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Child Poverty in New Mexico
Implications for Racial and Ethnic Minorities by James Jimenez, MPA August 17, 2016 A PowerPoint presentation looking at how Black children fare in New Mexico. Includes findings from the Annie E. Casey...
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Funding Early Childhood Services in New Mexico
by James Jimenez August 19, 2016 A PowerPoint presentation giving a brief overview of how the state collects tax revenue and creates the operating budget, the reasons behind the current revenue...
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Hunger 101
by Bill Jordan September 18, 2016 A PowerPoint presentation that looks are some of the reasons child hunger is so pervasive in New Mexico as well as policy solutions from our NM KIDS are COUNTing on...
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Child Welfare Matters
by Amber Wallin and Bill Jordan September 20, 2016 This PowerPoint presentation on the status of child well-being in New Mexico, with a focus on child abuse, looks at past decisions that have...
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A Health Impact Assessment of a Tax on Food Purchases in NM
by Amber Wallin December 9, 2016 When lawmakers convene for their legislative session in January of 2017, they will likely be looking at ways to reform the state’s tax system—particularly its gross...
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New Mexico Kids are Counting on Us
by Amber Wallin December 19, 2016 The data on child well-being in New Mexico are sobering. This presentation looks at some of those data as well as the public policies that cause and could alleviate...
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The Voices of Children in New Mexico
by James Jimenez February 7, 2017 Two New Mexico programs—home visiting and child care assistance—can help prevent child abuse. However, they are not funded at the levels needed to reach all children...
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Adequately Funding Essential Services
by James Jimenez February 8, 2017 New Mexico has been operating in the red for over a year—thanks to a drop in oil and gas prices, years’ worth of ineffective tax cuts, and a sluggish economy. As...
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2017 Special Session Resources
A budget impasse? A tax overhaul? Veto overrides? Many complex issues will be discussed and resolved in a very short amount of time during the special legislative session beginning May 24, 2017. We’ve...
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Racial and Ethnic Bias in New Mexico Drug Law Enforcement
A Summary of Preliminary Findings and Recommendations by ACLU-NM, Drug Policy Alliance, NM Voices for Children, and Young Women United July 2017 Download the policy brief (July 2017; 4 pages; pdf) For...
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New Mexico Kids are Counting on Us
by Amber Wallin December 19, 2016 The data on child well-being in New Mexico are sobering. This presentation looks at some of those data as well as the public policies that cause and could alleviate...
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The Voices of Children in New Mexico
by James Jimenez February 7, 2017 Two New Mexico programs—home visiting and child care assistance—can help prevent child abuse. However, they are not funded at the levels needed to reach all children...
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Adequately Funding Essential Services
by James Jimenez February 8, 2017 New Mexico has been operating in the red for over a year—thanks to a drop in oil and gas prices, years’ worth of ineffective tax cuts, and a sluggish economy. As...
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2017 Special Session Resources
A budget impasse? A tax overhaul? Veto overrides? Many complex issues will be discussed and resolved in a very short amount of time during the special legislative session beginning May 24, 2017. We’ve...
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Racial and Ethnic Bias in New Mexico Drug Law Enforcement
A Summary of Preliminary Findings and Recommendations by ACLU-NM, Drug Policy Alliance, NM Voices for Children, and Young Women United July 2017 Download the policy brief (Updated Nov. 2017; 4 pages;...
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Sustaining Career Pathways Frameworks
by Armelle Casau Sept. 22, 2017 Career pathways, programs that move non-traditional adult students along a continuum into post-secondary education, have shown real promise in other states. However,...
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Making KIDS COUNT in New Mexico
by Amber Wallin and Bill Jordan Oct. 16, 2017 This PowerPoint, presented to the Legislative Health & Human Services Committee, goes over KIDS COUNT data on child well-being and covers several...
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The Impacts of Taxing Food & Non-Profits
by Bill Jordan & Armelle Casau Dec. 18, 2017 Created for a workshop presented at the Community Pantry in Gallup, this PowerPoint presentation looks at the negative impacts of taxing both food and...
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A Blueprint for a prosperous state
Download this policy brief (Jan. 2018; 4 pages; pdf) Download just the policy recommendations (Jan. 2018; 4 pages; pdf) Building a better New Mexico We all want a prosperous state, but prosperity...
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New Mexico Kids at the Crossroads
A Children’s Agenda for Making KIDS COUNT with Candidates Download this children’s agenda (March 2018; 4 pages; pdf) There’s a reason we call it the Land of Enchantment—everything from our colorful...
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