HORSES FOR HEROES - NEW MEXICO INC

HANDS-ON PROGRAMS INCLUDE COWBOY UP, A PROGRAM THAT PROVIDES HORSEMANSHIP, WELLNESS AND SKILL SET RESTRUCTURING TO POST 9/11 COMBAT WOUNDED AND PTSD- RATED VETERANS, AIDING IN THEIR POST TRAUMATIC HEALING RESILIENCE. THE PROGRAM IS SELF-PACED, AND OBJECTIVE/OUTCOME BASED. IT IS BOTH A DAY PROGRAM FOR REGIONAL VETERANS AND A RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM FOR PARTICIPATING VETERANS FROM OUT OF STATE AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PROGRAM IS SELF- SUSTAINING WITH PROGRAM GRADUATES SERVING AS A CADRE WITH THE ALL-VOLUNTEER INSTRUCTOR STAFF. APPROXIMATELY 9,600 HOURS OF SESSIONS AND VETERAN ACTIVITIES, INCLUDING PHONE, SKYPE, AND ZOOM COUNSELING WERE PROVIDED. WISDOM WAY FOR WARRIORS IS OUR HYBRID LIFE-SKILLS COACHING PROGRAM. ORIGINALLY EXCLUSIVE TO WOMEN VETERANS, IT IS NOW INTEGRATED WITH OUR COWBOY UP PROGRAM AS WELL AS INDIVIDUAL COACHING SESSIONS. VETERAN PARTICIPANT FAMILIES AND COUPLES' PERSONAL RETREATS - VETERANS WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE COWBOY UP PROGRAM ARE ALLOWED TO PARTICIPATE IN A PERSONAL FAMILY OR COUPLES RETREAT, INDIVIDUALLY DESIGNED FOR THEIR FAMILIES' PRE- AND POST-DEVELOPMENT NEEDS. PROGRAM PARTNERS WITH US SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND (SOCOM) WARRIOR CARE COALITION. THE US NAVY SPECIAL WARFARE TEAMS BEGAN PRE-DEPLOYMENT RESILIENCY TRAINING DURING 2023 AS A RESULT OF THE SUCCESS OF OUR PILOT PROGRAM, INITIATED IN 2022, OF PRE-DEPLOYMENT RESILIENCY FOR ACTIVE MILITARY CONDUCTED WITH THE US ARMY FIRST DIVISION. PROVIDING TRAUMA MITIGATION TOOLS THAT ALLOW ACTIVE-DUTY MEMBERS WHO ARE DEPLOYING TO COMBAT ZONES THE ABILITY TO IDENTIFY THE DEBILITATING EFFECTS OF COMBAT TRAUMA IN THEMSELVES AND THEIR UNIT MEMBERS IN ORDER TO STAVE OFF WHAT WOULD BECOME POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER. AS PART OF THIS INITIATIVE, WE WILL ALSO HOST ACTIVE-DUTY COUPLES RETURNING FROM MULTIPLE DEPLOYMENTS, IN RETREAT STYLE SETTING TO MITIGATE AND REPAIR THE CATASTROPHIC EFFECTS RESULTING FROM BACK-TO-BACK COMBAT DEPLOYMENTS. WHOLESOME AND NUTRITIOUS HOME-COOKED MEALS ARE PROVIDED DAILY TO ALL PROGRAM PARTICIPANTS FOR ALL PROGRAMS. A CONTINUING COMPONENT OF THIS PROGRAM IS THE "TRAIN THE TRAINERS" GRADUATE CORE CLASS FOR EGCM (EQUINE GESTALT COACHING METHOD) ON HOW TO WORK WITH VETERANS AND THEIR TRAUMA. THE ORGANIZATION IS ENDORSED BY THE NEW MEXICO DEPARTMENT OF VETERAN SERVICES, NEW MEXICO CATTLE GROWERS ASSOCIATION AND THEIR MEMBER RANCHES, WORKING RANCH COWBOYS ASSOCIATION (WRCA), WRANGLER NATIONAL PATRIOT PROGRAM, AMERICAN GOLD STAR MOTHERS, INC. - ALBUQUERQUE CHAPTER, THE MILITARY ORDER OF WORLD WARS - SANTA FE CHAPTER, NEW MEXICO WOMEN'S VETERANS ASSOCIATION, THE SOUTHWEST NATIVE AMERICAN VETERANS ASSOCIATION, AND MANY MORE.