AMADOR DROP-IN OPPORTUNITY CENTER

During 2024 AHC received notices of congressional directed spending from Senator Martin Heinrich and Representative Ben Ray Lujan to remodel and expand Amador’s Suite D (Annex).  The present facility, which served as the original clinic site in 1991, is approximately 2048 sq ft and houses a team of six (6) staff working in Recovery Support Services (RSS). We see this new and improved drop-in facility as an "Opportunity Center," suggesting some sort of new beginning, second chance, or future potential related to recovery, rehabilitation or resiliency.
 
With these federal resources Amador will develop a more robust drop-in center that embraces the best of similar models that are found here in New Mexico and elsewhere as noted below.  The proposed drop-in center will have the guiding priorities of harm reduction; social determinants/drivers of health; integration of medical, behavioral, and social services; and inter-agency/disciplinary collaboration.  Construction should begin in Q1 CY 2025.

LGBTQIA+ Drop in Center
https://tgrcnm.org/drop-in-center
 
Bernalillo County Re-Entry Resource Center
https://www.bernco.gov/county-manager/resource-re-entry-center/
 
Bernalillo County Drop-in Center
https://www.bernco.gov/county-manager/behavioral-health-initiative/peer-support-drop-in-center/
 
Bernalillo County Peer Based Living Room
https://www.bernco.gov/department-behavioral-health-services/living-room-program/
 
NM Peer Run Community Wellness Centers
https://yes.nm.gov/s/opre-sponsored-programs?language=en_US
 
The Life Link Clubhouse (PSR)
https://www.thelifelink.org/the-clubhouse
 
Sandoval County Health Commons
https://www.sandovalcountynm.gov/departments/community-services/community-health/
 
Los Alamos Health Commons
https://www.losalamosnm.us/files/sharedassets/public/v/1/departments/community-services/documents/social-services/health-commons-ad-info-flyer.pdf
 
Rhode Island Harm Reduction Centers
https://health.ri.gov/addiction/about/harmreductioncenters/