Southwest Educational Partners for Training (SWEPT) has undertaken a redesign of adult education and workforce training in New Mexico to connect underemployed community participants to employers for certified jobs in the high need work sectors, Behavioral Health, Pre-Occupational Training, and Information Technologies.
SWEPT coordinates with educational and social service partners—as well as employers—to support cohorts of students seeking to improve family economic stability. By providing integrated wraparound social services and academic support, we help our students | participants access career opportunities which empowers participants to break self-perpetuating cycles of poverty and disenfranchisement. SWEPT pathways represent sustainable access to middle-wage, high-need, and stable career pathways to provide greater intergenerational economic and academic advancement.
GED Math, Raul Villarreal
English as a Second Language (ESL), Virginia Meyer
Citizenship skills, Virginia Meyer
Auto Paint & Body, Clyde Ortiz
CTE, Clyde Ortiz
Adult Literacy, Whitney Okumu
Basic Computer, HumphreyÂ
Cindy O’Niell, Coordinator
Gabriel Diaz
Brittney Barreras, Secretary
Mark Lowther Board Member
Mental health, substance use, and suicide were concerns among US high school students in 2023. adding that in the last year, 40% have expressed chronic feelings of depression or hopelessness, 20% have seriously considered attempting suicide, 16% have made a suicide plot, and 9% have attempted suicide. These concerns continue to increase in number. The South Educational Partners For Training and Youth Civil Infrastructure, in collaboration with Future Focused Education and National and Local funders, provided students at Robert F. Kennedy High School with the resources, skills, and knowledge they needed to design projects that provide mental health support to students and their communities.
Students present their capstone projects on #mentalhealth and #youthwellbeingÂ
