Federal Grant Award Summary

The Administration on Children, Youth and Families awarded the Children Youth & Families New Mexico Department a formula grant of $2.36 million under the MaryLee Allen Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program (CFDA 93.556) for the performance period October 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. This funding supports comprehensive family support services designed to prevent child maltreatment, ensure child safety within family settings, and promote family stability and permanency across New Mexico.

The grant funds three primary service components: the core Promoting Safe and Stable Families initiative, the Kinship Navigator Program, and the Caseworker Visitation component. Through these initiatives, the recipient delivers family preservation services, kinship support programs for relatives caring for children, child abuse and neglect prevention services to at-risk families, and caseworker visitation initiatives to strengthen child welfare practice. The awardee administers these services across New Mexico's 33 counties in collaboration with state agencies, tribal entities, local government, and nonprofit service providers, leveraging the formula grant alongside its broader portfolio of federal child welfare and family services programs totaling tens of millions annually.