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A career close to home: Taos nursing program a model of workforce development

JR Logan

November 14, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

A UNM-Taos nursing program has been touted by the college and the hospital as a great example of workforce development in a community that has long struggled with economic development. As leaders continue to look for ways to diversify the economy beyond low-paying tourism and service industry gigs, the program might be one example of how to effectively merge education and workforce development.

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Staying on the Land

JR Logan

September 06, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

A tax break for open space may help protect New Mexico’s farm land from development, preserving generations-old tradition and ownership, while maintaining valuable land for a future agricultural resurgence.

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Drug could give addicts hope for recovery

JR Logan

August 11, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Questa, New Mexico

Addressing addiction takes long-term care and a multi-faceted approach. A model program at the Questa Health Center in the village of Questa, New Mexico, combines treatment with the drug, Suboxone, alongside a behavioral therapy program, and drug screenings. The ongoing participation in group therapy helps patients to gradually taper off of Suboxone, and remain clean.

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Questa program reframes opioid treatment in rural New Mexico

JR Logan

August 04, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

A comprehensive rehabilitation facility in Taos, New Mexico uses a holistic approach to curbing addiction by offering group therapy along with traditional medical treatment. By addressing deeper mental and emotional factors that can lead to addiction, the Questa Health Center has enabled addicts to face their demons head-on, with constant support.

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Connecting for rural health

JR Logan

July 18, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Santa Rosa, New Mexico

Rural hospitals in New Mexico are isolated and scattered across the state, struggling to support low-income communities who have a difficult time getting access to their health care. In 2014, six hospitals banded together to create the New Mexico Rural Hospital Network, a cooperative effort to improve medical care across the small hospitals in the state. The Network has since scaled to ten hospitals and its system has benefited from the exchanges of ideas and an improvement in administrative efficiency.

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From adversaries to allies in the fight for forest health

JR Logan

May 29, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Taos, New Mexico

Locals around Taos, New Mexico take control over forest thinning efforts as part of The Collaborative Stewardship program. Rather than import larger thinning companies to work on local forests, the program sells plots of land to residents with timber experience, and these locals have a year to thin their allotted forest area.

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Sharing the shortage

JR Logan

May 27, 2016 |

The Taos News |

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Response Location: United States, Talpa, New Mexico

Farmers and land owners in the Rio Grande del Rancho region are using a collaborative, community-based approach fostered by acequias to ensure better sharing of water resources in times of scarcity.

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