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NM Lacks Mental Health Services for Troubled Foster Kids

April 14, 2023
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4.14.23 – Gene and the Panel discuss Lujan Grisham’s pocket veto and respond to an investigation from Searchlight New Mexico and ProPublica exposing the state’s failures in caring for foster children in need of mental health care.    Host: Gene Grant  Line Opinion Panelists: Michael Bird, former President of the American Public Health Association  Tom Garrity, founder &…

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NM Child Welfare Bills

March 9, 2023
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03.10.23– Gene and our panelists talk through a series of child welfare bills moving through the Roundhouse. Gene asks if they’ll be effective in solving some of the systemic issues that have plagued New Mexico’s Children Youth and Families Department. Host: Gene Grant The Line Opinion Panelist:Cathryn McGill, founder, director, NM Black Leadership CouncilSerge Martinez,…

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