New Mexico Prevention

Welcome to the New Mexico Prevention website

The Office of Substance Abuse Prevention (OSAP) is part of the Behavioral Health Services Division of the New Mexico Health Care Authority. The New Mexico Prevention website was developed to provide information about OSAP funded programs and initiatives, including documents and resources relevant to substance misuse prevention efforts across the state.

OSAP oversees and supports an integrated and comprehensive substance misuse prevention services delivery system through the promotion of sound policy, effective practice, and cooperative partnerships. It provides the infrastructure and other necessary support to local stakeholders as they select evidence-based policies, programs, and practices, implement their prevention plans with fidelity to best-practice standards, and monitor substance misuse indicators in their communities. OSAP is dedicated to improving and maximizing the impact of New Mexico’s substance misuse prevention resources so that the negative impacts of alcohol, tobacco and other drug misuse are minimized across the state.

Priorities include:

  • Underage Drinking
  • Adult Binge Drinking
  • Adult DWI
  • Prescription opioid misuse
  • Opioid related Overdose Deaths
  • Polysubstance use
  • Youth (underage) cannabis use
  • Teen vape (e-cigarette use)

Service Providers

In fiscal year 2026, OSAP is helping to fund 18 organizations and coalitions to engage in prevention activities in 15 counties across the state. The county tabs to the right contain contact information for the local agencies receiving prevention funding from OSAP.

  • Program or Coalition

    Doña Ana County Health & Human Services

    Contact(s)

    Crystal Alfaro

    crystalal@donaana.gov 

    Funding Source

    PDO

  • Program or Coalition

    Up! Coalition–Center for Health Innovation

    Evaluator

    Christina Lopez Gutierrez
    clgoffice@gmail.com

    Contact(s)

    Erin Small
    esmall@chi-phi.org

    Funding Source

    SUPTRS

  • Program or Coalition

    Youth Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition (YSAPC) – Center for Health Innovation

    Evaluator

    Christina López-Gutiérrez

    clgoffice@gmail.com

    Contact(s)

    Emma McKinley
    emckinley@chi-phi.org

    Funding Source

    SUPTRS

  • Program or Coalition

    Coalition Against Teen Substances (CATS) – Center for Health Innovation

    Evaluator

    Christina López-Gutiérrez

    clgoffice@gmail.com

    Contact(s)

    Angelica Rodriguez

    arodriguez@chi-phi.org

    Funding Source

    SUPTRS

  • Program or Coalition

    The Mountain Center – Rio Arriba

    Contact(s)

    Marina Orozco-Vazquez

    Marina@themountaincenter.org

    Funding Source

    PDO

  • Program or Coalition

    PFS 25 Provider–Rio Arriba

    Evaluator

    Contact(s)

    Funding Source

    PFS 2025

  • Program or Coalition

    The Mountain Center – Santa Fe

    Contact(s)

    Marina Orozco-Vazquez

    Marina@themountaincenter.org

    Funding Source

    PDO

  • Program or Coalition

    PFS 25 Provider – Santa Fe

    Evaluator

    Contact(s)

    Funding Source

    PFS 2025

  • Program or Coalition

    Sierra County Prevention Coalition- Center for Health Innovation

    Evaluator

    Christina López-Gutiérrez
    clgoffice@gmail.com

    Contact(s)

    Erin Small
    esmall@chi-phi.org

    Funding Source

    SUPTRS

  • Program or Coalition

    County of Socorro – Socorro County Prevention Coalition

    Evaluator

    Felix Jaramillo
    Felixjaramillo49@yahoo.com

    Contact(s)

    Joel Partridge
    Jpartridge@socorroschools.org

    Chris Rottman
    crottmanscpc@gmail.com

    Funding Source

    SUPTRS

  • Program or Coalition

    Perpetual Tears Memorial Inc. Partnership for a Healthy Torrance Community

    Evaluator

    Natalie Skogerboe
    natalie@aspensolutions.consulting

    Contact(s)

    Adrian Ortiz
    adrian.ortizptmi@gmail.com

    Funding Source

    SUPTRS

Current State Level Prevention Projects

In addition to community-based prevention work, OSAP coordinates state-level partnerships that support and contribute to the work at the local level. Effective, aligned substance abuse prevention initiatives can minimize problem behaviors and prevent a host of other public health, education and social problems. Two important partnerships OSAP coordinates are the Statewide Epidemiological and Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) and the Prevent Prescription Drug/Opioid Overdose-Related Deaths (PDO) Project.

The Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services (SUPTRS) Block Grant provides states with ongoing federal funding for substance misuse prevention under the administrative direction of the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). OSAP uses SUPTRS funding to support prevention work by organizations in communities throughout New Mexico, as well as Synar tobacco compliance check activities.

The New Mexico Community Survey is administered annually by PIRE and local prevention provider organizations to gather data on the prevalence of, and risk factors associated with, alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs (ATOD) misuse, as well as other related issues. These data provide ongoing public health surveillance information to the state, providers and their communities on prevention, and service needs.

The PDO 2021 grant builds on the work completed by PDO 2016 and continuously aims to prevent overdose deaths by purchasing and distributing naloxone for overdose reversal, training a wide variety of first responders to administer naloxone in high-need communities and in general public, and increasing the state system’s capacity and infrastructure. Four previous PDO hub agencies and high-need counties Bernalillo, Dona Ana, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe remain as PDO hub agencies to distribute naloxone and provide overdose recognition training.

The goals of the SPF Rx 2021 grant are to increase use of the NM prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP) system by pharmacists and providers, improve opioid prescribing practices among health care providers in Bernalillo County, and increase the perception of risk of prescription opioids, as well as co-current use of prescription opioids and prescription benzodiazepines among New Mexico and Bernalillo County residents.

The New Mexico State Opioid Response (SOR) Grant addresses the state’s opioid use disorder crisis through implementation of evidence-based practices in prevention, treatment, recovery, and harm reduction through use of the SOR funds. SOR activities also include training and technical assistance to support agencies to address stimulant use disorder. SOR continues to expand capacity to address OUD morbidity and mortality via the modified Hub and Spoke model (Collaborative Hubs Model) to support the statewide adoption and implementation of evidence-based practices that have proven effective in preventing, treating, supporting recovery, and reducing harm related to OUD.

The ongoing focus of the SEOW is the development and informed use of assessment data and indicators for use in community planning, prioritization and evaluation; and, the support of evidence-based strategies, policies and practices in all community prevention activity. The SEOW meets monthly, comprised of members of state agencies (Department of Health, Human Services Department, Children, Youth & Families Department, and Department of Transportation), local prevention providers and evaluators, community members, PIRE and Coop Consulting.

The vision of the NM Statewide Epidemiological and Outcomes Workgroup (SEOW) is that data and products produced by the SEOW will be utilized to expand data-driven decision making and collaboration that support community level outcomes related to behavioral health.  The mission of the SEOW is to provide strategic guidance to the state and communities on using assessment and epidemiological data and to direct broad, public prioritization processes based on: severity, burden, trends, preventability/changeability, capacity/resources, need, readiness, political will and public concern.

The PDO Advisory Council was initially convened by OSAP for the PDO 2016 grant. The council was charged with creating the strategic plan, including purchasing strategies and distribution plan, and overseeing the PDO project. Later the council was expanded to include the SOR grant and it became the PDO SOR Advisory Council. . The Council is led by the CEO of the Behavioral Health Collaborative and includes partners from the Department of Health, the Board of Pharmacy, Medical and other professional Boards, Probation and Parole Division, managed care and treatment providers, advocates and local overdose prevention coalition leaders. The council convenes quarterly to discuss project progress of PDO and SOR and any emerging issues encountered in the projects.

Completed State Level Prevention Projects

The SPF Rx grant aimed to improve the effectiveness of the NM prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), increase use of the system by prescribers, and improve opioid prescribing practices among health care providers in Bernalillo County, NM.

