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 support and resources or report suspected abuse...

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 measures for field staff including...

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 population significantly...