New Mexico
Summer Enrichment Internship Program
​2021

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​Celebrating a Summer of Success:
​​More than 1300 Interns and 300 Mentors statewide!
​The College and Career Readiness Bureau (CCRB) of the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) launched the Summer Enrichment Internship Program in the summer of 2021. The federal government committed more than $9.89 million for the program as part of pandemic relief efforts. Under the program, funding covered the cost of summer internships for New Mexico high school students in June-September of 2021 only. The goal was to provide high school students and at-risk youth with the opportunity to participate in
high-quality internships (20 hours per week for 6 weeks) with government agencies and
community organizations, including county, tribal, and/or municipal placements.
"Real-life learning is critical to skill development,
​and internships are a great way
​to gain important experience ​and build skills in a real-world setting."
CommUNITY Learning Network

Statewide Program Partners:

Bernalillo County
Curry County
De Baca County
Dona Ana County
Grant County
Los Alamos County
Roosevelt County
​San Juan County
San Miguel County
Sandoval County
Santa Fe County
Socorro County
Taos County
Torrance County
Valencia County
Jicarilla Apache Nation
​Ohkay Owingeh
Pueblo of Picuris
Pueblo of Pojoaque
​Pueblo of Santo Domingo
HELP NM - Non-profit:
Cibola Country
Colfax County
McKinley County
Mora County
Rio Arriba County
San Miguel County
Taos County

Interested in offering paid summer internships
​in the summer of 2022?

Counties and Tribes interested in offering the
Summer Enrichment Internship Program in 2022,
please click the button below to complete the 2022 Interest Form:

Community in Action!

Meet some of the amazing
and committed community members, catalysts, mentors,
​and interns
who helped make this
program a success!

​"Hands-on learning programs provide strong expertimantal learning opportunities for New Mexico students and the intership program offered students wonderful career exploration opportunities"
Dr. Elaine Perea, College and Career Readiness Bureau Director

2021 Program Materials


​2021 Press Release

​Marketing Resources Survey
To receive personalized marketing resources
to help you recruit coordinators and students to your program,
​​please fill out this quick, six-question survey.
Our Communications Coordinator, Christian Naranjo, will email you the personalized marketing resources as quickly as possible.
​Marketing Resources Survey Link

2021 Participating Counties, Tribes, and Agencies

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