The College and Career Readiness Bureau (CCRB) of the New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) launched the New Mexico Summer Enrichment Internship Program (SEIP) in 2021. CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN) collaborated with CCRB to support, promote, and document the development of the SEIP program, which was designed to provide high-school-age students with the high-quality, paid summer internships in their own community.

The federal government provided a $9.8 million set-aside for student enrichment as part of pandemic relief efforts. The set-aside funding was used to launch the summer enrichment internship program and to provide enrichment activities to address learning loss, build career skills, and provide economic opportunities. With the federal set-aside funding nearly exhausted, in winter 2023, the New Mexico Legislature provided funding to maintain and grow the program on behalf of our high school aged youth. Under the program, funding provides paid internship opportunities for New Mexico high school students at a variety of workplace sites including county, municipal, pueblo and tribal government sites.
(The original NMInterns website was built by Interns for Interns through CommUNITY Learning Network)
New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) College and Career Readiness Bureau (CCRB)
​PED Contact: Marc Duske, Special Projects Manager
New Mexico Public Educaton Department
[email protected]
"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
Program Overview 2021-2025
New Mexico Public Education Department (PED) ​College and Career Readiness Bureau (CCRB) with support from  CommUNITY Learning Network (CLN), New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (DWS), Indian Resources Development at New Mexico State University, and community partners/
2021
Paid Interns
​1,304

​Partners
Counties:
  1. Bernalillo County
  2. Curry County
  3. De Baca County
  4. Doña Ana County 
  5. Grant County
  6. Los Alamos County
  7. Roosevelt County
  8. San Juan County
  9. San Miguel County
  10. Sandoval County
  11. Santa Fe County
  12. Socorro County
  13. Taos County
  14. Torrance County
  15. Valencia County

    Tribes:
  16. Jicarilla Apache Nation
  17. Ohkay Owingeh
  18. Pueblo of Laguna
  19. Pueblo of Picuris
  20. Pueblo of Pojoaque 
  21. Pueblo of Santo Domingo







    Nonprofits:
    ​HELP NM
  22. Cibola County
  23. Colfax County
  24. McKinley County
  25. Mora County
  26. Rio Arriba County
  27. San Miguel County
  28. Taos County
:2022
Paid Interns
​2,100 +/-5

Partners
Counties:
  1. Bernalillo County
  2. Curry County
  3. De Baca County
  4. Doña Ana County
  5. Grant County
  6. Los Alamos County
  7. Roosevelt County
  8. San Juan County
  9. San Miguel County
  10. Sandoval County
  11. Socorro County
  12. Torrance County
  13. Valencia County



    ​​​Tribes:
  14. Jicarilla Apache Nation
  15. Pueblo of Acoma
  16. Nambe Pueblo
  17. Ohkay Owingeh
  18. Pueblo of Picuris
  19. Pueblo of Pojoaque
  20. Pueblo of Santo Domingo
  21. Pueblo of Zia
  22. Pueblo of Zuni
  23. Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo


    Nonprofits:
    ​HELP NM
  24. Cibola County
  25. Colfax County
  26. McKinley County
  27. Mora County
  28. Rio Arriba County
  29. San Miguel County
  30. Taos County​
2023
Paid Interns
​2,741

Partners
Counties:
  1. Bernalillo County
  2. Curry County 
  3. De Baca County
  4. Doña Ana County
  5. Guadalupe County
  6. Los Alamos County
  7. Quay County
  8. Roosevelt County
  9. San Juan County
  10. San Miguel County
  11. Sandoval County
  12. Socorro County
  13. Torrance County
  14. Valencia County​

    ​
    ​Tribes:
  15. Pueblo of Acoma
  16. Jicarilla Apache Nation
  17. Nambe Pueblo 
  18. Pueblo of Jemez
  19. Pueblo of Picuris
  20. Pueblo of Pojoaque
  21. Pueblo of Santo Domingo
  22. Taos Pueblo
  23. Ysleta del Sur Pueblo 
  24. Pueblo of Zia
  25. Pueblo of Zuni

