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New Way For Youth To Reach CYFD: Text ‘Reach NM’

CYFD Secretary Brian Blalock

CYFD News: ‘Reach NM’

SANTA FE — The New Mexico Children, Youth & Families Department (CYFD) has launched “Reach NM”, a new program that enables youth to contact the department’s Statewide Central Intake workers by texting 505.591.9444 to seek support and resources or report suspected abuse or neglect.

New Mexico is the first state to create a system where reports of child abuse and neglect may be taken completely by text message. 

Reach NM makes specially trained personnel available to answer questions from youth and connect them with the support they need Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 700 New Cases, Total Now 138,659 With 36 New Deaths And 61,899 Patients Recovered

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 700 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 3 more cases today … the total is now 268 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 36 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reports today the most recent cases:

  • 230 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 22 new cases in Chaves County
  • 9 new cases in Cibola County
  • 1 new case in Colfax County
  • 8 new cases in Curry County
  • 50 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 7 new cases in Eddy County
  • 12 new cases in
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Chart 289: COVID-19 In New Mexico Dec. 28, 2020

This chart shows the percentage of the population that have received a COVID-19 vaccination shot in each state. So far, 9.5 million doses have been allocated to the states, and of these, 1.9 million were received and administered. New Mexico was allocated 95,400 doses, of which 17,550 were received and 14,000 have been administered. Source: New York Times. Created by Eli Ben-Naim
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New Mexico Workforce Solutions Awaits Labor Department Guidance On Implementation Of CARES Act Extension

NMDWS Cabinet Secretary Bill McCamley

NMDWS News:

ALBUQUERQUE – The New Mexico Department of Workforce Solutions (NMDWS) is reviewing the CARES Act unemployment extension provisions contained in H.R. 133.

These provisions bring additional unemployment compensation to more than 160,000 New Mexicans.

“The Department of Workforce Solutions will work as hard as possible to get these extension and increases in place as soon as we receive necessary rules and funding from the U.S. Department of Labor,” NMDWS Cabinet Secretary Bill McCamley said. “We know how vital this money is to New Mexicans Read More

Udall, Moran Bill To Provide Fairness For New Moms In National Guard And Reserve Passes Congress

From the Office of U.S. Sen. Tom Udall:

WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Senators Tom Udall (D-N.M.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – both members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense – have announced that their Mothers of Military Service (MOMS) Leave Act passed the Senate by a vote of 84-13 as an amendment in the FY2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

This legislation will ensure that women serving in the U.S. National Guard and Reserve can take maternity leave without worrying about how it will affect their military service or earned retirement benefits.

The amendment now heads Read More

Glimpse Of What’s New In COVID-19 Research At LANL

LANL continues working to better understand and mitigate the impacts of the pandemic. Courtesy/LANL

LANL News:

Los Alamos National Laboratory continues its work to better understand and mitigate the impacts of the pandemic.

Here’s a brief look at some of the research underway:

Infrastructure analysis and decision support

Los Alamos developed the Modeling Epidemics for Decision Support with Infrastructure Analysis (MEDIAN) to understand interdependencies between critical infrastructures and public health measures such as contact tracing and diagnostics as it relates to pandemic Read More

New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 747 New Cases, Total Now 137,968 With 30 New Deaths And 60,528 Patients Recovered

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 747 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 1 more case today … the total is now 265 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 30 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reports today the most recent cases:

  • 240 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 30 new cases in Chaves County
  • 13 new cases in Cibola County
  • 4 new cases in Colfax County
  • 45 new cases in Curry County
  • 3 new cases in De Baca County
  • 56 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 44 new cases
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New Mexico COVID-19 Update: 609 New Cases, Total Now 137,226 With 9 New Deaths And 59,506 Patients Recovered

STATE News:

SANTA FE – New Mexico state health officials announced this afternoon 609 additional positive tests for COVID-19.

Los Alamos County reports 3 more case today … the total is now 264 people who have tested positive for COVID-19.

Today’s update includes 9 new deaths in New Mexico related to COVID-19.

The New Mexico Department of Health reports today the most recent cases:

  • 125 new cases in Bernalillo County
  • 34 new cases in Chaves County
  • 3 new cases in Cibola County
  • 8 new cases in Curry County
  • 1 new case in De Baca County
  • 74 new cases in Doña Ana County
  • 49 new cases in Eddy County
  • 5 new cases in Grant
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