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Mesilla Valley Community of Hope is a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit. We sit on property owned by the city of Las Cruces. We are a stand-alone nonprofit, but we share a one-stop campus of agencies addressing poverty, healthcare, child care food insecurity and homelessness.
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About the Community of Hope
The Community of Hope serves the unhoused and housing insecure. We provide a number of services from shelter to housing to case management. A full listing of our services can be found here.
Our Mission:
The mission of Mesilla Valley Community of Hope is to promote dignity and empowerment among the homeless population by providing shelter services, case management, income support and permanent housing programs in Las Cruces and Dona Ana County, New Mexico.
Our Vision:
MVCH envisions a world in which homelessness and poverty are eradicated.
Camp Hope
Camp Hope is a self-governing outdoor space living community that provides temporary, shelter in the form of tents, showers, and cooking facilities while residents work to transition to permanent housing.
Tents to Rents
Our goal is to enable Camp Hope residents to transition to permanent housing as quickly as possible. Our Tents to Rents annual fundraising project provides funding to support this transition.
CARF
Mesilla Valley Community of Hope is CARF accredited for its VA veteran housing and services program.
MVCH counted 339 people sleeping outside during the Point in Time (PIT) Count in January 2026.
For more information, please refer to the Point in Time Count Report released by the NM Coalition to End Homelessness here: https://www.nmceh.org/pitreports
Thank You for your support!
Contact Us
Email: nmartinez@mvchlc.org
Phone: 575-523-2219
999 W. Amador, Las Cruces, NM 88005
Camp Hope Outreach Coordinator: camphopecoordinator@mvchlc.org
Ex-resident, Floyd, moving into his own home with a lift from our Executive Director, Nicole Martinez.
Residents with the ‘Inspiring Idea of the Year’ award
Camp Hope residents tending their garden
