New Mexico Voices For Children
Improving children’s lives through advocacy
The future of our society is in our children’s hands. When all children have the opportunities they need to thrive, we all benefit, so it makes sense to ensure that every child has access to the educational, emotional, health, and economic supports they need to grow up healthy and strong, and to become contributing members of society. We believe that the best way to ensure this is to discover the underlying reasons that some children lack these supports and then to advocate for the public policies that will address the gaps. Learn more about our work to accomplish that here.
Recent Blog Posts
Reimagining New Mexico’s Education System: Centering Youth Voices to Improve Student Engagement
The Yazzie/Martinez v. State of New Mexico lawsuit has brought renewed attention to the state’s constitutional responsibility to provide a sufficient education for all students, particularly Native American students, English learners and students with disabilities.
LEGISLATIVE ROUND UP: Eliminating New Mexico’s Income Tax Would Be a Giveaway to Millionaires—and a Bad Deal for Everyone Else
Do we really want to bankrupt New Mexico’s state government to give millionaires an extra $150,000 a year while making life harder for the state’s lowest-income residents? That is the staggering implication of proposals to eliminate New Mexico’s personal income tax.
Native Youth Voices Belong at the Table
To address issues related to health, education, gaming, economic, opportunity, environmental protection, and tribal sovereignty in New Mexico, young people living in Indigenous communities who are directly impacted by these issues need to be at the forefront and part of the conversation.
Recent News Coverage
OPINION: The next governor will inherit the investments. Our children will live the results
Albuquerque Journal--New Mexico has made historic investments in children. But investments are promises, not outcomes. New Mexico has taken a bold approach to investing in children and families. The state now provides free school meals to every public school student, expands Medicaid, makes childcare available without income limits, increases funding for public education and uses its extraordinary public resources to help protect families from rising costs.
The next governor inherits the investments
Santa Fe New Mexican--New Mexico has made historic investments in children. But investments are promises, not outcomes — and the next governor will inherit both. New Mexico has taken a bold approach to investing in children and families. The state now provides free school meals to every public school student, has expanded Medicaid, made childcare available without income limits, increased funding for public education, and used its extraordinary public resources to help protect families from rising costs.
New Mexico improves from 50th to 48th in national child poverty rankings
The Albuquerque Journal--Poverty in New Mexico declined over the last three years, especially for people under 18, improving the state’s standing among the poorest in the nation. New Mexico’s overall average poverty rate fell from 17.2% between 2022 and 2024 to 16% from 2023 through 2025, according to the U.S. Census Bureau’s latest three-year estimates, outstripping a national decline of 0.4 percentage points over the same period.
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