat to themselves or others, mental health courts, drug courts, and veterans treatment courts.

Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women

Organized in 1995 by three founding Native women, Peggy Bird (Kewa), Darlene Correa (Laguna Pueblo), and Genne James (Navajo), the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW) was created to provide support to other Native advocates working in domestic violence, sexual assault, dating violence, stalking, and sex trafficking in New Mexico’s tribal communities.

Enlace Comunitario

Enlace’s genesis in 2000 as a social justice organization is a story of meeting community needs for survivors of domestic violence (DV) to get the support and help they need. Since that time, our team has focused on providing previously unavailable DV survivor services to Spanish-speaking immigrants and their families. While Enlace specializes in culturally and linguistically specific survivor services, we provide support to any DV survivor in need.

Gun Lock Request Form

Please complete the fields with the full and complete corresponding information. We cannot ship gun locks outside of the state of New Mexico.

Health Equity Alliance for LGBTQ+ New Mexicans

HEAL Plus NM is a grassroots organization that uses community art to co-create communities where all people can thrive and queer and trans people are cherished.

Indestructible Beauty

Indestructible Beauty

InspirEmpower New Mexico

InspirEmpower New Mexico (IENM) is a non-profit 501 (c)(3) with the vision to support black and brown individuals impacted by incarceration and their families through life skills, career readiness, mental health support, entrepreneurship, and other wrap around services. Our current project offers work training to individuals who are 6 weeks from their release from prison, with our programs and resources as well as employment opportunities and placement.

Keshet Dance Company

Keshet invites you to experience and be inspired by bold explorations of movement and celebrations of community. Housed at the Keshet Center for the Arts in Albuquerque, New Mexico, we welcome you to experience movement, creativity, justice, and opportunity.

La Casa, Inc.

La Casa, Inc. exists to support EVERYONE affected by domestic violence. We envision a just and safe community free from violence and abuse.

Mew Mexico Sexual Assault Helpline Chat

Mew Mexico Sexual Assault Helpline Chat

New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence (NMPGV)

New Mexicans to Prevent Gun Violence (NMPGV) is a 501(c)3 non-partisan organization whose mission is to reduce firearm injury and death through public health, education, advocacy, and public awareness, in order to protect the safety of our families and communities.

New Mexico Asian Family Center

We provide culturally sensitive programs and services creating a Pan-Asian community that advocates for and supports itself.

New Mexico Center of Black Excellence

New Mexico Center of Black Excellence We envision a future where Black men and boys lead with strength and resilience in a society free from anti-Blackness. Through authentic youth engagement, equitable opportunities, and health equity

New Mexico Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Awareness

The mission of the New Mexico Coalition for Suicide Prevention and Awareness is to advocate, collaborate, educate, share resources and to plan and implement actions to reduce suicide in New Mexico.

New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs (NMCSAP)

NMCSAP leads the state’s efforts to reduce sexual abuse and sexual violence by providing training and technical assistance to service providers, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, medical practitioners, and mental health professionals.

New Mexico Crime Victimization Report

The purpose of the New Mexico Crime Victimization Survey was to understand the extent of criminal victimization, crime reporting, and assistance seeking for four types of crime (stalking, rape, sexual assault, and domestic violence) and to identify differences in rates between demographic groups.

New Mexico Department of Verteran's Services

The New Mexico Department of Veterans' Services is here to help veterans and their families obtain state and federal benefits

New Mexico Gay Men's Chorus

The mission of the New Mexico Gay Men’s Chorus is to foster a vibrant, inclusive community through the power of music, celebrating the rich diversity of the LGBTQ+ community and our state.

New Mexico Gun Shop Project

New Mexico Gun Shop Project

New Mexico Women In Leadership

WIL is an organization that aims to uplift, empower, and inspire women to develop self-advocacy skills in order to become leaders through personal and professional growth by providing access to leadership development and educational opportunities.

Nurstead Mental Health

Nurstead Mental Health or NMH is a New Mexico certified Behavioral Health Agency that was created to increase access to much needed services in Eastern New Mexico and statewide rural areas. NMH was first created to provide Mobile Crisis Services to residents of Curry and Roosevelt County in New Mexico, with these services going live August 14, 2023 to these counties.

Preventing Sexual Violence - CDC

In order to prevent sexual violence, we must understand and address risk and protective factors at the individual, relational, community, and societal levels.

Resolve. Preventing Violence. Transforming Communities

To grow the number of people in New Mexico who act to prevent violence in our communities. We envision safer communities that experience greater connection and joy with every generation.

Risk and Protective Factors - CDC

Sexual violence is not often caused by a single factor. Instead, a combination of factors at the individual, relationship, community, and societal levels can increase or decrease the risk of violence.

Sexual Assault Services of Northwest New Mexico

Sexual Assault Services of NWNM empowers survivors by providing healing services and creating a culture focused on prevention through education and systems change.

Silver Regional Sexual Assault Support Services

SRSASS provides services to survivors of sexual violence and their families through case management services, crisis intervention services, community education and awareness services, counseling services, and accompaniment services for both the SANE exam and legal proceedings.

Solace Sexual Assault Services

Solace Sexual Assault Services is a state-of-the-art facility providing all services under one roof for those who have experienced sexual violence or child abuse.

Southwest Organizing Project

SWOP’s mission is to “empower disenfranchised communities in the Southwest United States to realize racial and gender equality and social and economic justice.”

Suicide Data and Statistics - CDC

Suicide is one of the leading causes of death in the United States. View the most recent suicide data overall and by selected demographic characteristics. This includes age, sex, race/ethnicity, and method of suicide.

T-N-T Boxing and Youth Mentorship

T-N-T Boxing and Youth Mentorship

Tewa Women United

Located in the ancestral Tewa homelands of Northern New Mexico, Tewa Women United is a multicultural and multiracial organization founded and led by Native women. The name “Tewa Women United” comes from the Tewa words wi don gi mu which can be translated as “we are one” in mind, heart, and in the spirit of love for all.

Together for Brothers (T4B)

Building the capacity of boys and young men of color (BYMOC), mothers & fathers of BYMOC and transit riders to be leaders at all levels in their communities.

Valencia Shelter Services

Valencia Shelter Services (VSS) is committed to creating a world in which the cycles of domestic violence are broken.

Violence Prevention - CDC

Decades of research, prevention, and services have provided valuable insights into various forms of violence and effective ways to prevent and respond to them. One consistent finding is the strong interconnection between different forms of violence.