ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department worker who was supposed to help a student ended up causing more damage, according to a lawsuit. And now, the agency is ...

Being a foster care caseworker at the New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department is arguably one of the most difficult jobs in state government. It’s also one of the toughest jobs to keep ...

Howling winds flattened small bunches of balloons clutched by dozens of people gathered outside a Los Lunas office one Saturday afternoon in mid-January. The somber crowd was there to ...

SANTA FE — A recent audit into the Children, Youth and Families Department’s handling of funds intended for children’s behavioral health services found more than $4.2 million in misspent dollars and ...

INVESTIGATION. TARGET 7 TOLD YOU HOW DOZENS OF CHILDREN WHO’D BEEN IN THE CARE OF THE STATE HAD DIED. AND IN OUR SPECIAL INVESTIGATION, BROKEN PROMISES, WE UNCOVERED HOW CYFD WASN’T PUTTING THE SAFETY ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KOAT) — Within the past week, two mothers from separate homes have been charged shortly after their children were released from the Children, Youth and Families Department custody.

The tragic death of 16-year-old Jaydun Garcia while in the custody of New Mexico’s Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD) is a devastating reminder of the agency’s chronic dysfunction. Despite ...

Candidate outlines day-one CYFD shake-up, behavioral health response teams and limits on ICE, saying New Mexico kids need ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – The New Mexico Department of Children, Youth and Families has been under fire for years, for failing to protect the state’s most vulnerable children. A researcher shared with CYFD ...

Audit of CYFD spending finds $4.2 million in misused dollars state auditors argued did not go toward behavioral health.