2020
Reach NM Text-based Reporting Service Available to all NM Youth
12.28.2020 SANTA FE – New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department launched ReachNM, a new program that enables youth to contact the department’s Statewide Central Intake workers by texting 505-591-9444 to seek...
Las agencias estatales colaboran para localizar e involucrar a los estudiantes
PARA PUBLICACIÓN INMEDIATA 10.14.2020 9 de octubre de 2020 Algunos estudiantes no están en las listas de la escuela, otros están crónicamente ausentes SANTA FE -- Tres agencias estatales...
State agencies collaborate to locate, engage students
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 10.09.2020 Some students are not on school rosters, others are chronically absent SANTA FE -- Three state agencies are joining forces with local school districts and charter schools to track down students who have dropped off school rosters or...
CYFD Implements Naloxone in Combating Opioid Overdose
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 09.01.2020 SANTA FE – The New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD) in participation with New Mexico Human Services Department’s (NMHSD) Office of Substance Abuse Prevention implemented...
CYFD Launches Fostering Connections, Extending Foster Care For Young Adults
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 07.03.2020 SANTA FE — The New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department on Wednesday launched the state’s first Extended Foster Care program, Fostering Connections, which extends the age of support and...
Lujan Grisham administration releases additional summer resources for families
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 06.05.2020 Multi-agency state effort addresses access to food, child care, cultural learning opportunities SANTA FE — Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Friday announced additional resources for New Mexico families...
NM Supreme Court provides legal framework for resuming in-person family visits in abuse and neglect cases
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05.22.2020 Administrative Office of the Courts SANTA FE — The state Supreme Court has established legal guidelines for resuming in-person visits between children in state custody and their biological parents...
Juvenile Justice COVID-19 Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05.08.2020 During the COVID crisis and beyond, the safety of detained and committed young people is one of CYFD’s utmost priorities. Through decades of juvenile justice reform New Mexico has reduced the juvenile justice...
State of New Mexico feeding thousands of children, seniors, tribal members during pandemic
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05.06.2020 SANTA FE — State government agencies have delivered more than 5.4 million meals to children and youth, more than 293,000 meals to seniors and, separately, more than 400,000 pounds of food items to those...
CYFD Increases Financial Support to Children and Youth in Foster Care as Pandemic “Stay at Home” Orders Continue
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 05.06.2020 SANTA FE — New Mexico’s Children, Youth & Families Department has authorized additional monetary support to go to each child in foster care for the duration of the...