LAS CRUCES — The City of Las Cruces’ Telshor Facility Fund (TFF) has allocated millions of dollars to benefit local nonprofits, help with the community’s emergency response to Covid-19 and provide humanitarian assistance to asylum seekers who were brought to Las Cruces in 2019.

As a special revenue fund, TFF allocations are restricted to “health-related public services for the benefit of city residents,” according to city documents. The city created the Health and Human Services Advisory Committee to evaluate proposals for funding. Committee recommendations go to the Las Cruces City Council, which makes final spending decisions. TFF is not part of the city’s general fund.

TFF was created by the city council in October 2004 after the city and Doña Ana County entered into a 40-year lease agreement with Providence Healthcare Company for the lease of Memorial Medical Center (MMC), which the city and county jointly owned.

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