Attention Mescalero Apache Community Members

This letter is to inform you about some temporary adjustments with Mescalero CHR program.   

Michaelene Ahidley is the Acting CHR Director and Cindy Prelo will be next in charge for the CHR program. If you have any questions, please call us at 575-464-1614.

CHR is currently located in the Elderly Center building their phone number is 464-9256.  You may call them directly. If you are unable to contact CHR please call the elderly center number.  We are unable to transfer calls from the elderly to CHR but we will do our best to locate one of them.  

CHR will be in training starting January 29, 2024 through February 9, 2024, during this time the elderly program will temporarily be providing transportation and medication delivery. For transportation, please give us a 24- hour notice. Medication will be delivered once a day in the afternoon by 3:00 pm. We will do our best to accommodate you during this time.  Please plan accordingly to help us accommodate you in the best way. 

CHR does have access to a handicap van for community use. Please let the staff know if you need to be transported in a handicap van. Please remember that this is a temporary schedule.  CHR will resume their regular duties on February 12, 2023. 

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This notice is to inform you of the Mescalero IHS temporary weekend closure, effective Saturday, January 13, 2024. Our intent is to continue providing the best level of services to our patients and community given limited staffing levels. We are extending appointment hours for weekdays and same day appointments will be available. We will be open Monday-Friday from 8am to 6:30pm daily. Holidays we will be open 8am – 4pm urgent-care only.

As usual, if you have an emergent or urgent medical issue outside of urgent-care hours that cannot wait until we are open, go to the emergency room or call 911.

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Attention – 1 Hour Delay
Tribal offices will be on a 1-hour delay on January 9, 2024 due to poor road conditions. Tribal employees are to report to work at 9:00 AM unless otherwise directed.

Please drive safely.

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January 8, 2024 All Tribal Employees can go home due to the weather.

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Indian Health Service and the National Cancer Institute’s Smokefree.gov Initiative, have launched SmokefreeNATIVE — a new, free text messaging program to help American Indian and Alaska Natives to quit smoking commercial tobacco. 

Mobile health tools like SmokefreeNATIVE are advantageous as they have the potential to reach more people than other behavioral interventions and are often less costly. SmokefreeNATIVE was culturally adapted from SmokefreeTXT, a text message program that has been used by more than 480,000 people who want to quit smoking.

It was developed by and for Native people to offer a culturally aligned, digital resource to improve access to evidence-based smoking cessation support. SmokefreeNATIVE braids together smoking cessation support with key themes and content reflecting American Indian and Alaska Native cultural experiences, worldviews, and traditions. 

SmokefreeNATIVE offers 6 weeks of smoking cessation assistance and support with up to two weeks of preparation messages. People who smoke and are ready to set a date to stop can enroll online or by texting NATIVE to 47848. Participants will receive three to five messages each day with culturally-relevant information, encouragement, and support to help guide them on their journey to a smoke-free lifestyle. More information is available in the IHS Blog.

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Conservation Officers Ryan Martinez and Christian Silva participated in the “Shop with A Cop” this past Saturday at Walmart in Alamogordo. This event was sponsored by Southern New Mexico Thrive Program and local Otero County Law Enforcement Officers. Awesome job, officers!

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