The McCune Charitable Foundation has awarded $25,000 to support the launch of the New Mexico One Health ECHO Collaborative. This is a meaningful milestone for NMVMA and our partner, the New Mexico Public Health Association (NMPHA): dedicated support to turn months of planning into a practical, statewide learning pilot.

Planned over the grant year
$25,000 Grant awarded
12 months Pilot period
6 Learning cycles
4 Quarterly Grand Rounds

What the grant will support

The grant workplan connects live learning with tools people can use afterward. Planned uses include:

  • ECHO coordination and CE preparation: scheduling, faculty support, registration, continuing education documentation, and participant follow-up.
  • Case-based learning: veterinary and public health expertise, community case contributions, and practical discussion.
  • Reusable resources: short NMSU Global learning units and plain-language Caring for New Mexico materials.
  • Access and evaluation: selected Spanish-language resources, student participation and connectivity support, feedback, and follow-up on how learning is applied.

NMPHA will serve as fiscal sponsor and public health collaborator, with responsibility for fiscal oversight and grant reporting. Together, the associations will shape the learning agenda, recruit participants and experts, and review what is working.

Two ways to learn together

Six learning cycles

Each planned cycle links a free, virtual ECHO case discussion with a short learning unit and a public resource.

Quarterly Grand Rounds

Four planned events will bring forward brief presentations and cross-disciplinary discussion, including opportunities for students and emerging professionals.

Your needs will shape the program

Following our November 5 conversation with Grey Corona at the Project ECHO Institute, our next steps are to develop a needs assessment, assemble the hub team, and build a manageable curriculum. We will ask veterinary, public health, and environmental health participants which topics, cases, and formats would be most useful, then hold a mock session at least two weeks before the first ECHO.

The program is being developed to offer continuing education. Session dates, CE approval status, credit details, and participation requirements will be announced with registration. The needs assessment is coming soon; ideas and offers of expertise are welcome now.

Thank you to the McCune Charitable Foundation, Paloma Flores and NMPHA, and the members and advisers who helped shape this work. Your involvement will help turn this award into learning that serves New Mexico.

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