Families Plus, Inc. is a Home-Based Family Living Model for adult individuals seeking out a surrogate family with whom they can love, trust, and enjoy life to its fullest. Our program serves developmentally disabled adults who prefer to live in a family oriented environment. Provider families open their homes and lives to those individuals who are qualified to receive services.

Families Plus was established as a 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation, founded by Carol Matthews on October 31, 1994 which exists to develop and promote Home-Based, Respite and Personal Care Services to people with disabilities and their families in New Mexico. Its funding comes from Medicaid Waiver Funding, (DD Waiver), which is administered by the Health Care Financing Authority (HCFA) on the Federal level and the Long Term Services Division, Department of Health for the State of New Mexico.
We started with five home based providers and over the years we have grown to serve almost 300 individuals and their families.

The mission of Families Plus is to help people with disabilities and their families achieve their goals and dreams by building lasting relationships. With responsible, reliable and reasonable actions we will work together toward independence, individuality, productivity and inclusion in the community for people receiving our services.

In January of 1999, a second office was opened in the southernmost part of New Mexico, Las Cruces. It serves that area very well. Families Plus is statewide in services and presently serves around 300 individuals.