by | Sep 24, 2020 | AOC, Blog Posts, News
The Albuquerque Opportunity Center (AOC) Men’s Overnight Emergency Shelter has 71 beds that provide a safe environment for sleeping and daytime storage of belongings for up to 30 nights. While staying at the AOC our guests have access to an outdoor garden, computer...
by | Sep 22, 2020 | AOC, Blog Posts, News
Our Albuquerque Opportunity Center (AOC) is a large campus with an outdoor garden, computer lab, storage area, showers, laundry facilities, medical examination rooms, main dorm, Respite Care wing, a library, and a classroom area. During the week the campus is...
by | Sep 21, 2020 | AOC, Blog Posts, News
The Albuquerque Opportunity Center’s Respite Care Program is for gentlemen experiencing homelessness that do not have a safe place to ensure that they received follow up care for their acute medical conditions. We have contracts with multiple Albuquerque area...
by | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog Posts, News
A new report that analyzes the recent outcomes of Heading Home’s street outreach program is coming soon and the results are very promising! ABQ StreetConnect was created in August 2017 “to provide intensive, individualized, housing-focused service navigation to...
by | Aug 28, 2020 | Blog Posts, News
ABQ StreetConnect (ABQSC) is our specialized outreach team whose mission is to identify, engage, stabilize, and house individuals for whom traditional outreach methods have not worked. Our ABQSC program is disrupting a cycle of high system utilization and Heading Home...
by | Aug 26, 2020 | Blog Posts, News
My name is Carol Brusca and for the last 3 years, I have been the Clinical Director of the ABQ StreetConnect program. I am an independently licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Trauma specialist. I feel so fortunate to be able to work with such a great team...
by | Aug 3, 2020 | Blog Posts, Events, News
We are thrilled to announce our new Educational Café Series! This new monthly offering of the Educational Café Series episodes will be comprised of one-hour discussions providing you with a unique opportunity to engage with us and to learn more about what we do make...
by | Jul 24, 2020 | AOC, Blog Posts, News
As part of a Reduce Your Use grant from PNM, we were able to install 17 new L.E.D. light fixtures in the dormitory at the Albuquerque Opportunity Center (AOC). This project was delayed because of COVID-19 but after the long-awaited arrival of some parts, the lights...