Jaydun Garcia, a teen living in a state-contracted group home for boys in Albuquerque, took his own life April 12. A 4-month-old child died while taking a nap with his parents June 5. Authorities ...

This story has been updated to reflect that Gabriela Cardenas will have to follow CYFD orders regarding contact with her ...

At a Legislative Finance Committee Meeting Wednesday state lawmakers demanded answers from CYFD Secretary Teresa Casados.

When she got there, she said her baby was brain dead and breathing on a ventilator. She said, according to the caseworker, ...

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Editor’s Note: This story has been updated to reflect that Gabriela Cardenas will have to follow CYFD orders regarding contact with her child. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A mother, a… ...

Albuquerque couple charged for baby death amid CYFD safety plan "This infant should never have left the hospital with a family that endangered him before he was born.

Both Victor Gonzales and Gabriella Muniz were supposed to appear in court for these charges. Muniz was too sick to appear. At the end of Gonzales's hearing, he stated to the media, "I want to advocate ...

Although the state largely met multiple deadlines over the course of this year to submit plans and reports designed to improve New Mexico’s troubled child welfare system, attorneys in the landmark ...

CYFD recently entered $399,000 and $60,000 contracts for a digital marketing campaign and for a program designed to serve children with intensive needs, respectively.