    Nonprofits:
    HELP NM
  26. Cibola County 
  27. Colfax County 
  28. McKinley County 
  29. Mora County 
  30. Rio Arriba County
  31. San Miguel County
  32. Taos County 

  33. FUTURE FOCUSED EDUCTION​
2024
​Paid Interns
​2,722

​Partners
Counties:
  1. Bernalillo County
  2. Curry County 
  3. De Baca County
  4. Doña Ana County
  5. Guadalupe County
  6. Los Alamos County
  7. Quay County
  8. Rio Arriba County
  9. San Juan County
  10. San Miguel County
  11. Sandoval County
  12. Santa Fe County
  13. Socorro County
  14. Torrance County
  15. Valencia County

    ​Tribes:
  16. Pueblo of Acoma
  17. Isleta Pueblo
  18. Jicarilla Apache Nation
  19. Laguna Pueblo
  20. Mescalero Apache Nation
  21. Picuris Pueblo
  22. Pueblo of Pojoaque
  23. Santo Domingo Pueblo
  24. Taos Pueblo
  25. Zia Pueblo
  26. Zuni Pueblo

    Nonprofits:
    HELP NM
  27. Cibola County 
  28. Colfax County 
  29. McKinley County 
  30. Mora County 
  31. Rio Arriba County 
  32. San Miguel County 
  33. Taos County 

  34. FUTURE FOCUSED EDUCATION
    ​
  35. WESST, Inc.
2025
Paid Interns
​1,497

​Partners
Counties:
  1. Bernalillo County
  2. Curry County 
  3. De Baca County
  4. Doña Ana County
  5. Guadalupe County
  6. Los Alamos County
  7. Rio Arriba County
  8. San Juan County
  9. San Miguel County
  10. Santa Fe County
  11. Socorro County
  12. Torrance County
  13. Valencia County



    ​​Tribes:
  14. Isleta Pueblo
  15. Jicarilla Apache Nation
  16. Laguna Pueblo
  17. Mescalero Apache Nation
  18. Picuris Pueblo
  19. Pueblo of Pojoaque
  20. Pueblo of Acoma
  21. Santa Ana Pueblo
  22. Santo Domingo/ Kewa Pueblo
  23. Taos Pueblo
  24. Zia Pueblo
  25. Zuni Pueblo​ ​
SEIP Program Annual Overview Reports Archive
SEIP Program Infographic Bookmarks Archive
SEIP Program Sample Social Media Posts Archive
2021
2022
2023
2025
SEIP Program collaborating agencies and organizations included:
SEIp Program Archive
2021 Archive
2022 Archive
2022 Map
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Introduction to 2022 SEIP Program - Webinars
​
  • 2022 SEIP Program Intern Coordinator Training
    May 17, 2022, 2-3:30 PM
    with Mike May, Future Focused Education
    and Rebecca Cisneros, NMDWS
    ​
  • 2022 SEIP Program Mentor Training
    May 18, 2022, 2-3:30 PM
    with Mike May, Future Focused Education
    and Rebecca Cisneros, NMDWS

  • 2022 SEIP Program Intern Coordinator Training
    May 31, 2022, 2-3:30 PM
    ​
  • 2022 SEIP Program Mentor Training
    ​June 1, 2022, 2:00-3:30 PM


    ​
SEIP Program 2022 FREE Online Trainings for All

  • Intro to Website Making
    Thursday, July 14, 2022, 11-12 noon

  • Intro to Blog Posting
    Thursday, July 21 , 2022, 11-11:45 am
    ​
  • Intro to Digital Storytelling
    Thursday, July 7 and Monday, July 11, 2022
    10am - 12 noon
2023 Archive
​Introduction to 2023 Summer Program - Webinars
  • Thursday, April 20, 2023, 3-4:30pm
  • Friday, April 21, 2023, 3-4:30pm
  • Thursday, April 27, 2023, 3-4:30pm
  • Friday, April 28, 2023, 3-4:30pm​

