Non-Paid Work Activities

Community Service

Volunteer toward the benefit and improvement of your community. 

Structured programs in which participants perform work for the direct benefit of the community under the auspices of public or nonprofit organizations. Community service programs must be limited to projects that serve a useful community purpose in fields such as health, social service, environmental protection, education, urban and rural redevelopment, welfare, recreation, public facilities, public safety, and childcare. Community service programs are designed to improve the employability of participants not otherwise able to obtain employment and must be supervised on an ongoing basis; no less frequently than daily. A State agency shall consider, to the extent possible, the prior training, experience, and skills of a participant in making appropriate community service assignments.  

Non-Paid Work Activity Timesheet

Work Experience

You can acquire the skills, training and knowledge needed for employment.

An unpaid work activity, that provides an individual with an opportunity to acquire the general skills, training, knowledge, and work habits necessary to obtain employment. The purpose of work experience is to improve the employability of those who cannot find unsubsidized employment. This activity must be supervised by an employer, work site sponsor, or other responsible party on an ongoing basis no less frequently than daily.  

Non-Paid Work Activity Timesheet

Contact New Mexico Works

Phone: 1-800-283-4465
Email: NMDWS-NMW@dws.nm.gov
Mailing address:
New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions, Attn: NMWorks Program, P.O. Box 1928, Albuquerque, NM 87103