Better and More Just Environments for Caregivers
New Mexico Caregivers in Action
is a 501(c)6 organization created to serve New Mexico’s frontline healthcare workers. These include Personal Care Assistants, Home Health Aides, Homemakers, Direct Support professionals, Community Health Workers and Representatives and related occupations.
Direct care workers’ salaries nationally and in New Mexico are often below the median area income. The average hourly wage of a New Mexico home health care aide was $9.51/hour in 2018. Thanks to state leadership, our Governor and Legislature increased the minimum wage beginning 2019. Still, we have so far to go to bring wage parity to those workers who save New Mexicans’ lives every day.
Our organization supports caregivers with advocacy at the state and Federal levels. We are committed to, and intentional about, achieving racial equity for frontline healthcare workers. We know there are better and more just environments in which caregivers can work.
Become a Member
This membership level is for frontline healthcare workers only. Members pay dues annually. Benefits include access to all NMCA programs, events as well as GIS benefits (dental, health, accident and life insurance) at much reduced costs. Members allowed one vote.
$15
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Become an Advocate
This membership level is for supporters and advocates of frontline healthcare workers. Examples are care recipients and individuals who want to support caregivers. Members pay dues annually. Benefits include access to all NMCA programs, events as well as GIS benefits (dental, health, accident and life insurance) at much reduced costs. Advocates are allowed one vote.
$30
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Become a Sponsor
This membership level is for those who want to gift up to ten individual memberships to those affiliated with an organization, friends or family or gift memberships back to NMCA for members who can’t afford to renew. This would be appropriate for health care agencies, advocacy agencies, faith- based organizations or individuals. .
$300
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Benefits
Members Only Benefits
Through our partnership with Western Assurance, NMCA offers to members only benefits from the insurance marketplace at much-reduced cost to caregivers. These are intended for dues-paying members of NMCA in good standing who work as caregivers, including independently-contracted caregivers. As a Member of NMCA, you have access to health, vision, dental, accident, life and other insurance benefits at much lower costs than you would be able to purchase on the open market.
Matched (IDA) Savings for those who meet financial and participation requirements. This is through a partnership with Prosperity Works.
Call us at 505-867-6046 or write to admin@nmcareaction.org to obtain the access link.
Make a DONATION to New Mexico Caregivers In Action
Help us do the good work to support caregivers in New Mexico. Make your donation through PayPal by clicking the button.
Events
Call the Governor to ask her to support HB 395 and SB 203.
These identical bills highlights the Direct Support Professional (caregivers for persons with developmental disabilities) in two ways: 1) requiring annual data to be collected on vacancy and retention rates as well as average wages and benefits and by 2) requiring that in rate studies conducted every two years the Direct Support Professional is valued at 150% of minimum wage.
Thank you to our Sponsoring Members!
Sponsorship Members donate at $300 and have ten individual memberships they can gift to employees, customers, family, and friends, or, back to the organization as gifts to members who cannot afford to renew. See the link above under the membership section to become a Sponsorship Level Member.
Contact Us
Write us at info@nmcareaction.org or call 505-867-6046 and ask to be connected to a staffperson at New Mexico Caregivers in Action.
505-867-6046
info@nmcareaction.org