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Sandoval County proclaims October 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month; advocates seek state funding and commissioners pledge local support
Summary
The Board proclaimed October 2025 Domestic Violence Awareness Month; the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence and Haven House representatives outlined rising demand for services and requested $5 million in recurring state funding, and Commissioner Joshua Jones offered $1,500 in local support.
The Sandoval County Board of County Commissioners proclaimed October 2025 as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and heard appeals from state and local advocates for increased, sustained funding for victim services.
Shawna Aldall, of the New Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence, told commissioners that Sandoval County (including Rio Rancho) lost eight community members to homicide in 2024 and that five of those deaths were the result of intimate-partner violence. “So as we recognize domestic violence awareness…
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