Privacy notice

What we collect, and why

The assistance application asks for your name, contact details, date of birth, Social Security Number, physical and mailing address and housing, the members of your household with their dates of birth and Social Security Numbers (required for each person listed), your income by source, whether you filed a tax return, your medical coverage and insurer, your assets, whether you have applied to the Lincoln County Indigent Fund, and which kind of assistance you are requesting. It also asks you to attach copies of insurance cards, bank statements, proof of income, a tax waiver and a Part D card where they apply, and a utility bill. We need all of this to confirm that you live in Lincoln County and meet the income criteria, and to verify your identity before paying a provider on your behalf. The questions are the same whether you apply online or on the paper form, which is the Foundation's standard application.

The contact form asks for your name, email address and message so that a board member can reply.

Nothing else. This website sets no cookies for visitors, uses no analytics or advertising services, and does not track you. The event map is provided by Google; what happens inside that frame is governed by Google's privacy policy.

How it is protected

Your application and the files you attach are sent over an encrypted connection and stored only in encrypted form, on a server we control. They are never stored unprotected and never sent by email. Only active members of the foundation's board can open them, each with their own login, and every download is recorded.

Who can see it

Only members of the Ruidoso Hospice Foundation board, for the purpose of deciding your application and arranging payment to a provider. We do not sell, share or publish your information, and we do not pass it to any other organization except where you ask us to, for example when you give permission to confirm your application with the Lincoln County Indigent Fund, or when the law requires it.

Your choices

• You may apply on paper instead of online: print the paper form and mail it with copies of your documents.
• If we ever learned that your information had been exposed, we would tell you promptly, as New Mexico law requires.

Questions

Ask any board member, call 505-235-8002, or use the contact form. This notice was last updated 2026-10-28.