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The Line: Trauma Among NM Youth & CYFD’s “Pull Together” Campaign

May 6, 2016 – The Albuquerque Journal reported this week on a new study that found young people in New Mexico have experienced high rates of trauma in their early years of life.

NM youths ‘off the chart’ for early trauma

What can citizens, lawmakers and advocates do with the results of the study? Host Gene Grant leads a discussion on the report with this week’s Line opinion panelists. They also debate the new “Pull Together” campaign launched this week by the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD).

Line Panelists:
Merritt Allen, Vox Optima
Dan Foley, former New Mexico house minority whip
Sophie Martin, attorney and editor of DukeCityFix.com
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP