Children's Code Reform Task Force
The Corinne Wolfe Center was asked in 2024 to take on the work of the Children's Code Reform Task Force after the task force was already formed to serve the public by reviewing the Children's Code and making recommendations to the Legislature. This group was made up of long-term subject-matter experts with direct practice, research, or lived experience. The reports and materials produced arose out of the guidance of the Task Force and do not reflect the position of UNM as a whole. UNM does not take a position on any pending legislation.
Welcome to the Children’s Code Reform Task Force page. The legislative appropriation supporting our effort ended on June 30, 2024, and our most recent funding came from the Annie E. Casey Foundation, which ended January 31, 2025. See below for a list of the previous meeting dates, with agendas, notes, and recordings, as available.
Meeting Schedule
Thursday, February 22, 2024 at 4 until 5 p.m. - Agenda for Feb 22 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, March 28, 2024 at 4 until 5:30 p.m. - Agenda for March 28 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, April 25, 2024 at 4 until 5:30 p.m. - Agenda for April 25 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, May 23, 2024 at 4 until 5:30 p.m. - Agenda for May 23 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, June 27, 2024 at 4 until 5:30 p.m. - Agenda for June 27 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, September 5, 2024 at 4 until 5:00 p.m. - Agenda for Sept 5 2024 meeting (pdf)
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 at 4 until 5:30 p.m. - Agenda for Oct 1 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, November 7, 2024 at 4 until 5:30 p.m. - Agenda for Nov 7 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, December 5, 2024 at 4 until 5:30 p.m. - Agenda for Dec 5 2024 meeting (pdf)
Thursday, January 9, 2025 at 4 until 5:30 p.m.. - Agenda for Jan 9, 2025 meeting (pdf)
Meeting Notes
- Jan 19, 2023
- Feb 16, 2023
- Mar 30, 2023
- Feb 22, 2024
- Mar 28, 2024
- Apr 25, 2024
- May 23, 2024
- Sep 5, 2024
- Oct 1, 2024
- Nov 7, 2024
- December 5, 2024
- January 9, 2025
Meeting recordings
A very few individual recordings may be accessed through Youtube.com @NMChildrensCodeReformTaskForce
Task Force Resolution
Task Force Research
- Report From the Children’s Code Reform Task Force - June 2024
- Supplemental Report From the Children’s Code Reform Task Force - January 2025
- Disentangling Poverty and Neglect in the Child Welfare System: in New Mexico and Beyond
- Overview of Permanency Timelines and Judicial Review
Juvenile Justice Information Sheets
- The Adolescent & Young Adult Brain and Delinquency
- Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs)
- Cossover Youth Fact Sheet
- Futility of Severe Punishment
- Incarceration of Youth
- Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative (JDAI)
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Juvenile Justice System
- “Upstream” Interventions, Prevention Efforts and Services
