12/01/2025
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Valeria Alarcón, Executive Director New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils Email: valeria@nmhealthcouncils.org | Phone: 505-226-2133
Your Voice Matters: Join Region 9’s Behavioral Health Community Listening Sessions
Clovis, NM — December 1, 2025 — Curry County, New Mexico community members are invited to participate in upcoming Regional Behavioral Health Community Listening Sessions, designed to ensure that the voices and lived experiences of New Mexicans shape the future of behavioral and mental health care across the state.
These virtual sessions are part of a statewide initiative under Senate Bill 3 (SB3) – The Behavioral Health Reform and Investment Act, which calls for a more integrated, community-driven behavioral health system. Each region will identify its top priorities and develop a four-year plan to strengthen behavioral health services in partnership with local organizations, healthcare agencies, and all three branches of government.
The sessions will explore the intersection of behavioral health with housing, justice, education, and social wellbeing, creating a space for dialogue that drives actionable and systemic improvements to New Mexico’s behavioral health system.
“Every community voice adds power to the state’s vision for an equitable, accessible and effective behavioral health care system,” said Valeria Alarcón, Executive Director of the New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils. “This is your opportunity to shape meaningful, community-informed, and long-lasting change.”
Upcoming Virtual Listening Sessions Information:
Behavioral Health Region 9:
● Curry County & Roosevelt County
Accountable Lead: Kristian Price, Community Services Administrator, Curry County
Choose From the following dates:
● Youth Listening Session: ○ Through Clovis, Dora, Elida, Floyd, Grady, Melrose, Portales, and Texico Schools
● Adult Listening Sessions (In-Person & Virtual): ○ Tuesday, Dec. 9th 5:45pm
○ Concurrent In Person Attendance at: ■ 1100 W. 21st Clovis, NM
■ 604 E 2nd Street, Portales, NM
○ Virtual Attendance Registration Link: bit.ly/R9-Dec9ListeningSession
Curry County Health Council Contact:
● Kristian Price | kprice@currycountynm.gov | 575-763-6016
Roosevelt Health Council Contact:
● Laurie Collins RCHC@yucca.net | 575-356-4453
● Deborah Gentry | deborah.gentry@doh.nm.gov
How to Participate: Join in person or from the comfort of your home or office, phone or computer. Sessions are open to all community members — including individuals with lived experience, family members, service providers, educators, advocates, medical providers, school-district, local leaders, and youth.
Your perspective will inform and identify priorities and strengthen behavioral health care for all New Mexicans.
Hosted in partnership by: The New Mexico Alliance of Health Councils
Access Behavioral Health Regional Community Calendar: https://www.nmhealthcouncils.org/publichealthevents
Access SB3 Behavioral Health Reform & Investment Act: mcourts.gov/the-behavioral-health-reform-and-investment-act-sb3