Intern Coordinator Training Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/Mrgoaf4JMBdRAbVpnIuwm2v2RGGXRHuhbHxAjEhwbfz8z-OlQJIe1U-kwH-mO3kd.RyNiAQQjNrzhPgdP
Passcode: m5@r^ul^
Slide Deck - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1MoXjp7h-Jyhw-86lb1zdND5hoauBsa2-JeXQeKT_MKo/edit?usp=sharing

Mentor Training Recording: https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/6Bx3PQNJ87fjYT7zl3_xJwBID0ljquTqEjL71tHbWPn0N1GVJvFOGqIq-H25e_yR.l4Qh-Z06_Be9faoO
Passcode: djPzyh7&
Slide Deck https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AnjqQ3gcZaExoBLMY08uVKVsTPihkFPrR6Ep7ph1NQQ/edit#slide=id.g2254b082960_1_1892

Resources shared
https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/college-career-readiness/summer-enrichment-internship-program/
https://lanlfoundation.org/research/the-employers-guide-to-successful-internships/
2024 Archive
2025 Archive
SEIP Program Guidelines  - Updated and Archived 2025
Download the SEIP Guidelines 2025 PDF
  1. New for 2025!
    1. Prior Program Operators
      1. Budget planning and amount will be based upon last summer's paid expenditures
      2. All internship programs must be 8 weeks in duration
      3. All internship opportunities must be 20 hours per week 
      4. Paid internship hours above a total of 160 per student will not be reimbursed
      5. Opening and closing dates will remain flexible between May and September
      6. Internships must not begin while school remains in session; internships must be completed before school resumes in the fall semester
      7. It is a SUMMER internship program and internships cannot begin in or be extended into the school year 
      8. Requests for budget changes for summer 2025 for continuing program operators are due by Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 5pm
      9. Approvals/revisions on final internship program budgets will be completed on April 30th
      10. IGA Template and Table of Approved Budgets will be submitted to NMPED Procurement on April 30th
      11. Requests for Payment (RfP)
        1. All program expenditures incurred for summer 2025 must be invoiced by Friday, October 31, 2025
        2. Invoices must be uniquely numbered and itemized by expenditure category
        3. Expenditures invoiced must have backup documentation that verifies the expenditure and amount
        4. Invoice(s) and Backup Documentation must be emailed to Marc Duske with a courtesy copy (CC:) to [email protected]
    1. Non-Profit Organizations will NOT be eligible to participate as FA's for summer 2025
      1. Vendors interested in operating an internship program or programs will have an opportunity to do so resuming in summer 2026 
      2. There may be an opportunity for a vendor to be awarded a grant to execute the entire initiative beginning in the summer of 2026
    2. New County and Tribal Applicants
      1. Application is required including budget proposal
      2. Application is open to all currently non-participating tribal and county governments
      3. Application template will be provided upon request. Email: [email protected]
      4. Applications are due by Friday, April 25th

  1. Introduction to the Community Learning Network and Jennifer Case Nevarez
    1. Jennifer and Intern’s work across the past three summers has been in telling stories about local communities participation in the initiative
    2. Deploying a pre- and post-internship survey beginning summer 2025
      1. Both surveys should be allocated time to complete that is embedded into the required 8-week program syllabus
    3. Questions on Documenting Summer 2025 with photographs or video?

