New Mexico Organizations and Resources

Advocacy, Inc.
Provides low- or no-cost legal advocacy and support services in the interest of at-risk children and youth in New Mexico.
www.nmadvocacy.org

New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department
Provides an array of prevention, intervention, rehabilitative and after-care services to New Mexico children and their families.
http://www.cyfd.org

Substitute Care Advisory Council (Council)
The purpose of the Council is to provide a permanent system for independent and objective monitoring of children placed in the custody of the NM Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD) by examining the policies, procedures and practices of CYFD, and where appropriate, specific cases to evaluate the extent to which CYFD is effectively discharging its child protection responsibilities.
https://www.scacnm.org/

NMCSAP - New Mexico Coalition of Sexual Assault Programs
NMCSAP leads the state’s efforts to reduce sexual abuse and sexual violence by providing training and technical assistance to service providers, law enforcement officers, prosecutors, medical practitioners, and mental health professionals. NMCSAP also collects and analyzes sexual assault and domestic violence data and produces annual reports of the findings.
nmcsap.org

New Mexico Juvenile Justice Program Inventory
https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/new-mexico-juvenile-justice-program-inventory

New Mexico Sentencing Commission, formerly Criminal and Juvenile Justice Coordinating Council
nmsc.unm.edu

New Mexico Voices for Children, formerly New Mexico Advocates for Children and Families
http://www.nmvoices.org/

Pegasus Legal Services for Children
http://www.pegasuslaw.org/

New Mexico Protection and Advocacy System
http://drnm.org

Legal Research

New Mexico Administrative Code
https://www.srca.nm.gov/nmac-home/

New Mexico Legislature
https://nmlegis.gov/

New Mexico Supreme Court Law Library
https://lawlibrary.nmcourts.gov/

New Mexico Supreme Court and Court of Appeals Opinions
http://www.nmcompcomm.us

Findlaw
http://www.findlaw.com

Legal Information Institute
http://www.law.cornell.edu/

National Organizations and Resources

ABA's Center on Children and the Law
http://www.abanet.org/child

ABA Juvenile Justice Center
https://www.americanbar.org/search/?q=juvenile+justice&wt=json&start=0

Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
http://www.acf.hhs.gov/

American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
http://www.apsac.org

Center for Adolescent Health & the Law
http://www.cahl.org/

Child Welfare Information Gateway
http://www.childwelfare.gov/

Child Welfare League of America
http://www.cwla.org

Children's Defense Fund
http://www.childrensdefense.org

The Future of Children: David and Lucille Packard Foundation
https://futureofchildren.princeton.edu/publications/journal-archive

Kempe Children's Center and Foundation
http://www.kempe.org

National Association of Counsel for Children
https://naccchildlaw.org

National CASA Network
http://www.casaforchildren.org

National Center on Substance Abuse and Child Welfare
https://ncsacw.acf.hhs.gov/

Evident Change - formerly known as National Council on Crime and Delinquency
https://evidentchange.org/about-evident-change/

National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
https://www.ncjfcj.org/

National Indian Child Welfare Association
http://www.nicwa.org

National Juvenile Defender Center
http://www.njdc.info

National Resource Center for Youth Services
http://www.nrcys.ou.edu/

Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
http://www.ojjdp.gov

Pew Commission on Children in Foster Care
https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/projects/archived-projects/commission-on-children-in-foster-care

Youth Law Center
http://www.ylc.org