2024
With that La Piñon has provided 32 years of service to Doña Ana County and the surrounding Southern New Mexico areas with numbers tripled and a current 2.2-million-dollar budget. This would not be possible without the support of our community who believes in our mission and the brave individuals who had a vision, a voice, […]
2023
In 2023 La Piñon appointed our new Executive Director, Angelica Calderon. Angelica has worked in many areas in our agency, from Advocate Coordinator, Director of Childrens Advocacy, Deputy Director, and she has conducted over 950 Forensic Interviews of children where child abuse/maltreatment was suspected. In her time thus far, we have one fully accredited satellite […]
2019-2022
Between 2019 and 2022 La Piñon continued its work keeping our doors open during the pandemic as this was how we could provide the best care for our survivors during these unfortunate times. We had teams and our staff working together to ensure continued comprehensive care for our community and survivors. During this time we […]
2017
In 2017 La Piñon with its growing staff and new programs from PREA (Prison Rape Elimination Act), a Campus Advocate, Rural Advocate, Advocate Coordinator who trains volunteers, a growing Trauma Treatment Center, SANE Unit, and a newly accredited Children’s Advocacy Center, it was time to move to a new location off Motel Boulevard in Las […]
2016
In 2016 we turned a pre-existing program, called the Peer Mentorship Program, into a primary prevention program for middle school students as there was a major need.
2014
In 2014 La Piñon saw a need to grow our prevention programs with new programs that work to prevent and end sexual violence in our community. With this our prevention program took off and we acquired our first primary prevention program for our local high schools called We End Violence and began implementing primary prevention […]
2010
In 2010, Donna saw the need for temporary safe emergency housing for children of parents in crisis to prevent child abuse and neglect. From this La Piñons’ Child Crisis Center opened its doors on West Amador and provided emergency housing for children up to 11 years of age, unfortunately closing its doors in 2013.
2009
By 2009 we had a Rural Advocate working in Deming, New Mexico. We were also working to train law enforcement agencies on sexual assault protocol.
2008
In 2008 we received a grant that allowed us to implement a Play Therapy Room on site to work with children who experienced sexual abuse.
2007
In 2007 we moved into a new location on Melendres Street in Las Cruces, NM and Donna Richmond became our Executive Director. With Donna, her passion, and expertise at the forefront of Sexual Assault Services in Doña Ana County and Southern New Mexico; La Piñon continued to flourish and grow with new programs and grant […]
