New Mexico By the Numbers
The 2018 Kids Count Profile from The Annie E. Casey Foundation ranks New Mexico as 50th in the nation for child well-being. This profile considers the following areas and provides New Mexico’s rank in each: Economic Well-being (49th); Education (50th); Health (48th); Family and Community (49th). It does not consider how well a state is responding to child maltreatment but research shows protective factors are related to these well-being indicators. For more information on New Mexico from the Kids Count Data Center click here.
Numbers below represent key child protective services information in New Mexico.
Number of reports* received by CYFD FY 18[4]
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Percentage of reports* accepted by CYFD for further action FY 18[4]
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Percentage of reports** accepted for further action by CYFD that were substantiated FY 18[4]
Number of child victims of abuse and neglect in New Mexico FY 18[4]
Average number of children in foster care for a given month in FY 18[4]
Number of children in CYFD custody at end of 2nd Quarter FY 18 [1]
Number of non-relative foster homes in New Mexico at end of 2nd Quarter FY 18[1]
Number of relative foster homes in New Mexico at end of 2nd Quarter FY 18[1]
Number of children in New Mexico receiving childcare state subsidy, excluding child protective services child care, who have one or more Protective Services substantiated abuse and/or neglect referrals[2]
Number of families in New Mexico receiving home visiting for six months or longer (excluding home visiting level two), that have one or more protective services substantiated abuse or neglect referrals[2]
Number of children in New Mexico subject to repeat maltreatment within 12 months[2]
%
Turnover rate for protective services workers in New Mexico[2]
Number of child deaths in 2015 in New Mexico due to abuse or neglect[3]
CYFD FY19 Protective Services Budget[4]
*A report represents one or more children.
*A report represents one or more children and a substantiated report in FY 18 may have been from an investigation initiated in FY 17.
[1] NM Children, Youth and Families Department FY 18 2nd Quarter 360 report. Click Here (Most recent 360 quarterly data published by CYFD).
[2] NM Children, Youth and Families Department Key Quarterly Performance Measures Report 2nd Quarter, Fiscal Year 2018. Click Here
[3] CWLA New Mexico’s Children 2017: Click Here
[4] NM Children, Youth and Families Department FY2019 Annual Report & Strategic Plan. Click Here
