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State government organization in Santa Fe, US
New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department
The PERA Building has the department's headquartersJurisdiction
New Mexico Website
cyfd .org
The New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department is a state agency of
New Mexico , headquartered in the PERA Building in
Santa Fe .
[1] It is the state agency responsible for
child protective services and juvenile justice services. It was created as a cabinet department by statute in 1992 under
Ch. 9, art. 2A NMSA 1978 .
[2]
Leadership
The department is led by a secretary, appointed by the
Governor of New Mexico and subject to confirmation by the
New Mexico Senate .
[3] The secretary is also a member of the
New Mexico Governor's Cabinet .
[4] Cabinet secretaries in the administration of
Michelle Lujan Grisham have include Brian Blalock,
[5]
Barbara Vigil , and current Secretary Teresa Casados.
[6]
Facilities
Juvenile Justice Services/Facilities (JJS) is the division that operates
juvenile correctional facilities .
[7]
Facilities include:
[8]
Area 1
Albuquerque Boys Center
Albuquerque Girls Reintegration Center
Camino Nuevo Youth Center (houses female inmates)
[9]
Carlsbad Community Reintegration Center
Eagle Nest Reintegration Center
J. Paul Taylor Center
YDDC (NMGS)
The former New Mexico Boys School opened on October 1, 1909. CYFD closed it in 2005 and was transferred to the
New Mexico Corrections Department , now serving as the Springer Correctional Facility.
[10]
References
^ "
East Complex: PERA Building ."
New Mexico General Services Department . Retrieved on July 25, 2010.
^
"Children, Youth and Families Department Act" . NMOneSource . New Mexico Compilation Commission. Retrieved 30 November 2023 .
^
"Secretary of children, youth and families; appointment" . NMOneSource . New Mexico Compilation Commission. Retrieved 30 November 2023 .
^
"Our Leadership | Office of the Governor - Michelle Lujan Grisham" . Retrieved 2020-12-20 .
^
"CYFD's New Cabinet Secretary! | CYFD" . cyfd.org . Retrieved 2020-12-20 .
^ Dunlap, Susan (May 5, 2023).
"CYFD advisory council's held first public meeting as part of agency's reform" . NM Political Report. Retrieved 1 November 2023 .
^ "
JJS Facilities
Archived 2010-10-23 at the
Wayback Machine ." New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department. Retrieved on July 25, 2010.
^ "
Juvenile Justice Services Fiscal Year 2008 Annual Report January ." New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department. January 2009, Revised January 16, 2009. 2 (6/51). Retrieved on July 25, 2010.
^ "
Youth detention supervisor arrested on sex abuse " (
Archive ).
Associated Press at
CBS News . August 6, 2011. Retrieved on December 16, 2015.
^ "
Springer Correctional Facility ." (
Archive )
New Mexico Corrections Department . Retrieved on December 6, 2013.
External links
New Mexico Cabinet Agencies