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CYFD Leadership Shakeup

Hand prints with paint and the logo for CYFD.

August 13, 2021 – The Line opinion panel weighs in on the latest shake-up in Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s Administration. Children, Youth and Families Department Secretary Brian Blalock announced his resignation this week under a cloud of controversy and in the face of a whistleblower lawsuit. The Governor announced she is replacing Blalock with newly…

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Transparency Issue at CYFD

Paint marks on a canvas including blue handprints, with superimposed label for CYFD.

April 30, 2021 – The Line opinion panelists discuss a report from Searchlight New Mexico that revealed the state Department of Children, Youth and Families has been using an encryption app to communicate about cases and departmental strategy. The app deletes communications and shields work from the public eye. Now, the state attorney general says…

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