Welcome to the team John and Deidre! 

Budget Analyst 

John is a  native New Mexican who spent most of his life living in the South Valley. John graduated from Rio Grande High School and received a BA in Business Management from the ... Read More

Welcome to Kerr Adams, our new instructor for our High School Equivalency (HSE) classes!  Kerr's teaching background is a combination of high school visual arts and outdoor education.  Kerr began his career in California as a mountain c... Read More

YDI will be hosting its annual 2018 Mentors picnic this Friday, May 18th at Mariposa Basin Park in Taylor Ranch.

This is a great time to see the Wise Men Wise Women Mentoring program in action and find out how to volunteer your time!

78% of mentored yo... Read More

YDI President/CEO Dr. Diego Gallegos and YDI CFO/COO Robert Chavez accept the 2018 New Mexico Family Friendly award at their ceremony today- and get congratulated by Albuquerque Mayor Tim Keller. Great job YDI!

Date: 

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Time: 

12:00pm Central Time

Duration: 1 hour (12:00 - 1:00 p.m. central time)

This webinar will familiarize participants with JUUL, a relatively new, discreet, and best-selling e-cigarette brand tha... Read More

In December 2016, Ramona Sanchez was elected Chair of the Board of Directors.   Her years of volunteer service to YDI began in 1998 serving on the YDI Head Start/Early Head Start Policy Council.  Then she was elected to the... Read More

Anastasia Perez (pictured above in green jacket), 18 years old, was placed at the Working Classroom to do her work experience element of the YDI Workforce Innovation Opportunity Act (WIOA) program.  Anastasia had no work... Read More

Everyone please meet Rose Nikolai, our new budget analyst!  Rose retired from the State Government in November of 2017.  She has worked both in finance and Information Technology (IT) for the past 27 years.  Rose has a Master's Deg... Read More

What is a JUUL?

The term “electronic cigarettes” covers a wide variety of products now on the market, from those that look like cigarettes or pens to somewhat larger products like “personal vaporizers” and “ta... Read More

?Eve Laverne Ramsey is a native New Mexican.  Born and raised up north, Eve has her Bachelor's Degree in Early Childhood Education.  She has worked with children and families for 25 years.  Eve is happily married with 2 children an... Read More

Hello and thank you for reading.  We will be posting biographies of our Board of Directors Members here monthly.

YDI’s YouthBuild program just received its 2nd YouthBuild grant from the US Department of Labor to continue education and employment services for out-of-school young people ages 16-24 in the construction industry.  

YDI YouthBui... Read More

YDI recently received a donation from Blue Cross Blue Shield New Mexico and KaBoom of an Imagination Playground- a set of interconnecting foam blocks where children can create their own immersive play experience.  

Check out the coverage fro... Read More

YDI, in collaboration with the Taos Municipal School District, is proud to announce the grand opening of the Taos Early Learning Academy.  The Taos Early Learning Academy provides Head Start and Early Head Start services for 40 children and thei... Read More

Grinding.

That’s the modern term that younger people use to describe working hard.  It is, I imagine, a word derived from working so hard that the gears you use to run your life grind together as they are being worked so hard.

Wh... Read More

Welcome back to our new CFOO, Robert Chavez! Mr. Chavez' history with YDI began when he was a 14-year-old #summer youth employee.

Today, he oversees all of YDI's Finances and Operations. He is second in comma... Read More

Our YDI Early Childhood Education & Family Development division is moving!

The YDI Early Childhood Education & Family Development Albuquerque Administrative office is in the process of moving to the Wool Warehouse. Staff have been working dili... Read More

It’s a typical high desert summer morning in Albuquerque.  The sun has finished its playful watercolor experiment as it rises over the East Mountains, and is now higher in the sky, already beaming its ultraviolet burn on the city as the da... Read More

Susann Anzures, YDI Neutral Corner visitation monitor

Having been with YDI in many capacities for 18 years now, I felt I knew every program in and out- with one program being out of my sight for most of my career- mostly due to the gravity and sensiti... Read More

Youth Development Inc. (YDI) this week earned distinction for its workplace policies by Family Friendly New Mexico, a statewide project developed to recognize companies that have adopted policies that give New Mexico businesses an edge in recruiting ... Read More

?Congratulations to Lorraine "Raina" Cohn, a High School Equivalency Teacher in YDI's YouthBuild Program, for being selected for the New Mexico Teacher Of The Year award from the Coalition on Adult Basic Ed... Read More

This article was originally published in The Independent, the only locally owned newspaper for Albuquerque's east mountains & Estancia Valley.

Esperanza Sanchez-Apodaca is a student in YDI's Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act ... Read More

Tilly, 17 years old, missed months of school due to battling a debilitating case of depression. She describes feeling so overwhelmed by it that while at school she would have to leave classes. She eventually exited high school early.

After some ... Read More

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Congratulations to Ms. Lorraine Cohn, a YouthBuild HSE (health, Safety, & Environment) Instructor at YDI.

Lorraine was recognized as an Outstanding Teacher by the COABE (Coalition of Adult Basic Education) this month.

The Coalition on Adult Basic E... Read More

The Youth Development Inc. Head Start/Early Head Start CDA training is a major effort to assist, guide & nurture parents and staff in a process where they can become employed. They grow as individuals and as professionals to have incr... Read More

Did you know YDI is one of New Mexico's most powerful agents against Gang Prevention?

The Albuquerque Metro area alone has 246 active gangs and as many as 7,700 documented Gang Members.

Last night YDI's 4th St... Read More

Recently the teens enrolled in YDI Valencia's Teen Outreach Program (TOP), along with Chris Schueler of Christopher Productions, produced a documentary on teen pregnancy.  Recently they were notified the documentary received a Rocky Mountain... Read More

Hello friends and supporters, we have a community partner of our YDI Valencia programs that is struggling to keep their great cause going.

T-N-T Boxing is a youth program in Valencia County that is a mentoring program as well as a skill building progr... Read More

For New Mexico’s young people, nurturing their potential is a must. The saying is oft-repeated, but young people are, indeed, our future. At Youth Development Inc., we impact their lives and, in many cases, expand their vision of tomorrow.

Our y... Read More

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This week YDI collaborated with the ABQ West Chamber of Commerce to collect and distribute hundreds of gifts to many of the families they serve.

While many people enjoy unwrapping presents with their loved ones on Christmas morning, many families stru... Read More