About Us
Vision | Mission | History
Youth Heartline's Vision is: healthy families, healthy children.
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Formed 1991, Youth Heartline's mission is to improve positive long-term outcomes and access to services by reducing risk factors and barriers for underserved children and families in the 8th Judicial District of New Mexico (Colfax, Taos, and Union Counties).
First incorporated as Tri-County Children's Advocates, Youth Heartline is the first and only Court Appointed Special Advocates program for the Eighth Judicial District. Since that time, the organization was renamed Youth Heartline, in recognition of an expanding array of services. Youth Heartline operates offices in Raton, NM and Taos, NM.
Staff
Administration
Colleen Shaughnessy, Executive Director
Gerard Jones, Director of Operations
Community Programs
Feliz Medina, Community Programs Director
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Court Programs
Katherine Peralta, Colfax & Union Counties Safe Exchange and Supervised Visitation Monitor
Leslie Warnick, Taos County Safe Exchange and Supervised Visitation Monitor
Nathalie Bertoncin, Taos CASA Staff Advocate & Outreach Coordinator
Valerie Alderette, Raton Programs & CASA Manager
Yasmin Haque, CASA Director
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Stability Programs
Jayda Cordero, Raton Youth Transitional Housing Youth Services Specialist
Jolene Archuleta Duran, Raton Youth Transitional Housing Case Manager
Meesha Evans, Taos Pueblo Family Navigator
Misty Gomez, Colfax & Union Counties Housing and Family Navigator
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Contact us at info@youthheartline.org
Board of Directors
Alice Morillon, Secretary, Taos County
Brandy Thompson, President, Union County
Christine Autumn, Director, Taos County
David Elliot, Director, Taos County
John Shafto, Treasurer, Taos County
Kristen Forrester, Director, Colfax County
Mary Esther Winters, Director, Taos Pueblo, Taos County
Terry Kamm, Vice President, Colfax County