Resource Engagement Adaptability Diversity initiative New Mexico (READi NM) Training Schedules 2023

READi NM trainings are county-based and available statewide. This training provides foundational knowledge for resource parent applicants to learn their role and be “READi” to work with families in the foster care system.

Module 1: Who are our Children & Families
Module 2: Reunification as the Role of the Resource Parent
Module 3: Foundational Beliefs & Values of Foster Care
Module 4: Child & Youth Identity and Family Connections
Module 5: Care from a place of wholeness
Module 6: Navigating services for children and youth
Module 7: Resource parent resilience and self- care
Module 8: Supporting transitions
Module 9: Providing unconditional care
Module 10: Trauma informed support
Module 11/Closing: Trauma responsive discipline

Choose your county/region below for each schedule:

Region 1: San Juan, McKinley, Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia, Torrance

Region 2: Rio Arriba, Taos, Colfax, Union, Mora, Los Alamos, Santa Fe, San Miguel, Guadalupe

Region 3: Updated for 2023: Albuquerque/Bernalillo County

Region 4: Harding, Quay, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt, Chaves, Lea, Eddy

Region 5: Catron, Socorro, Lincoln, Sierra, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana, Otero

Any adult in your home identified as a caretaker for a foster child must attend the trainings in order.