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New Mexico’s Troubled Foster Care System

New Mexico committed to reforming its child welfare system, but it’s leaving some of its most troubled foster teens without the help they need.

Homeless Shelters Aren’t Equipped to Deal With New Mexico’s Most Troubled Foster Kids. Police See It for Themselves.

by Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico, and Joel Jacobs, ProPublica,

April 7, 5 a.m. EDT

Child Welfare Experts Say New Mexico Can’t Put Kids in Homeless Shelters Just Because It Lacks Other Beds

by Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico,

Dec. 7, 2022, 3:10 p.m. EST

New Mexico Struggles to Follow Through on Promises to Reform Child Welfare System

by Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico,

Oct. 7, 2022, 5:01 a.m. EDT

These Foster Kids Need Mental Health Care. New Mexico Is Putting Them in Homeless Shelters.

by Ed Williams, Searchlight New Mexico, with data analysis by Joel Jacobs, ProPublica, photography by Kitra Cahana, special to ProPublica,

Oct. 7, 2022, 5 a.m. EDT