Foster children are caught in a cycle of abuse
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Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds
An expert report found that New Mexico’s child welfare system has housed foster kids in homeless shelters and other inappropriate settings.
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These Foster Kids Need Mental Health Care. New Mexico Is Putting Them in Homeless Shelters.
Youth crisis shelters aren’t set up to deal with foster youth who need intensive mental health treatment. When teens try to harm themselves or others, staff resort to calling 911.
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New Mexico Struggles to Follow Through on Promises to Reform Child Welfare System
New Mexico Struggles With Reforming Child Welfare System
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Helped out
New Mexico landlords tried to evict nearly 200 households whose rental assistance applications were pending
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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.
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Eviction Epidemic
Searchlight analyzed 10 years of court records to find out which landlords evicted tenants. Here are the results.
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Sectioned off
With rent prices skyrocketing, more and more Albuquerque landlords have been refusing Section 8 tenants.
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New Mexico’s affordable housing crisis has solutions
A Q&A with University of New Mexico law professor Serge Martinez
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Motel of last resort
Amid a housing crisis, a Motel 6 in Albuquerque offers shelter for those in dire need