The Partnerships for Success (PFS) grant from the Centers for Substance Abuse Prevention was a 5-year grant awarded to New Mexico in 2015 for alcohol prevention for youth 12-20 and prescription pain-killer misuse prevention among youth age 12- 25 through the Partnerships for Success program. OSAP uses these funds to provide prevention services through coalitions in four counties and five colleges in New Mexico: Chaves County, Cibola County, Curry County, Roosevelt County, University of New Mexico (UNM), New Mexico State University-Main Campus, San Juan College, New Mexico Tech, and the Institute of American Indian Arts.

The goal of the FR CARA project was to increase the capacity of local professional first responders to improve the outcomes of overdose survivors of adverse opioid related incidents. Throughout the grant years, The Mobile Integrated Health Office in the City of Santa Fe, fire departments in the City of Las Cruces and the City of Gallup, and Santa Fe County Fire Department participated in the grant at the different time points as local providers.   Professional first responders of FR CARA providers were trained and provided resources on carrying and administering Narcan, providing overdose survivor outreach and follow-up for individuals at very high risk for subsequent fatal overdoses.

The PDO-2016 grant aimed to prevent overdose deaths by purchasing and distributing naloxone for overdose reversal, training a wide variety of first responders to administer naloxone in high-need communities, and increasing the state system’s capacity and infrastructure. Four high-need counties were selected as PDO hub agencies to distribute naloxone and provide overdose recognition training: Bernalillo, Dona Ana, Rio Arriba and Santa Fe.

The NM Opioid State Targeted Response Grant (STR) initiative was overseen by the New Mexico’s Human Services Department’s Behavioral Health Services Division (HSD/BHSD). The goals of the grant were to 1) increase the number of people who receive treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), 2) increase the number of people who receive OUD recovery services, 3) increase the number of providers implementing Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT), 4) increase the number of trained OUD prevention and treatment providers, and 5) decrease the rate of opioid misuse, opioid overdoses, and opioid-related deaths. The STR grant funded, in part, the training and distribution of Narcan (naloxone) to first responders across the state to use to reverse opioid overdoses as well as training of health care providers to provide MAT to people with OUD.

OSAP Staff

Contact Information

Office of Substance Abuse Prevention
Behavioral Health Services Division
Health Care Authority
P.O. Box 2348
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
Call: (505) 476-9266
Consolidated Customer Service Center: 1-800-283-4465
Fax: (505) 476-9277 or (505) 476-9272

OSAP Staff

Jennifer Guhl
Program Manager
Jennifer.Guhl@hca.nm.gov

Michael Miller
Program Manager
Michael.miller@hca.nm.gov

Michael Padilla
Operations Manager
Prevention and Substance Use Disorder Services
Michael.Padilla@hca.nm.gov

Consultants

Coop Consulting, Inc.

Michael Coop
Founder and Proprietor
Michael@coopconsultinginc.com

Grey Goode
Program Manager
grey@coopconsultinginc.com

Tanya Henderson
Program Manager
tanya@coopconsultinginc.com

Leonel Diaz Jr.
Consultant
leonel@coopconsultinginc.com

McKenzie Gabaldon
Program Manager
mckenzie@coopconsultinginc.com

Kamama Consulting

Paula Feathers, MA
Kamama Consulting
preventionworkforce@gmail.com

PIRE

David Currey, PhD
Senior Research Scientist I
Co-Principal Investigator (SAPT, NMCS)
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
DCurrey@pire.org

Brenda Elías, BA
Research Assistant II
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
belias@pire.org

Marissa Elías, MPH
Associate Research Scientist
Principal Investigator (SPF Rx)
Co-Principal Investigator (SAPT, NMCS)
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
melias@pire.org

Christina López-Gutiérrez, BA
Research Associate II
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
clopez@pire.org

Marie-Elena Reyes, MSS
Associate Research Scientist
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
mreyes@pire.org

Lei Zhang, PhD
Research Scientist
Principal Investigator (PDO)
Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation
lzhang@pire.org

PK Public Relations

Lynn Komer
http://www.pkpublicrelations.com/
lynn@pkpublicrelations.com

Opioid safety and treatment in New Mexico