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All posts tagged "New Mexico Child Welfare Project"
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1.8KNewsAfter a win for U.S. climate change education, classroom implementation is off to a slow start
Many teachers have little or no formal training about climate change, much less about how to teach it, and what students learn...
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1.6KNewsNew federal immigration policy offers easier path to legal residency for some young migrants
New federal policies that took effect last month now offer some immigrant children protection from deportation and an easier path to legal...
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3.9KNewsNot enough beds, services for homeless youth in New Mexico
“Youth homelessness is largely hidden,” said Forrest Verde-Dudek, housing youth project manager for the New Mexico Coalition to End Homelessness. “They might...
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2.5KNews‘There’s no safe place’: One queer youth shelter serves all of New Mexico
LGBTQ+ youth experience homelessness at significantly higher rates than their peers. In Albuquerque, New Mexico's only shelter specifically for queer young people provides...
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1.9KNews‘I try my hardest’: Homeless youth fight substance abuse in New Mexico
New Mexico lacks treatment facilities to help housing insecure youth struggling with addiction. Serenity Mesa in Albuquerque, one of the only programs...
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1.8KNewsTackling youth homelessness in New Mexico
New Mexico consistently ranks toward the bottom among states for child welfare. In an under-resourced state with an overburdened system, a tight-knit group...
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2.4KNews‘Without language, we are nothing’: New Mexico to pay Native-language teachers equally
Today, students in New Mexico schools can study many of the eight indigenous languages of New Mexico’s 23 tribal entities. It’s an...
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1.5KNewsiPad rentals, emergency funds and food pantries: What it takes to make “free college” work for all students
Since moving to New Mexico from her home country of Malaysia in 2017, Nuraisyah A Mohd Hilmi has paused her college education...
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1.5KNewsNew Mexico’s marijuana record expungement lags behind legalization
Thomas Wescott, 24, of Las Cruces, New Mexico, said he has been rejected by multiple employers due to a six-year-old conviction for...
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3.0KNewsNew ghost gun rule unlikely to stem violence amid thriving youth gun culture
Ghost guns — so-called because they are nearly impossible to trace — are sold in parts and assembled by the buyer. Until...
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1.7KNewsYouth find hope restoring Rio Grande wetlands threatened by climate change
La Mancha Wetland Park in Las Cruces, New Mexico, is a cool oasis in the spring heat of the surrounding desert for...
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1.9KNewsYouth employment opportunities shine bright this summer
Summer of 2022 is shaping up to be one of economic opportunity for millions of young people, from teens looking for summer...
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1.2KNewsNew Mexico child welfare agency gets funding boost
New Mexico’s child protective services department is set to receive a funding boost officials say will be used to improve services for...
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3.0KNewsNew Mexico lags in mandated foster care reforms
Two years after New Mexico agreed to overhaul its foster care system in response to a lawsuit claiming it systematically re-traumatizes children...
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2.3KNewsNew Mexico officials hope to open state’s first safe house for sex trafficked youth
Though popular portrayals of human trafficking tend to conjure ideas of violent kidnappings and cross-border human smuggling, the majority of sexual exploitation...
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2.6KNews‘We celebrate together’: Home visitation programs support new parents
In addition to providing basic prenatal and early childhood development education to parents, home visitors are also trained to screen for violence...
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1.2KNewsNew Mexico to offer equal pay to Native American teachers
New Mexico will begin to offer equal pay to dozens of Indigenous language teachers as part of a new law aimed at...
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1.8KNewsNew Mexico to create new legal aid office for child welfare cases
Child welfare professionals in New Mexico are applauding passage of a bill they say will improve legal representation for youth and families...
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2.0KNewsNative activists hail passage of New Mexico Indian Family Protection Act
New Mexico lawmakers have passed a bill that strengthens protections for Native American children in state care. Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is...
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4.6KNewsNew Mexico’s first Native family court points to success keeping kids in tribal communities
New Mexico’s first Native family court, based in Albuquerque, is dedicated to hearing child welfare cases that fall under the Indian Child...
