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All posts tagged "New Mexico"
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2.2KNewsLas Cruces Expanding ‘One-stop Shop’ of Services at Community School to Another
Before Kasandra A. Gandara first became a member of the Las Cruces City Council, she was in the trenches as a case...
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2.3KNewsMcKinley County Could Benefit From New Court For Tribes
Rhonda Goodenough, an employee of the Children, Youth and Families Department in McKinley County for more than 15 years, claims that she...
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3.6KNewsNative American Court to Run Under Bigger Concept of Family
It’s already tough sledding for New Mexico children and families in the state’s fractured foster care and child welfare systems. Those challenges...
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2.8KNewsProvider In Las Cruces, NM, Left Stretched Thin After 2013 Ruling
Jolene Martinez of Las Cruces couldn’t be more thrilled to be an adoptive parent to a second foster child, who she adopted...
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5.2KNewsNew Mexicans See Foster Care Challenges, But Are Encouraged by Changes
Jordan, a teenaged foster youth, has lost count of all the places she’s lived in the state, including the streets of New...
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4.3KNewsLack of Affordable Housing, Enough Foster Families Hurt Taos, NM, Area
It's November 2019, and the hysteria from the emergency meeting in 2013 is still palpable for Yasmin Haque. After then-New Mexico Gov....
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2.7KNewsIn Santa Fe, NM, ‘We’re Not Going to Play the Blame Game’
Annie Rasquin believes in difficult conversations with her staff and volunteers, especially when the complex needs of a foster youth require immediate...
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2.7KNewsCarlsbad, NM, Oil Windfall Makes It Harder to Keep Caseworkers
People in southeast New Mexico find it hard to live with the oil boom, but folks across the state can’t live without...
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1.3KGrantsNM Education and Community Outreach Grants
GRANT FOCUS: Education, Community, K-12, Early Childhood, Human Services, Native/Tribal Youth | Amount: Up to $2,500 | Deadline: Sept. 15, 2019
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3.9KNewsNew Mexico Program for Foster Youth Starts With Basic Needs
It has been a long haul for Melvin Lasiloo to get from where he started to attending community college classes in his...
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1.2KGrantsNM Children’s Health and Wellness Program Grants
Subject: Child Health, Child Welfare, Physical Activity, Safety, Community | Deadline: May 31, 2019 | Amount: Unspecified
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1.7KGuest Opinion EssayESSA Funds Must Be Used Wisely to Amplify Crucial Summer Learning
Education is not one size fits all. Nor does it stop when the traditional academic year ends. Each student has different needs,...
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2.0KNews‘What We’re Hoping to Do Is Expose People to Global Approaches, Organizations’
Angela Venza is regional director for the Americas at the International Youth Foundation. At a meeting at the Annie E. Casey Foundation...
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2.1KNewsResources Available for Teen Science Cafés, Which Let Kids Get Hands-on
When a group of high school students got together on a recent Tuesday evening, they ate chocolate, taste-tested different...
