2020

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 04.14.2020 SANTA FE — The state of New Mexico has launched NMConnect, a new phone app that provides free 24-hour crisis and non-crisis support and access to behavioral health professionals who can text or talk via phone with individuals needing a...

By MK Mendoza, Santa Fe Public Radio 04.13.2020 State Secretary of Children, Youth and Families Brian Blalock weighs in on the difficulties foster children face during the pandemic of COVID-19. Take a listen here.

For Immediate Release: Matt Bieber, Director of CommunicationsEarly Childhood Education Care Department 04.10.2020 SANTA FE - Today, Early Childhood Education and Care Department Secretary Elizabeth Groginsky announced the launch of a new grant program designed to...

For Immediate Release: Melody Wells, Public Information Officer 03.27.2020SANTA FE -- The Children, Youth & Families Department announced Friday that it will begin facilitating court-ordered family visits for children who are in foster care through video and...

03.26.2020 N.M. to develop a trauma-responsive system for children in state custody and expand their commitment to Native youth ALBUQUERQUE — The State of New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) and Human Services Department (HSD) have reached an...

By Charlie Moore-Pabst, Deputy Public Information Officer 03.20.2020 CYFD has worked with DOH to develop a fact sheet that is meant to be distributed to our clients, partners—anyone you work with who needs information specific to the coronavirus outbreak as it...

For Immediate Release: Matt Bieber, Director of CommunicationsEarly Childhood Education Care Department 03.16.2020 SANTA FE – In response to Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s March 11 declaration of a public health emergency, the Children, Youth, and Families...

For Immediate Release: Nora Meyers Sackett, Press Secretary,Office of the Governor 03.06.2020FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEContact: Nora Meyers SackettPress Secretary, Office of the Governornora.sackett@state.nm.us(505) 690-7313   March 6, 2020   SANTA FE – Gov....

By Rep. Gallegos, et. al. 02.06.2020 All involved parties thank the Attorney General for providing quick clarification that the Child Protective Services Task Force is not subject to the state’s Open Meetings Act because of its advisory-only nature. Leadership with...