The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has announced $33,012 will be granted to the Northern Pueblos Housing Authority in Santa Fe and Tierra Del Sol Housing Corporation.

As a result of these grants and funds, more than 1.6 million households nationwide will have a higher opportunity of finding housing and make more informed housing choices.

“The evidence is clear that housing counseling works,” said Mark Brezina, HUD Acting Regional Administrator, “The HUD-approved counseling agencies this funding supports are crucial in helping families manage their money, navigate the home buying processes, avoid foreclosure and secure their financial futures.”

The New Mexico Economic Development Commission will meet on July 8 in Las Cruces at the New Mexico State University campus in the Business Complex Building, Room 247.

The meeting will be the first of several sessions to come where the Commission will conduct its work to complete the Five Year Strategic Plan.

Two separate sessions will be held, one in the morning and a separate on the afternoon.

General business meeting of the Commission plus presentations from the New Mexico Partnership and the Economic Development Department's staff on research information in the draft proposal of the Five Year Strategic Plan will be the focus of the 10 to 11:45 am session.

The 1:30 to 4:30 pm session will allow Opportunity for groups/organizations and individuals to give presentations to the Commission on potential elements they would like to see included in the upcoming Five Year Strategic Plan.

Two major health care companies in the Albuquerque area are set to host job fairs this week to handle a boom in hiring to serve the state’s Medicaid members.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico will hold a job fair June 20 at the Sheraton Albuquerque Uptown Hotel from 10 am to 7 pm. RN case management, utilization management RNs, nurse managers, clinical trainers, and Native American community relations specialists are just some of the positions that the company is looking to hire.  

The hotel is located at 2600 Louisiana Blvd. NE. If you miss the job fair, you can always fill out an online application at www.molinahealthcare.com/abtmolina/careers/Pages/careers.