New Mexico Statutes Chapter 27. Public Assistance § 27-8-7. Community action programs

A. provides a range of services and activities which have a measurable and potentially major impact on causes of poverty in the community;

B. provides activities designed to assist low-income participants, including the elderly poor, to:

C. provides on an emergency basis for the provision of such supplies and services, nutritious food and related services as may be necessary to counteract conditions of starvation and malnutrition among the poor;

D. coordinates and establishes linkages between governmental and other social services programs to assure the effective delivery of such services to low-income individuals;

E. encourages the use of entities in the private sector of the community in efforts to alleviate poverty in the community; and

F. furthers any other purpose consistent with federal or state law or regulations.