{"id":8815,"date":"2016-05-19T13:36:31","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T20:36:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=8815"},"modified":"2020-06-02T09:58:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-02T16:58:48","slug":"may-20-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/may-20-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Family Assets, Food Assistance Applications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b9_m3wRnoIM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p>New Mexico in Focus presents the mini-documentary &#8220;Building Family Assets&#8221; in this week&#8217;s program. The segment is part of the national Chasing the Dream initiative. \u201cBuilding Family Assets\u201d puts a human face on how access to education and savings accounts can help change the lives of New Mexico families. <\/p>\n<p>In recent weeks, a group of current and former employees who processed food assistance applications for the Human Services Department testified in federal court that their supervisors instructed them to falsify applications to deny benefits to people who qualified for emergency assistance. Joey Peters, senior reporter for NM Political Report, sits down with producer Sarah Gustavus this week to share his observations from a hearing in Las Cruces.<\/p>\n<p>Host Gene Grant and this week&#8217;s Line opinion panelists discuss the food benefits controversy, PAC spending in one of the races for the Bernalillo County Commission, and drug stings undertaken in recent years by the Albuquerque Police Department.<\/p>\n<p><em>Guests:<\/em><br \/>\nJoey Peters, <a href=\"http:\/\/nmpoliticalreport.com\/\">NM Political Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Line Panelists:<\/em><br \/>\nMark Boitano, former Republican state lawmaker<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/marthaburk.org\/\">Martha Burk<\/a>, a political psychologist and author<br \/>\nAlicia Manzano, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.strategies360.com\/\">Strategies 360<\/a><br \/>\nDan McKay, reporter for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abqjournal.com\/\">Albuquerque Journal<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Correspondent:<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahgustavus\">Sarah Gustavus<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/stanwilsontv\">Stan Wilson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Host:<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/dredlockflaneur\">Gene Grant<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Producer of NEW MEXICO IN FOCUS is <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sarahgustavus\">Sarah Gustavus<\/a>. 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