Local Data

Mar 12 2015

Making College More Affordable for Working Families: A Critical Investment in New Mexico

Alex McCausland2021-08-26T14:02:43-06:00Education Publications, Local Data, Publications, Tax and Budget Publications|

Report It’s not a coincidence that New Mexico’s lower rate of college-educated adults correlates with its higher rate of low-wage jobs - education and money are inexorably linked. Without supports, attaining a college education is out-of-reach for most low-income students. By creating a higher-paid workforce, making college more affordable for working families would benefit the state as a whole. (State- and regional-level data on adult education levels, and some state-level funding data)

Mar 11 2015

Investments in Early Childhood Care and Education

Alex McCausland2021-08-27T15:58:32-06:00Education Publications, Kids Count Publications, Local Data, Publications|

County Data Sheets How much is the state spending on the early childhood care and education services that will improve outcomes for children and how does the sending breakdown by county? These KIDS COUNT fact sheets look at state investments in home visiting, child care assistance, NM Pre-K, and K-3 Plus, and more. (State- and county-level data on early childhood programs and some population demographics)

Feb 25 2015

Expanding New Mexico’s Working Families Tax Credit Would Generate Economic Activity and Help Hard-Working Families

Alex McCausland2021-08-26T14:06:36-06:00Economic Security Publications, Local Data, Publications, Tax and Budget Publications|

Report New Mexico’s Working Families Tax Credit not only lifts tens of thousands of low-income families out of poverty each year, it also generates economic activity because the money is spent quickly and locally. Increasing the value of the credit would help with New Mexico’s sluggish recovery and cost the state much less than recently enacted tax cuts to profitable corporations. (State-level data on tax credit recipients; full report includes legislative-district-level data on recipiency)

Feb 25 2015

2015 KIDS COUNT county profiles

Alex McCausland2021-08-30T15:00:06-06:00Economic Security Publications, Education Publications, Health Publications, Kids Count Publications, Local Data, Publications|

County Data Sheets Find out the percentage of children in each New Mexico county who live in poverty or in single-parent families, who lack health insurance, and how they fare on the 13 other indicators of child well-bring in these KIDS COUNT profiles. (State- and county-level data on indicators of child well-being)

Feb 25 2015

Increasing the Working Families Tax Credit is good for New Mexico

Alex McCausland2021-08-27T14:43:16-06:00Economic Security Publications, Local Data, Publications|

Fact Sheet Created for the 2015 legislative session, this fact sheet looks at who benefits from the state's Working Families Tax Credit and why it should be increased. (State-level data on tax credit recipients)

Jan 29 2015

Spending cuts to child care assistance put kids at risk

Alex McCausland2021-08-26T14:12:22-06:00Health Publications, Kids Count Publications, Local Data, Publications, Tax and Budget Publications|

Fact Sheet The state's Children, Youth and Families Department seems to have its spending priorities a bit mixed up, as this fact sheet shows. While the department is requesting $10 million more for investigating allegations of child abuse, it's asked for less money - not to mention having neglected to spend federal money - for child care assistance even though the lack of affordable child care is a risk factor for child abuse. (State-level data on child care assistance)

Jan 20 2015

2014 KIDS COUNT in New Mexico

Alex McCausland2023-02-14T13:34:01-07:00Economic Security Publications, Education Publications, Health Publications, Kids Count Publications, Local Data, Publications|

NM KIDS COUNT Data Book This annual accounting on child well-being presents data on indicators such as preschool enrollment, and rates of poverty, truancy, child abuse, and teen births. In addition, this year’s report ranks the counties on the 16 indicators of child well-being used in the national report and offers some policy solutions for improving child outcomes in New Mexico. (State-, county-, tribal-, and school-district-level data on indicators of child well-being)

Sep 30 2014

The State of Working New Mexico 2014

Alex McCausland2021-08-27T15:09:18-06:00Economic Security Publications, Education Publications, Local Data, Publications, Racial and Ethnic Equity Publications|

Report The share of teens and young adults in the workforce has declined over the past two decades in New Mexico. Even though other mountain states and the U.S. as a whole are seeing these same trends, New Mexico has some of the lowest labor force participation rates, unemployment rates, and employment-to-population ratios for this demographic. (State- and regional-level data on employment and workforce demographics disaggregated by several criteria, including by race and ethnicity)

Sep 08 2014

Strengthening New Mexico’s Workforce and Economy by Developing Career Pathways

Alex McCausland2021-08-26T14:25:13-06:00Economic Security Publications, Education Publications, Local Data, Publications, Tax and Budget Publications|

Report New Mexico’s education programs for low-skilled workers are underfunded, fragmented, and have low completion rates. The state should develop a career pathways framework, which would better help our workforce earn industry credentials and college degrees. (State- and regional-level data on educational attainment level of adults, economic security, and state funding levels)

Apr 14 2014

Child Well-Being in New Mexico

Alex McCausland2021-08-27T14:59:31-06:00Economic Security Publications, Education Publications, Health Publications, Kids Count Publications, Local Data, Publications, Racial and Ethnic Equity Publications|

Presentation Given by Veronica C. Garcia, Ed.D., at a roundtable discussion hosted by U.S. Senator Tom Udall, this looks at data on child well-being in New Mexico as presented in the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s 2013 national KIDS COUNT Data Book and their 2014 Race for Results: Building a Path to Opportunity for all Children policy brief. (State- and national-level data on the indicators of child well-being, including data by race and ethnicity)