  1. Summer of 2025 - Program Guidelines
    1. Exclusively NM State Legislative Funding 
    2. Eligible Operators
      1. Local Educational Agencies (LEA) (districts and state-authorized charter schools) are Ineligible to Become Fiscal Agents (FA)
        1. Fiscal Agents (FA) in summer 2025 will exclusively be Tribal, Pueblo, and County Governments
        2. FA's must perform outreach and establish partnership with LEAs
        3. LEAs can partner with FA's and can become Internship Sites
        4. Partnership with any and all intern sites must be approved by FA's
        5. FA's are not mandated to accept partnerships for intern sites
        6. Internship Site Coordinators are required and are not paid from program funds
      2. Next Legislative Session and the ask for SEIP Funding
        1. New information on strategy for multi-year funding above-the-line
    3. Eligible Students
      1. Legal Working Age: 14-15 Year Old Students Require a Work Permit
      2. Satisfactory Academic Performance is ideal but not required
      3. At-Risk Students receive best consideration
        1. At-Risk are students identified by high school partners 
        2. May not be easy to determine
        3. At-Risk of leaving high school prior to graduation is the concern
      4. First time internship program participants receive priority for enrollment over previous participants
      5. Internship opportunities must be coordinated to accept applications for students whose primary language is NOT English
        1. Prepare to have an Internship Coordinator who is bilingual (English/Spanish)
        2. If a youth presents who has primary language skills other than Spanish or English, please reach out to NM PED for coordination support
    4. Internship Rigor
      1. Internships must provide Financial Literacy Training

      1. Internships must provide Career Exploration Activities
      2. Internships are encouraged to provide Digital Literacy Training
      3. Resources for these components are available upon request
      4. A program syllabus for the 8-week program is required and must be submitted to NM PED prior to full execution of the IGASSE
      5. Quantitative intern data will be captured and data analysis methods will be deployed beginning summer 2025 to determine the benefit to students beyond qualitative data and broader obvious benefits of program participation on youth and their families 
    2. Documentation
      1. Intern rosters must be submitted to NM PED
        1. Intern Rosters must include:
          1. Intern name
          2. Intern NOVA ID
          3. High School the intern attends
          4. School district intern is enrolled with
          5. Intern SSID (LEA-level unique identifying student number)
          6. Intern date of birth
      2. Some required data may be drafted from payroll database
      3. Undocumented students without a Social Security Number interested in participating should be directed to request an IRS-ITIN
      4. A Final Program Report is required after the completion of all intern activities; a SEIP Final Report template is available on the Summer Enrichment Internship Program website:
        1. https://web.ped.nm.gov/bureaus/college-and-career-readiness-bureau/connections-to-work/summer-enrichment-internship-program/
In The News
Browse Media Coverage of the 2023 Summer Internship Enrichment Program!
Curry County
https://www.currycounty.org/departments/human-resources/2023-high-school-summer-internship-program
Doña Ana County 
https://www.donaanacounty.org/departments/administration/human-resources/summer-student-internship-program?locale=en#:~:text=Orientation%20sessions%20begin%20on%20May,paperwork%20has%20been%20turned%20in
https://www.donaanacounty.org/Home/Components/News/News/423/14?locale=en 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMALGFddzvc 
Roosevelt County
https://www.newschannel10.com/2023/05/09/roosevelt-county-inviting-high-school-students-apply-summer-internship-program/
https://www.easternnewmexiconews.com/story/2023/05/10/news/roosevelt-county-to-host-student-internship-program/175129.html
https://sports.yahoo.com/roosevelt-county-host-student-internship-035900750.htmlhttps://www.therooseveltreview.com/roosevelt-county-summer-internship-program-seeking-student-applicants-2/
​Sandoval County
https://www.krqe.com/news/education/summer-internships-available-for-sandoval-county-high-school-students/
https://www.elsemanarioonline.com/internships-provide-paid-opportunities-for-new-mexico-youth/
Socorro County
https://dchieftain.com/summer-intern-program-teaches-teens-job-skills/
Torrance County
https://www.torrancecountynm.org/news/226/7/Torrance-County-2023-Summer-Intern-Program-is-Accepting-Applications-Now-Through-June-1-2023.
https://www.torranceca.gov/government/city-departments/2018-summer-internship-program/department-projects-2018-summer-internship-program
Acoma Puebo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LiCYMkw-AjU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RenH4ewpwrM 
https://www.currycounty.org/departments/human-resources/2023-high-school-summer-internship-program

