Announcements

Updates to the Child Welfare Handbook

We are currently working on updates to the Child Welfare Handbook.

2018 New Mexico Child Welfare Handbook

The 2018 New Mexico Child Welfare Handbook is available online while it is being updated. You can download and search the Handbook from our "RESOURCES" page. Questions? Contact Cristen Conley (conley@law.unm.edu) or Amanda D. Romero (aromer94@unm.edu).

Updated Resource: 2023 Indian Family Protection and Indian Child Welfare Acts Bench Card

Out of original work for the Tribal-State Judicial Consortium, the Center has updated its resource summarizing key provisions in the Indian Child Welfare Act as it applies in New Mexico to feature the Indian Family Protection Act. This Summary of Key Provisions in State Law related to Native, Tribal, and Puebloan children and their families and tribes incorporates new case law, features the 2022 state Indian Family Protection Act, and includes the 2016 federal regulations and the 2016 BIA Guidelines for Implementing the Indian Child Welfare Act .

Improved Timeline of a Child and Family Welfare Case

With funding from the Court Improvement Project Training Grant, the Center has updated the Timeline graphic to include citations. This simple, two-page graphic is a quick visual representation of the course of a typical case and also includes the legal stages for young people who are receiving "extended foster care" from the state after the main case ends. Professionals, volunteers, and their clients can use this as an easy way to get a grasp of how these proceedings flow. Click on Resources to find this in the dropdown menu.

News

We have a new name: the Corinne Wolfe Center for Child and Family Justice

The Center has adopted a new name to better reflect our vision of a just and equitable New Mexico in which all children are safe, healthy and educated, and can build on the strength of their families and communities to thrive. Read more about the renaming.