Cañones Early Childhood Center

Mailing Address: PO Box 55, Canones, NM 87516
County of Location: Rio Arriba
Phone: (575) 638-5687
NTEE Code: B- Education
Mission Statement:

The Cañones Early Childhood Center is a small nonprofit organization, interrupting the cycles of rural isolation and poverty, by bringing early childhood education, child development, and emergent literacy services to an under-served population of rural, isolated, minority families in northern NM.

Primary Programs:

The Cañones Early Childhood Center has been has been successfully providing high quality bilingual early childhood education services to this region for more that 20 years, reaching children who live in such remote and isolated areas that there are no other services available.

The communities targeted by this project have had no Headstart, Pre-K, libraries, or other educational resources for young children. Historically, the center has served a population of typically developing children as well as those with developmental problems and severe disabilities.

This project involves busing children from outlying territories into the center for a stimulating, developmentally appropriate, literacy-rich educational program. The center provides a unique space for this age group, organized into various interest areas, equipped with stimulating, inviting materials.

The paraprofessional staff is indigenous to this region, totally bilingual, and trained specifically to work with this age group. The presence of foster grandparents adds an inter-generational component to the program. This is a grassroots venture, with indigenous staff and a local parent board directing the center’s operation.

Populations Served: All Populations, Children and Youth, Disabled, Families, Latino/Hispanic, Low Income, Rural
Counties Served: Rio Arriba
Year Founded:

1985

Annual Budget: $25,000 - $99,999
Personnel: 1 to 5 FTE
Executive Director:

Martha Vialpando

Accepts inquiries: Accepts inquiries about volunteering, Accepts inquiries about board member positions
Nonprofit Status: Has 501(c)(3) nonprofit status from the IRS

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