/tags/children-youth-and-families-department Children Youth and Families Department en-US Copyright Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:41:02 GMT /local-news/2025-03-11/pilot-program-help-family-relatives-children An estimated 40,000 New Mexico children were raised by grandparents or a relative besides their parents in 2024, according to the New Mexico Aging and Long-Term Services Department. A bill in the legislature would create a pilot program to assist these kinship caregivers. Tue, 11 Mar 2025 23:41:02 GMT /local-news/2025-03-11/pilot-program-help-family-relatives-children Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2025-03-10/new-mexico-legislature-passes-23-bills Nearly two dozen pieces of legislation advanced through chamber votes or committee hearings in the New Mexico Legislature over the weekend. Mon, 10 Mar 2025 20:17:10 GMT /local-news/2025-03-10/new-mexico-legislature-passes-23-bills Austin Fisher, Source New Mexico /local-news/2025-02-10/state-faces-new-deadlines-to-fulfill-the-terms-of-key-child-welfare-settlement The Kevin S. lawsuit , originally brought by 14 foster children against the state of New Mexico, has been settled for almost five years. But even with corrective plans, change has stalled out. Tue, 11 Feb 2025 01:38:45 GMT /local-news/2025-02-10/state-faces-new-deadlines-to-fulfill-the-terms-of-key-child-welfare-settlement Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2025-02-06/kevin-s-settlement-was-a-blueprint-for-change-for-child-welfare-but-implementation-has-stalled-out The state of New Mexico was served with a class action lawsuit in 2018 by 14 foster children and two advocacy organizations to better the child welfare system. The parties reached a settlement agreement in 2020 which is now known by the name of one of the plaintiffs, Kevin S. ¾ÅÉ«Íø explores how the suit began and how it has progressed over the last six years in the third part of a series. Thu, 06 Feb 2025 17:50:27 GMT /local-news/2025-02-06/kevin-s-settlement-was-a-blueprint-for-change-for-child-welfare-but-implementation-has-stalled-out Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2025-02-03/kevin-s-lawsuit-kids-still-waiting-for-state-to-make-the-changes-outlined-in-case-settlement Yesterday we heard about the origins of the Children, Youth, and Families Department, and the state’s decades of struggle to provide care for New Mexico’s most vulnerable children. CYFD improved for a time under a consent decree. But advocates say since then those gains have gone away. ¾ÅÉ«Íø picks up the story in the second part of a series. Tue, 04 Feb 2025 01:33:03 GMT /local-news/2025-02-03/kevin-s-lawsuit-kids-still-waiting-for-state-to-make-the-changes-outlined-in-case-settlement Taylor Velazquez /local-news/2024-01-08/budget-windfall-and-guns-are-among-lawmakers-priorities-for-the-upcoming-legislative-session With the legislature opening next week, and record revenues coming to state coffers, lawmakers are setting priorities for the 30-day budget session. ¾ÅÉ«Íø spoke with two of them about their biggest issues. Tue, 09 Jan 2024 04:37:15 GMT /local-news/2024-01-08/budget-windfall-and-guns-are-among-lawmakers-priorities-for-the-upcoming-legislative-session Jeanette DeDios /local-news/2024-01-05/new-mexico-senator-seeks-to-shift-child-welfare-agency-away-from-the-governor With the legislative session just around the corner, one state senator is proposing to take the Children, Youth and Families Department out from under the governor. The bill is meant to address controversy around the department. Sat, 06 Jan 2024 00:30:32 GMT /local-news/2024-01-05/new-mexico-senator-seeks-to-shift-child-welfare-agency-away-from-the-governor Megan Myscofski /local-news/2020-05-05/n-m-child-care-workers-many-excluded-from-unemployment-and-stimulus-money-win-hazard-pay On May 1, New Mexico became the second state to establish hazard pay specifically for child care workers, OLÉ New Mexico announced. The Children, Youth… Tue, 05 May 2020 05:12:26 GMT /local-news/2020-05-05/n-m-child-care-workers-many-excluded-from-unemployment-and-stimulus-money-win-hazard-pay yasmin khan /public-health-new-mexico/2019-10-08/cabq-convenes-task-force-on-domestic-violence-prevention Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women nationwide. On Tuesday, the City of Albuquerque announced the creation of a new task force that… Wed, 09 Oct 2019 01:28:37 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-10-08/cabq-convenes-task-force-on-domestic-violence-prevention Hannah Colton /public-health-new-mexico/2019-09-24/cyfd-gets-12m-for-youth-behavioral-health New Mexico’s behavioral health system still hasn’t recovered from 2013, when many service providers were forced to close under former Gov. Susana… Wed, 25 Sep 2019 01:31:08 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2019-09-24/cyfd-gets-12m-for-youth-behavioral-health Hannah Colton