ABQ StreetConnect Works Through COVID-19
Despite the COVID-19 outbreak our ABQ StreetConnect team has continued to help people experiencing homelessness throughout Albuquerque who are the highest utilizers of emergency services. The team has been continuing to provide assistance to clients on a personal...
APD Police Cadets Volunteer at AOC
Thank you to the Albuquerque Police Department Cadet Class 121 Team 1! This group spent a Saturday morning doing a deep clean of the Albuquerque Opportunity Center and our outreach vans. We appreciate you and your willingness to help while learning about homelessness...
Volunteers Organize Valentine’s Day Party at AOC
Thank you to this incredible group of volunteers who threw a special Valentine’s Day party for our Albuquerque Opportunity Center guests. The handmade valentines and homemade desserts were amazing! We’re grateful to Heart to Heart for sharing some love with us! If...
Heading Home Advocates for Statewide SOAR Funding
Each year Heading Home participates in Lobby Day, a day when homeless service providers engage their representatives about systemic needs for addressing homelessness statewide. On January 28, a few of our staff members and friends from New Mexico Coalition to End...
Justin Moves from the Streets to Affordable Housing
Justin is a client with ABQ StreetConnect (ABQSC), Heading Home’s prioritized street outreach program. Before he began working with Heading Home, Justin was experiencing homelessness and didn’t have access to shelter, let alone a phone or any commodities. ABQSC was a...Facebook Posts
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“Homelessness is actually decreasing in New Mexico, which is hard to believe, but on any given night we have about 2,600 people that are homeless, which is still a lot,” Fisher said.![]()
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New Mexico's spending on housing and homelessness surges
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State's affordable living options continue to languish
City contractor Heading Home launched the shelter Tuesday at the former Lovelace hospital, which the city bought in 2021 and has rebranded the Gibson Health Hub.![]()
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The current operation has 60 beds — 35 for women and 25 for men — in separate buildings on the sprawling property in Southeast Albuquerque.![]()
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Albuquerque's new homeless shelter gaining traction
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Operators expect to reach full capacity soon