To provide diabetes education to 600 people in Ciudad Juárez, MX.

To promote mental health awareness, reduce stigma, and prevent burnout among 610 educational staff in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, through Psychological First Aid (PFA) training.

To increase services for bereaved youth, increase healthy coping skills, build staff capacity for grief-responsive care, and create a training hub by training 20 peer facilitators and 120 youth-serving staff.

To advance early detection and intervention for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) by screening 50 children with first-degree relatives diagnosed with T1D for autoimmune disease in El Paso, TX.

To provide diabetes education, incorporate medical advisory support, expand culinary education, and leverage upgraded data systems for improved health outcomes within the Paso del Norte Region.

Gestational Diabetes Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) Program

To deliver National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) evidence-based educational programs and training, peer support, and advocacy for policy change in El Paso County.

To expand mental health and emotional well-being strategies and leverage Institute relationships with state and federal governments and its consulting practice, bringing new investments and opportunities and bettering the mental health of the region.

To enroll 150 participants into On the Road to Living Well with Diabetes within the Doña Ana, Otero, and Luna Counties in Southern New Mexico.

To address local workforce needs in neurodevelopmental disabilities by providing intensive, interdisciplinary training to emerging professionals from various healthcare and education fields in El Paso, TX.

To provide the Prevent T2 for ALL, a CDC-approved adaptation curriculum to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, for 65 people in El Paso, TX.

To provide a diabetes prevention program to at least 64 adults while implementing depression screenings and mental health referrals in El Paso, Ft. Hancock, and Socorro, TX.

Diabetes Prevention Program

To provide diabetes screening and referral training to four community dentists for 400 patients in El Paso, TX.

To train and supervise 40 students to deliver the Diabetes Awareness Training Program for Community Outreach to 200 individuals across the Paso del Norte Region.

To provide technical assistance and evaluation for the initiative in coordination with the VP of Programs, program officer, EPCD, SNMDO, and Diabetes Alliance partners.

To implement Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training and the Addiction Policy Forum’s EnCompass program for 150 individuals in Luna and Doña Ana County.

To develop a train-the-trainer program for sustaining the Aprende a Cuidar de ti and provide technical assistance to 12 health professionals implementing the Aprende Cuidar de ti program in Ciudad Juárez, MX.

To conduct parent educational workshops aimed to increase parental resilience, social connections, knowledge of parenting and child development, and social and emotional competence of children, known as Parent Cafés in El Paso, TX.

To create strategies and communication materials to promote the Diabetes "Now What?" media campaign and continue to develop the Diabetes Alliance within the Paso del Norte Region.

To create communication materials to promote the Diabetes "Now What?" (DNW) media campaign, develop the marketing capacity of the Center to support long-term sustainability, and continue to develop the Diabetes Alliance across the Paso del Norte Region.

2026 FACES of Diabetes Conference

To Document Community Programs on Diabetes in Ciudad Juárez

To deliver 28 National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) evidence-based courses, train 50+ volunteers, provide peer support to 250 individuals, reach 2,500+ through 75 presentations, and advocate for mental health policy change in El Paso County.

To reduce stigma in Doña Ana, Luna, and Otero counties by training individuals to communicate non-judgmentally with those at risk of suicide, helping them access resources for managing mental illness.

To lead the Diabetes Data Workgroup and support gestational diabetes planning in El Paso, TX.

To graduate 125 people from the Prevent T2 for ALL, a CDC-approved adapted curriculum for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD/DD) in El Paso, TX.

To increase the regional collaborative care capacity by expanding Graduate Medical Education (GME) slots in the El Paso region through a Community-Based Psychiatry Residency program.

To build the capacity of Southern New Mexico Diabetes Outreach in Las Cruces, NM.

To redesign the Sabrosa Vida program for people with type 2 diabetes and their family members in El Paso, TX.

To provide technical assistance for regional diabetes media campaigns and future gestational diabetes efforts.

To graduate at least 1,000 people from On the Road (OTR) to living with Diabetes, a five-week program, in El Paso, TX.

To promote mental health awareness, reduce stigma, and prevent burnout among educational staff in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, through Psychological First Aid (PFA) training.

To pilot a youth pre-diabetes education program targeting up to 40 students in Ciudad Juárez, MX.

To expand trauma-informed care, mental health education, and wellness training for caregivers and professionals as a response to their growing demand.

To offer diabetes education services in El Paso, TX.

To increase capacity for the El Paso Center for Diabetes to deliver diabetes education and related services in El Paso, TX.

Strategic Planning Support for the Diabetes Alliance

To improve the mental health and substance use systems of care, focusing on policy, program, and practice improvements through the Local Collaborative 3’s (LC3) in Doña Ana County.

NLBHA Conference

To graduate 150 participants into On the Road (OTR) to Living Well with Diabetes within the Doña Ana, Otero, and Luna Counties in Southern New Mexico.

To lead the Diabetes Data and advisory workgroup and collaborate with Southern New Mexico Alliance.

ADAPT (Texas Mutual & Texigrant)

To graduate 65 individuals in the diabetes prevention program (DPP) while implementing depression screenings and mental health referrals in El Paso, TX.

To build the capacity of Southern New Mexico Diabetes Outreach (SNMDO) and further enhance the Southern New Mexico Alliance in Las Cruces, NM.

A establish and sustain an integration of a clinical pharmacist into a diabetes care management team in El Paso, TX.

To deliver On the Road to living with Diabetes, a five-week program to at least 1,000 participants in El Paso, TX.