The decreases come after years of ramped-up screening, awareness campaigns and ensuring prompt reporting of positive tests.

A lawsuit against New Mexico's child welfare agency was recently settled for a staggering — but sealed — $10 million, ...

With overnight office stays now prohibited, advocates say foster youth spend all day in CYFD offices and leave each night to ...

Farmers have been told to expect longer wait times between irrigation deliveries and were encouraged to "take water when it ...

Maria Espinoza, a 16-year-old girl who was blind, nonverbal and developmentally delayed, was totally dependent on her mother, Doraelia Espinoza. But Espinoza repeatedly failed to care for the girl, ...

When Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham issued an executive order in January to end office stays for foster youth, her mandate had a clear condition: All kids who were living in offices must be moved to ...

The state Department of Justice alleges CYFD wields state law in retaliating against critical foster parents and skirting ...

Multiple candidates called for CYFD to be restructured, proposing to split the agency or relinquish control of it.

Following a yearlong investigation, the New Mexico Department of Justice issued a 224-page report documenting the cases of at ...