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New Mexico鈥檚 child welfare system has struggled over the decades to provide appropriate resources to foster children, ultimately leading to lawsuits. Now two nonprofits are working together to help close the gaps and provide essential services to foster families and state agencies.
Charles Sallee interviews for a promotion to lead the Legislative Finance Committee on Aug. 17, 2023 at the Roundhouse in Santa Fe.
Austin Fisher
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Source New Mexico
One of the New Mexico Legislature鈥檚 top budget advisers says he expects the federal government鈥檚 planned budget cuts to make it harder to qualify for the state鈥檚 health insurance program for low-income people.
Let's Talk New Mexico
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Nationwide schools are facing chronic absenteeism, and it鈥檚 even worse in New Mexico which saw the largest increase - of 119% from 2019 to 2023.
Child welfare in New Mexico
dh121815a/a-sec-metro/12182015 The State of New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department, 1031 Lamberton Place NE in Albuquerque, photographed on Friday December 18, 2015. (Dean Hanson/Albuquerque Journal)
Dean Hanson
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Albuquerque Journal
New Mexico has ranked consistently near the bottom when it comes to child well-being. The Children, Youth and Families Department, which is supposed to protect the most vulnerable children, has also battled scandals, secrecy, and staffing instability for decades. In the first of a series, 九色网 looks deeper into the legacy of these longstanding challenges and how they affect families in the foster care system.