New Mexico. Children, Youth, and Families Dept.

The New Mexico Commission on Youth was established by a legislative act in 1953 (1953 Laws of N.M., Chp. 106, Sec. 1-8). In 1967 a legislative act abolished the Commission on Youth and transferred its functions to the newly-established Committee on Children and Youth (1967 Laws of N.M., Chp. 235, Sec. 1-7). In 1977 a legislative act abolished the Committee on Children and Youth and transferred its functions to the Children and Youth Services Bureau within the Social Services Division of the newly-established Human Services Department (1977 Laws of N.M., Chp. 252, Sec. 1-18). In 1988 a legislative act abolished the Children and Youth Services Bureau and transferred its functions to the newly- established Youth Authority (1988 Laws of N.M., Chp. 101, Sec. 1-51). In 1992 a legislative act abolished the Youth Authority and transferred its functions to the newly-established Children, Youth, and Families Department (1992 Laws of N.M., Chp. 57, Sec. 1-58). The same 1992 legislative act also transferred responsibility for juvenile justice services from the Corrections Department to the Children, Youth, and Families Department. In 1993 an executive order transferred all functions of the Human Services Department concerning children to the Children, Youth, and Families Department (1993 Executive Order No. 1). The functions of the Children Youth, and Families Department are to collect facts and statistics, make special studies of conditions affecting children and youth in New Mexico; act as a state clearinghouse for program information on the problems of youth and children, act in an advisory capacity to the legislature and recommend legislation on matters pertaining to youth and children.