News Coverage

Dec 19 2019

NM needs to truly invest in child care assistance

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:48:22-06:00Economic Security News Coverage, Education News Coverage, News Coverage|

Albuquerque Journal--The real problem is that child care assistance in New Mexico has not been funded as much more than a work support program for parents. We’ve never made the investments that would be needed in order to address the multi-dimensional needs of kids in our state and see the increases in school readiness that we know the program can provide. It’s like setting aside only enough money to buy a subcompact and then complaining that it’s not as roomy as an SUV.

Dec 15 2019

Most New Mexico Families Will Get Good News this Tax Season

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:49:01-06:00Blog Posts, Economic Security Blog, Economic Security News Coverage, News Coverage, Tax and Budget Blog, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

New Mexico Kids!--In all, the tax package that was passed last year was a win for New Mexico families with children. It also protected revenue that we need for our classrooms, road repairs, and health care while still giving working families a much-needed break. There is still work to be done in 2020 to make the tax system fairer, but 2019 was a great start.

Oct 21 2019

State senator from San Juan County chosen for state’s new Tax Policy Advisory Committee

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:50:00-06:00News Coverage, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

Farmington Daily Times--“Tax policy is an important way we express our values as a state and raise the revenue to meet our goals,” Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham said in the press release. “These committees will study reform measures thoroughly and help us make sure we get it right.”

Oct 15 2019

Report: Majority of NM Families to Benefit from State Tax Cut

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:50:37-06:00Economic Security News Coverage, News Coverage, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

Public News Service--Bill Jordan, government relations officer with New Mexico Voices for Children, said currently those with the largest incomes in the state pay the smallest share of their incomes in state and local taxes, while those with the lowest incomes pay the highest share. He said 385,000 children will benefit when the revamped tax code returns $64 million to working families.

Oct 07 2019

Learn from Yazzie/Martinez, lotto scholarship to implement free college

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:51:16-06:00Education News Coverage, News Coverage|

Albuquerque Journal--To effectively address New Mexico’s interlocking problems, this free-tuition idea can avoid regrettable results if we learn from the Yazzie-Martinez litigation and the Lottery Scholarship outcome data.

Jul 30 2019

More parents will get help with child care under CYFD proposal

Alex McCausland2024-04-03T17:01:07-06:00Economic Security News Coverage, News Coverage, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

New Mexico In Depth--“It’s fantastic. It’s a really significant step forward for child care assistance in New Mexico,” said Amber Wallin, New Mexico director for the annual Kids Count report on child wellbeing.

Jul 25 2019

Progress report: Albuquerque neighborhood among many tricky for 2020 census in NM

Alex McCausland2024-04-03T17:01:58-06:00Human Rights/Civic Participation News Coverage, News Coverage, Racial and Ethnic Equity News Coverage|

Searchlight NM--“The big challenges in those areas are connecting to the folks who we know are likely to be undercounted,” said Amber Wallin, deputy director of New Mexico Voices for Children. “So people who may be poor or housing-insecure can be a real challenge in those areas, especially in communities that are changing.”

Jun 26 2019

Governor touts changes state is making to improve child welfare rankings

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:53:51-06:00Education News Coverage, Kids Count News Coverage, News Coverage|

Santa Fe New Mexican--“We all saw the report last week,” Lujan Grisham said Wednesday at a conference organized by the nonprofit advocacy group New Mexico Voices for Children. She was referring to the 2019 Kids Count Data Book, an annual report by the Baltimore-based Annie E. Casey Foundation, which assesses how kids in each state are faring on several measures, from health care to education to poverty.

Jun 25 2019

Report: New Mexico taxpayers missing out on funds from oil and gas projects

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:54:20-06:00Education News Coverage, Health News Coverage, News Coverage, Tax and Budget News Coverage|

Santa Fe New Mexican--Noting New Mexico’s Public Education Department is under a court order to make more investments in its schools, James Jimenez, executive director of the nonprofit New Mexico Voices for Children, said in an email that increasing those rates in the future is “just plain common sense” and will help the state meet the court mandates to improve public education.

Jun 24 2019

New Mexico Ranks Last Nationwide For Child Well-Being; New Hampshire: First

Alex McCausland2024-04-02T13:55:00-06:00Kids Count News Coverage, News Coverage|

InsideSources--“New Mexico tried for too long to tax-cut its way to prosperity, and the dismal results should surprise no one. We know that the best way to prosperity is with investments,” Jimenez told InsideSources.