A mental health crisis grows in NM amid a dire lack of services
New Mexico’s Children
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
CYFD deputy secretary steps down
Terry Locke, deputy secretary of CYFD, has announced his retirement, the latest in a string of departures from the agency responsible for the well-being of the state’s most vulnerable children.
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
New accusations in Farmington foster care abuse case
Suit says CYFD knew of abuse at Farmington foster home, failed to protect kids
Posted inFeatured, New Mexico's Children, New Mexico's Children, Your Right To Know
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New Mexico paid millions to a Utah company to text, email and phone “disengaged” students. Was it the right call?
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Blalock steps down
CYFD Cabinet secretary Brian Blalock replaced by former New Mexico Supreme Court Justice amid growing transparency concerns
Posted inChild & Family Welfare
Questions of fairness
CYFD employees say they were sidelined or fired for voicing concerns about a ‘sacred cow’ software contract.
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Firing Back
High-level officials accuse the CYFD of retaliation against complaints about Signal and other concerns.
Posted inCoronavirus, Featured, New Mexico's Children, New Mexico's Children
The great disconnect
Thousands of at-risk students in New Mexico still have no access to the internet, making remote learning impossible. Will the state ever bridge the divide?
Posted inFeatured, New Mexico's Children, New Mexico's Children
The Once and Future Child
A photographic history of childhood in New Mexico
Posted inFull Archive, New Mexico's Children, New Mexico's Children, Politics
Needs improvement
Legislative session ends with mixed results for NM kids.
