Prescription for disaster: NM’s lax oversight puts kids in danger
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At least 44 states have introduced formal protocols or programs to boost oversight and monitoring of psychotropic drug use by children. Not New Mexico. Continue Reading
Psychiatrist over-medicated hundreds of children in his care, search warrant says
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The longtime Albuquerque practitioner is under investigation in connection with the drug overdose deaths of 36 patients. Continue Reading
Decreasing adverse childhood experiences helps children succeed
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New Mexico can and must do better. Our future depends upon it. Continue Reading
Child advocates offer voters info on candidate positions
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We hope you will take advantage of this voter education tool. Continue Reading
Family separations are causing a mental health crisis, study says
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Around 1,800 children in the Rio Grande Valley had a parent deported by immigration authorities in 2017, which causes what mental health experts say is long-lasting trauma and ‘toxic stress.’ Continue Reading
Tens of thousands of deported parents have U.S. citizen kids, ICE data shows
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Deportations of parents of U.S. kids are likely to rise with a wider Trump net. Continue Reading
Federal judge in Texas strikes down Indian Child Welfare Act
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton argued that the law ‘elevates a child’s race over their best interest.’ Continue Reading
Hundreds of migrant kids haven’t been reunited with their parents. What’s taking so long?
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Some 350 children separated from their migrant parents this summer have yet to be reunified. Continue Reading
Money set aside for home-visiting program not being spent there
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The state has moved nearly $12 million earmarked for home visiting into child care assistance since 2016, saying the money is unspent and reallocation is necessary to meet the rising costs of child care. Continue Reading
Which families should get home visits? The state can’t say
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The state knows relatively little about the people served by its nearly three dozen contracted home visiting providers. Continue Reading
Why did the Trump administration separate asylum seekers from their kids?
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The government claims it separated migrant kids from their parents for one reason: The parents broke the law by entering the U.S. illegally. The account of a Guatemalan mother tells a different story. Continue Reading
Operator of migrant youth shelters hires child welfare organization to review processes
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The move comes as allegations of sexual misconduct and lax vetting procedures have threatened to bar the nonprofit from working in Arizona. Continue Reading
New Mexico is wrongly denying child care benefits, lawsuit alleges
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The state is using secret eligibility rules to block people from aid, the suit claims. Continue Reading
A ‘humanitarian crisis’ looms as Arizona threatens to revoke immigrant children shelter licenses
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The state says Southwest Key displayed a ‘flippant attitude’ after sexual abuse reports. Continue Reading
Many grandparents who are raising kids are locked out of state aid
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With few options, some describe skipping meds, selling possessions. Continue Reading