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Last night evening we had a mentor appreciation dinner, as a thank you to the volunteers for volunteering their time with our mentoring program. The Wise Men and Women Mentorship program, after 27 years of providing mentoring services to the Albuquerque community...

12Welcome to the team John and Deidre!  Budget Analyst  John is a  native New Mexican who spent most of his life living in the South Valley. John graduated from Rio Grande High School and received a BA in Business Management from the College of...

YDI will be hosting its annual 2018 Mentors picnic this Friday, May 18th at Mariposa Basin Park in Taylor Ranch. This is a great time to see the Wise Men Wise Women Mentoring program in action and find out how to volunteer your time! 78% of mentored youth improve...

YDI President/CEO Dr. Diego Gallegos and YDI CFO/COO Robert Chavez accept the 2018 New Mexico Family Friendly award at their ceremony today- and get congratulated by Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller. Great job YDI!

Date:  Thursday, April 26, 2018 Time:  12:00pm Central Time Duration: 1 hour (12:00 - 1:00 p.m. central time) This webinar will familiarize participants with JUUL, a relatively new, discreet, and best-selling e-cigarette brand that is very...

In December 2016, Ramona Sanchez was elected Chair of the Board of Directors.   Her years of volunteer service to YDI began in 1998 serving on the YDI Head Start/Early Head Start Policy Council.  Then she was elected to the YDI Board of Directors where...

Everyone please meet Rose Nikolai, our new budget analyst!  Rose retired from the State Government in November of 2017.  She has worked both in finance and Information Technology (IT) for the past 27 years.  Rose has a Master's Degree with a focus in...

Anastasia Perez (pictured above in green jacket), 18 years old, was placed at the Working Classroom to do her work experience element of the YDI Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) program.  Anastasia had no work experience, but...

Help Fight Rising E-Cigarette Use With JUULS

It has been announced that the Task Force of Life Work Balance has awarded YDI a New Mexico Family Friendly Business "Gold Level" award.To receive a Gold award from NM Family Friendly Business, a company must meet at least one family friendly policy in each of four...