Tribal senior center and adult day center directors and managers are the subject matter experts and frontline in assisting their community’s tribal elders.

OIEA works closely with tribal providers to support New Mexico’s 23 Tribes, Pueblos & Nations in the development of a comprehensive and coordinated service system of tribal senior centers and adult day services centers

Key Areas of Support:

  • Manages the IAAA & supports NAAA/DALTCS
  • Facilitate supplemental funding opportunities for tribal providers
  • Advocacy
  • Provides technical assistance & training

Office of Indian Elder Affairs

Phone

505-316-5292

Email

oiea.info@altsd.nm.gov

Personnel

Melissa Sanchez

Director & ALTSD Tribal Liaison (Acoma Pueblo)

Bianca Mitchell

Deputy Director (Acoma Pueblo)

New Mexico has four “Area Agencies on Aging” (AAA) and six “Planning and Service Areas” (PSA)

Metro AAA

PSA 1
Bernalillo County

Non-Metro AAA

PSA 2
Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos, Torrance and Valencia Counties.

PSA 3
Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Guadalupe, Harding, Lea, Lincoln, Quay, Roosevelt and Union counties.

PSA 4
Catron, Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Otero, Sierra and Socorro counties.

Navajo Nation AAA

PSA 5 (NAAA)
Navajo Nation senior centers located in New Mexico.

OIEA supports & collaborates with the Navajo Nation Division of Aging and Long-Term Care Services (DALTCS).

Indian AAA

PSA 6 (IAAA)19 Pueblos, Jicarilla Apache Nation and Mescalero Apache Tribe.

ALTSD OIEA is the designated IAAA for PSA 6.

Resources

Navajo Nation

https://www.navajo-nsn.gov/

Mescalero Apache Tribe

https://mescaleroapachetribe.com/

Jicarilla Apache Tribe

https://hrjicarilla.com/

Fort Sill Apache Tribe

https://fortsillapache-nsn.gov/