The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center Institute for Resilience, Health and Justice (IRHJ) will promote initiatives with Health Sciences Center, UNM School of Law, and UNM entities and collaborate with community partners where New Mexicans encounter the crossroads of justice and health. It will focus on the promotion of resilience and the prevention of adverse events among the citizens of New Mexico to achieve more progress in health and health equity than any other state by 2025.
The mission of the Institute is to identify and promote factors of resilience among all New Mexicans that lead to better health and justice equity. The Institute will advance collaborative health and justice practices drawing on innate and developed resilience that affect the most important areas of human well being with a focus on the issues of disparate health and justice outcomes in our communities.
To realize its vision and mission, the IRHJ will:
Comprehensive Engagement to Develop Enhanced Resilient OutComes (CENDERO)
The UNM ADOBE program provides wrap-around services for youths that have been incarcerated in the Bernalillo County Youth Services Center(YSC). The services include: medical and mental health, legal advice, home navigators and education support.
Our primary goal is to lower the risk of the youth re-engaging in delinquent/criminal behavior.
Please call 505-272-7258 to set up an initial medical appointment or for more information.
Our medical team consists of a Primary Care Doctor, Nurse Practitioner, Psychiatrist, and Psychologist. Clients first appointments are scheduled within 2 weeks of their discharge from YSC. We currently schedule appointments at two different locations:
North Valley Clinic
3401 4th ST SW
Albuquerque, NM 87107
South East Heights Clinic
8200 Central SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
The clinics have onsite labs, pharmacy, x-ray and procedure rooms to cover a variety of care options.
View our org chart here [PDF]
Improve the life of the youth and their families by facilitating change and providing means for self-empowerment within their community. Navigators are able to assist families with some of the barriers they face. Some of the services include:
