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Sharon Kayne is NM Voices for Children's Communications Director.
Jan 03 2024

Budget offers chance for historic change in New Mexico

2024-01-03T14:57:27-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Education News Coverage, Health News Coverage, News Coverage, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

KRWG--New Mexico Voices for Children has proposed a number of policies that would directly help struggling families. They include paid family and medical leave; increased funding for early childhood care and education; a new fund to support tribal education; full funding for college tuitions; increased tax credits for young children, coupled with tax increases for upper-income residents; increased funding for the TANF program and full funding for Medicaid and Disabilities waivers.

Dec 12 2023

Guaranteed basic income program bolsters job, housing security among immigrant households: report

2023-12-13T14:55:23-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Education News Coverage, Health News Coverage, News Coverage, Racial and Ethnic Equity News Coverage|

The Hill--Mixed-status immigrant families are less likely to have health insurance, stable employment, savings, stable housing and food security, according to the report. “Their exclusion from most of the social safety net further exacerbates their tenuous socio-economic conditions,” the report states.

Dec 12 2023

New Report Shows Positive Outcomes with Guaranteed Income Pilot Program

2023-12-13T10:27:38-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Education News Coverage, Health News Coverage, News Coverage, Racial and Ethnic Equity News Coverage|

Santa Fe Reporter--At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, immigrant families were “not only excluded from pandemic relief, but also social safety nets,” leading them to be the focus of the program, NM Voices for Children Javier Senior Research and Policy Javier Rojo said during a news conference. Such exclusion took place despite mixed-status households reportedly paying $68 million in local and state taxes yearly in New Mexico.

Dec 12 2023

Report: Cash Assistance Programs Improve Work, School Outcomes

2023-12-11T13:24:25-07:00Press Releases|

A report on a recently concluded statewide guaranteed income pilot program with 330 immigrant families demonstrated unrestricted cash assistance programs allowed for low-wage earners to pursue better jobs, increase their educational levels, and improve other critical outcomes for their children. The report, Guaranteed Income: Increasing Employment and Helping Families Thrive, on the New Mexico Guaranteed Income Pilot Program for Immigrant Families, was released on December 12, 2023.

Dec 12 2023

Guaranteed Income: Increasing Employment and Helping Families Thrive

2023-12-20T11:22:50-07:00Economic Security Publications, Education Publications, Health Publications, Local Data, Publications, Racial and Ethnic Equity Publications|

Report Research shows that when people are given unrestricted cash payments -- sometimes called guaranteed income (GI) -- they pursue better jobs, complete educational or vocational training, and create stability for their families. This report (available in English and Spanish) looks at how a GI pilot program for immigrant families in New Mexico improved outcomes for participating families. (Programmatic data on well-being for immigrant families.)

Nov 03 2023

New Mexico senator proposes the federal government double lunch money for schools

2023-11-06T10:43:03-07:00Economic Security News Coverage, Education News Coverage, Health News Coverage, News Coverage|

Albuquerque Journal--New Mexico, Colorado, Minnesota, Vermont, Michigan and Massachusetts all made school breakfast and lunch free for all students starting this academic year. “The thing that’s really interesting is in New Mexico, the bill passed unanimously,” Wildau said. “Nobody voted against it, and so that was really unique.”

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