A new workforce training program launched in June by the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department is aiming to help front-line workers rediscover their passion for the job and to foster a ...

SANTA FE, N.M. (KRQE) – A bill providing funding for trauma training for the Children, Youth, and Families Department (CYFD) is making its way through the Roundhouse. Senate Bill 240, introduced by ...

Dec. 27—Some child advocates and foster care providers wonder if a new program designed to get hard-to-place children into foster homes will make as much of a difference as state officials claim. The ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — We’re just two weeks away from the governor’s self-imposed deadline to clear a 2,000-case backlog at the New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department. Gov. Michelle Lujan ...

The state Children, Youth and Families Department has breached its obligation to implement reforms aimed at improving the lives of children taken into state custody, according to an independent ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Seven pages filled with seven areas of observation paint a picture of what the neutral parties saw in Children, Youth & Families Department offices across the state. They cite ...

Dec. 10—Repeat cases of child maltreatment dropped in 14 New Mexico counties over the past year, but rose in hot spots such as Bernalillo, Santa Fe, and Lea counties, according to data released ...

Email notifications are only sent once a day, and only if there are new matching items. Social worker Jennifer Raess said it was clear early on that something was wrong with one of her young clients.

Jan. 26—Two nationally recognized experts on child welfare reform issued a blistering report Friday calling on New Mexico to take "immediate action" amid crushing caseloads at the Children, Youth and ...