7:45 – 8:30

Registration:Continental Breakfast & Exhibit Tables

8:30 – 8:40

Welcome & Opening Remarks

• Ken Miyagishima, Mayor: City of Las Cruces
• Nate Cote, Board Member: NM Voices for Children

8:40 – 9:10

About KIDS COUNT Southern New Mexico

• Frank Lopez, Executive Director: Ngage NM
• James Jimenez, Executive Director: NM VOICES for Children

9:15 – 9:50

National Policy Landscape: Impacts on Child & Family Well-Being

• Nick Johnson, Senior Vice President: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

9:50-10:00

Tea & Coffee Break

10:00-10:25

Enhancing Child Well-Being in New Mexico: Policy Agenda

• Amber Wallin, KIDS COUNT Director:NM VOICES for Children

10:25 – 10:55

Early Childhood in Dona Ana County – Data

• Erica Surova, Data Analyst: NMSU Center for Community Analysis

10:55-11:20

Serve Lunch

11:20 – 12:50

Lunch: The Raising of America Viewing of Film and moderated discussion

12:50 – 1:45

Moderated Panel: Southern NM Elected Official Discussion

• Panelists: State Representative Nathan Small, State Representative and Majority Whip Doreen Gallegos, City Councilor Gill Sorg, City Councilor Kasandra Gandara, County Commissioner Billy Garrett

1:45 – 2:00

Call to Action and Closing

• Frank Lopez and James Jimenez

For those receiving CEUs, certificates will be distributed after participant evaluations are turned in.

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