Children Youth and Families Department of New Mexico proving death sentence for "Foster Childre
Okay guys, we have a serious problem in and with the state of New Mexico as of now and we want to make sure you know it as well as why we do. Our issue is with the Children Youth and Families Department (CYFD). As of 2017 there are approximately 499,416 children Under 18 years if age in the state of New Mexico.
In 2015, New Mexico had 40,855 total referrals for child abuse and neglect. Of those, 21,798 reports were referred for investigation. In 2015, there were 8,701 victims of abuse or neglect in New Mexico, a rate of 17.5 per 1,000 children, a an increase 14.4% from 2014. Of these children, 82.2% were neglected, 13.4% were physically abused, and 2.7% were sexually abused. The number of child victims has increased 55.3% in comparison to the number of victims in 2011.In 2015, there were 14 child deaths resulting from abuse or neglect reported in New Mexico.
The number of children living apart from their families in out-of-home care has Increased 32.9% in comparison to the number of children in out-of-home care in 2011. 2,471 children in New Mexico lived apart from their families in out-of-home care in 2015, compared with 1,859 children in 2011. Of the children living apart from their families in 2014, there were 1,015 aged 5 or younger, and 148 were 16 or older. In 2015, of children in out-of-home care in New Mexico, 24% were white, 4% were black, 60% were Hispanic, 9% were American Indian/Alaskan Native, < .5% were Asian or Pacific Islander and 3-4% were of more than one race or ethnicity/undetermined race or ethnicity.
Of the 2,471 children in out-of-home care in 2015, there were 1,134 or 45.9% waiting to be adopted and 295 children were legally adopted through a public child welfare agency in New Mexico according to statistics. Also in 2015, approximately 23,723 grandparents in New Mexico had the primary responsibility of caring for their grandchildren.
In 2014, New Mexico spent $92,089,784 for child welfare services. Child welfare services are all direct and administrative services the state agency provides to children and families. Of this amount, $58,613,784 was from federal funds and $33,476,000 was from state and local funds. New Mexico’s sum of expenditures for services totaled $10,422,479. The most utilized service in New Mexico was Adoption Services totaling $3,820,032. New Mexico received $18,321,785 in federal funds for IV-E foster care expenditures in 2014, including $5,745,137 for maintenance payments and $12,576,648 for administration, child placement, the statewide automated child welfare information system, and training.
To us this is a serious problem in need of forced positive change. Let it be known that we have Full Intention to see that this system of their government is changed for the better of the children questionably "protected" within there child protective services. Millions of dollars cannot be allowed to continue to disappear while the children it's said to be being used to protect suffer and die, and make no mistake, that is Exactly what's happening, with little to an consequence at ALL including the people inflicting it but Moreso to the government agency raking in the funds being paid to protect these children.
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