Browse 2022 Media Coverage from Summer Enrichment Internship Program!
Dona Ana County:
County Seeks High School Students and Business Partners for Summer 2022 Internship Program
News | Doña Ana County, NM
donaanacounty.org
850 participate in Doña Ana County’s Summer Internship Program
lcsun-news.com
Los Alamos County:
Los Alamos County To Offer 25 Summer Internships To Local And Regional High School Students Ages 16-18
Los Alamos Reporter
Los Alamos County Opens Internships To 25 Students
ladailypost.com
LANL: Student Internships Offer An Introduction To Laboratory, Valuable Experience
Los Alamos Reporter
Roosevelt County:
Roosevelt County Summer Internship Program Seeking Student Applicants
Roosevelt County
https://www.rooseveltcounty.com/roosevelt-county-summer-internship-program-seeking-student-applicants/ 
Roosevelt County Summer Internship Program Seeking Student Applicants - News - Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce, NM portales.com
San Juan  County:
Deadline to apply for Summer Enrichment Internship Program is May 26
daily-times.com
San Juan County helps teens discover job opportunities in the Four Corners
KOB.com
https://www.daily-times.com/story/news/local/2022/05/18/deadline-apply-county-state-summer-enrichment-internship-program-may-26/9808752002/
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Browse 2021 media coverage from across the state and the nation:
Apr 30, 2021 - Twitter PED
Counties and tribes: Help yourselves and help give NM students PAID summer internships. 
May 2021 - YourNewsNM
 Local paid internships for current local high school juniors and seniors for the upcoming-summer
May 19,  2021 - AP Links Associated Press
New Mexico Summer Programs for Youth Include New Internships
by Cedar Attanasio
May 19, 2021 - US News
New Mexico Summer Programs for Youth Include New Internships
by Cedar Attanasio
May 28, 2021 - KRQE 
Bernalillo County Accepting Applications for 2021 Summer Internship Program
(with video)
June 2, 2021 - BernCo At a Glance E-News
Bernalillo County Announces Summer Internship Program
June 5, 2021 - The Eastern New Mexico News
Curry Seeking Summer Interns
June 7, 2021 - Dona Ana County
Paid Internship Program for High School Students Begins
June 7, 2021 - MyHighPlains.com
Curry County announces 2021 summer internship program for local youth
June 7, 2021 - NewsChannel10.com
Curry County announces 2021 summer internship program (with video) 
​June 9 - KRQE
Bernalillo County Seeking Interns for Summer Program
(with video) 
June 20, 2021- Las Cruces Bulletin
County to Hire More than 600 Interns
June 21, 2021 - KRQE
Summer Internships Available for Sandoval County High School Students
by KRQE staff
​June 28, 2021 - Las Cruces Sun News
Dona Ana County Summer Internship Program Employs 500 Students
July 22, 2021 - US Dept of Ed
US Department Education Approves New Mexicos Plan for Use American Rescue Plan Funds to Support k-12 Schools and students, Distributes Remaining 327 Million to State
July 23, 2021 - Mesilla Valley News
Dona Ana County Update for Week of July 23, 2021
Radio PSA - Intern segment (2:16) 
Aug 3 2021 - Roswell Daily Record
PED: 2.300 Students Complete Paid Summer Internships
Aug 4, 2021 - Los Alamos Daily Post
PED Initiative Provides Internships to Some 2,300 Students
August 3, 2021 - Roswell Daily Record
https://www.rdrnews.com/2021/08/03/ped-2300-students-complete-paid-summer-internships/
August 4, 2021 - Las Cruces Bulletin
Summer Program Means Interns Are Working Across the County
​September 5, 2021 - Las Cruces Sun News
More than 500 participate in Summer Internship program
September 23, 2021 - Camino Real Media
El condado de dona ana terminando con exito programa de practicas verano 2021

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