Department of Veterans Services
About the Department
The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services (DVS) provides support and services for New Mexico’s veterans and their families. DVS treats every veteran, regardless of their rank achieved during military service, with the respect and gratitude befitting someone who has served our country. We strive every day to live up to our agency’s official motto: Serving Those Who Served. To us, every day is Veterans Day.
Most Popular Services
Cabinet Secretary: Sonya L. Smith
Sonya L. Smith is a veteran and health care professional. In the Gulf War she served as a medical technician in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm. A member of the U.S. Air Force Reserve, she received an honorable discharge. Smith most recently worked at the New Mexico Department of Health as a special projects coordinator, specifically helping guide the efforts of the agency’s COVID-19 testing team. Prior to that, she served as director of compliance and primary care programs at Southwest Care Center in Santa Fe, and before that she worked as the clinical compliance manager at the University of New Mexico Truman Health Services clinic. Smith earned a bachelor’s degree in health services management from Norfolk State University in Norfolk, Va.
Contact Information
Email: nmdvs.info@state.nm.us
Phone: 505-383-2400
Most Popular Services
- Field Services (listing of statewide DVS offices)
https://www.nmdvs.org/field-services/ - State Benefits (listing of state veterans benefits)
https://www.nmdvs.org/benefits/ - Healthcare Division (shows links to available assistance for medical, behavioral, homelessness/housing, legal, and other programs)
https://www.nmdvs.org/healthcare/ - Rural Veterans Transportation Program (information about a program providing free round-trip transportation to and from medical appointments and a veteran’s home…in the state’s 15 most highly rural counties (as defined by the VA)
https://www.nmdvs.org/rural-veterans-transportation-program/ - Veterans Business Outreach Center (to help entrepreneurial-minded veterans with starting, growing, or purchasing their own business)
https://www.nmdvs.org/veteran-business-outreach-center/ - Veterans Education (information about the GI Bill that pays for a veteran’s college education or job-training/vocational education)
https://www.nmdvs.org/veterans-education/ - News & Events (latest agency news, our monthly newsletter, & upcoming events)
https://www.nmdvs.org/news-and-events/ - Forms (downloadable & fillable application forms for state veterans benefits)
https://www.nmdvs.org/forms/ - Other links (listing of links to other state, federal, and local agencies or programs that help veterans)
https://www.nmdvs.org/dvs-links/ - New Mexico State Veterans Home (direct link to the state veterans home in TorC)
https://www.nmhealth.org/about/ofm/ltcf/nmsvh/