The planning for the CHW/PSPs is under way. Older Workers will be hired and trained to be community health workers and peer support workers for home-bound older adults. 

This new project to train and place Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Peer Support Workers (PSWs) with home-bound, repeat and/or long-term clients of Older Americans Act programs is still in the planning phase.  

Employment Programs Bureau  

Older Workers hired and trained  

Adult Protective Services Community Engagement Specialists  

Area Agencies on Aging  

Local Senior Centers  

Local Health Care Providers  Home-bound Older Adults  

The Aging and Disability Resource Center  

Home-bound older adults

Others

The Employment Programs Bureau will recruit, hire, train and support older adults as community health workers and peer support workers. Adult Protective Services Community Engagement Specialists will mentor these older adults. The Aging and Disability Resource Center, Area Agencies on Aging, local senior centers and local health care providers will provide referrals of home-bound older adults in need of services.

At the heart of the Aging and Long-Term Services Department’s mission is the belief that New Mexico’s older adults and adults with disabilities have the right to remain active participants in their communities, to age with respect and dignity, to be protected from abuse, neglect, and exploitation and to have equal access to health care. The Department is a leader in developing programs and building partnerships that support lifelong independence and healthy aging.

Provide accessible, integrated services to older adults, adults with disabilities, and caregivers to assist in maintaining their independence, dignity, health, safety, and economic well-being, thereby empowering them to live independently in their own communities as productively as possible.