New Mexico Out-Of-School Time Network

Stem education: nmost strive to reach more youth with stem learning opportunities and supports ost programs through training and dissemination of tools and resources. Through our stem next million girls moonshot initiative we supported and inspired young women to pursue a stem education and career through the advancing young women in stem scholarship and related events. Since 2018, nmost has awarded 69 scholarships totaling 54,500 to young women pursuing a stem degree and/or stem career to fill the pipeline for the next generation of high-paying careers. Nmost and partners hosted the first new mexico women in stem summit on april 27, 2024. Eighty (80) participants attended including youth, parents, educators, and stem professionals. The program included a youth panel discussion with young women at various stages of their stem journey ranging from high school to graduate school, and a stem professionals panel, featuring several women in stem careers.

Communication: nmost engaged ost providers, 21st cclc centers, community schools, leas and partners through newsletters, our website, listening sessions and events leading to quality ost programming, increased connection and sharing best practices and lessons learned. Our monthly stem newsletter, information campaigns, website and social media is our main strategy to communicate with the larger network of 1800 subscribers. Youth voice and representation is included in all our events, advocacy days, and via all our communications. Overall, the interest in ost and the potential impact on students' wellbeing and academic success is growing at a rapid pace and is now a conversation at the school, district, and state levels. Our staff are members of the albuquerque mayor's kids cabinet, the governor's juvenile justice board, and the community schools council.

Data, mapping and meals after 3 pm: nmost is utilizing data and mapping to strategically plan, advocate, and create transformational change for youth from all backgrounds in new mexico. Nmost creates and update ost story maps to document baseline and expansion of 21st cclc programs and hb2 (state) funded program sites as well as statewide programs providers like boys and girls club, ymca and 4h. The mapping database and infographics with real- time data overlays showcase state and federally funded program sites against a backdrop of indicators. Through our melas after 3 pm initiatives and partnerships with statewide organizations, nmost has expanded food access through ost programs by increasing the number of sites participating in the child and adult food care program (cacfp).