Members of the New Mexico Early Childhood Education & Care Department (ECECD) visited the Mescalero Apache Tribe to conduct a government-to-government consultation session last Tuesday, 10 May 2022. Discussions involved funding for further program development and expansion for the Mescalero Apache Early Childhood Program (MAECP) as well as collaboration among ECECD, MAECP, Head Start and the Child Development Centers.
In photo (L-R): Rosario Dick (MAECP Director), Jovanna Archuleta (Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Education and Care), Elizabeth Groginsky (ECECD Cabinet Secretary), Helen Quintana (ECECD Human Resources Director), and Micah McCoy (ECECD Communications Director).
