This page is published by the New Mexico Literacy Project to document the donation-routing relationship between NMLP and APS Title I & McKinney-Vento Homeless Project. APS Title I & McKinney-Vento Homeless Project has not formally endorsed this page; if you represent the organization and want to claim, update, correct, or remove this page, please contact [email protected] or call 702-496-4214.
Why this matters
APS Title I serves elementary schools with high free-and-reduced-lunch enrollment. The McKinney-Vento Homeless Education Program serves students experiencing homelessness or housing instability. Both programs depend on donated books to maintain classroom and home reading materials — federal Title I funds rarely cover trade-book replacement at the rate teachers and counselors need. NMLP is one channel that helps fill that gap.
What NMLP donates
- Children's books in any reading-condition (board books, picture books, early readers, middle grade, YA)
- Bilingual English/Spanish children's books
- Spanish-language children's books
- Trade paperback fiction popular with middle and high school readers
- Reference books, dictionaries, atlases, and almanacs (recent enough to be educationally current)
- Diverse, inclusive titles that reflect the student populations APS serves
How the routing works
NMLP routes children's and reading-condition books to APS Title I and McKinney-Vento on an ongoing basis as donations come through the warehouse. Volume varies week to week — large estate cleanouts and downsizing donations from longtime Albuquerque families often produce significant numbers of books appropriate for classroom and student use. NMLP coordinates with APS staff for delivery; the program absorbs as much as classroom teachers need.
How this routing started
Direct outreach from NMLP to APS program coordinators after recognizing the volume of children's books coming through donation that needed routing to actual readers.
If you are with APS Title I & McKinney-Vento Homeless Project
NMLP welcomes feedback, corrections, expansions, or removal requests. Specifically:
- Want to add a quote, photo, or program detail? Send it via email and NMLP will publish it with attribution.
- Want to add this page as a link from your own site? Use anchor text "NMLP donation routing partnership" or any descriptive equivalent — NMLP appreciates the reciprocity.
- Want to claim editorial control over this page? NMLP will hand the page over to you with full content authority.
- Want this page removed? NMLP removes it promptly after email confirmation, no questions asked.
Contact: [email protected] · 702-496-4214
If you have books to donate that could route here
Free in-home pickup across the Albuquerque metro. Any condition. NMLP routes children's books, regional history, large-print fiction, and other category-fit donations to APS Title I & McKinney-Vento Homeless Project and other partners as they come through the warehouse.