As a CYFD foster parent, you provide safety and nurturance to children who cannot live at home with their families because it is not a safe place for them. Foster parents open their homes and their hearts to children in custody by allowing them to feel safe, grow and learn in a family setting. Foster parents encourage children in their home to remain connected to their religion, culture, and community. Foster parents can be a part of a child's life even after they have returned home, if they choose to and the child and family are willing. Each year about 100 youth emancipate from the foster care system without a family. Are you ready to be a family? Be a foster parent for a young person.
CYFD's Protective Services Division provides child protective and other child welfare services throughout New Mexico. Administration of the child welfare program is centralized, with services provided through 29 county offices located within five designated regions. Here is the contact information on CYFD's website for regional and county offices, last updated in August 2022 https://www.cyfd.nm.gov/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/PSD_Field_Listing-August_2022.pdf
1120 Paseo de Peralta, Pera Building, Room 254