Building a Coordinated Care Network for New Mexico Veterans: A Roadmap for Statewide Implementation

With the support of the New Mexico State Legislature, the D’Aniello Institute for Veterans and Military Families (IVMF) is leading a multi-phase project to design a coordinated care system for New Mexican service members, veterans, and their families. In the project’s first phase, the IVMF conducted a landscape assessment to understand the needs of the military-connected community and examined the viability of a coordinated care system for the state. We found that veteran-serving organizations that participated felt that a coordinated care network would be of value to New Mexico veterans, but questions on how best to implement such a network remained. In the current phase of the project the IVMF is working closely with its fiscal sponsor—the New Mexico State Department of Veteran Services—to engage with veteran serving organizations across the state to collect their thoughts and feedback on the design of a network. With this information, the IVMF will create a programmatic roadmap that lays out the steps necessary for implementing a coordinated care network in New Mexico. Building on insights from the statewide landscape assessment in Phase 1, the IVMF is now leading the community design and planning phase of the project. We are engaging with stakeholders across New Mexico to create an implementation roadmap for coordinated care throughout the state.