The task force was made up of 13 members, including CYFD Cabinet Secretary Teresa Casados, Rep. Eleanor Chávez, D-Albuquerque, a representative from the Kevin S. settlement agreement and others. The ...

Four years into a legal agreement aimed at improving care of abused and neglected children, the state Children, Youth and Families Department has yet to achieve key promised reforms, according to ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A former CYFD employee was sentenced to two years of supervised probation on Tuesday. Pedro ...

The task force was created by a memorial passed during the 2024 legislative session aimed at restructuring CYFD.

Carmen was on her way to her "forever" home in late 2021. Or so the 15-year-old hoped after she completed treatment foster care. Instead, her life in New Mexico's child welfare system became more ...

Youth & Families Department (CYFD). And just like the all-boys program, this new building would also be in Albuquerque. “We chose Bernalillo County because they have a large array of services ...

CYFD Secretary Teresa Casados says the state ... All those proceeds will go to after-school programs that the organization ...

Police say she allegedly shoplifted at a Circle K in northeast Albuquerque and drove away with the baby on her lap. Judge Stan Whitaker said he wasn’t going to blame CYFD for what happened ...

CYFD spokesperson Jessica Preston wrote in ... According to the complaint, Albuquerque police officers documented "alarming conditions" at the Bernalillo Academy, including suicide attempts ...

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ARMSTRONG SAYS THEIR GOALS ARE SIMILAR, FOCUSING ON CRIME, EDUCATION AND FOR HER PERSONALLY, CYFD MEANINGFUL LEGISLATION HAS TO BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO FIX CYFD AND CRIME. EDUCATION’S A WHOLE ...

However, the arbitrator, Albuquerque attorney Charles Peifer ... in his office was planning a wrongful death lawsuit against CYFD. Plaintiffs argued a recusal wasn't warranted and would delay ...