We use the ECHO Model to make powerful and lasting interventions in people’s lives.
Focusing on solutions, we train people who are incarcerated to become peer educators with the goal of educating the prison community on key health issues, increasing general health literacy, reducing risky behaviors and increase job readiness upon release.
The New Mexico Peer Education Project is a collaboration between Project ECHO and the New Mexico Corrections Department.
We believe redemption is the solution and time spent incarcerated should be an opportunity to regain a healthier and more productive life.
We work toward this by developing individual self-efficacy, utilizing an innovative and cost-effective peer-led model and by strengthening individual community connections inside and out of prison. As a result, we create strong leaders who create change in their own lives and communities.
We believe redemption is the solution and time spent incarcerated should be an opportunity to regain a healthier and more productive life.
We work toward this by developing individual self-efficacy, utilizing an innovative and cost-effective peer-led model and by strengthening individual community connections inside and out of prison. As a result, we create strong leaders who create change in their own lives and communities.
