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New Mexico Voices for Children
Albuquerque, New Mexico ·Founded in 1987 by a group of pediatricians, New Mexico Voices for Children (NM Voices) is a nonpartisan, statewide advocacy organization. We work to create systems-level sustainable change that will improve the lives of New Mexico’s children.
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New Mexico Network publications
Guaranteed Income: Increasing Employment and Helping Families Thrive
- December 18, 2023
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Javier Rojo, MPP
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 […]
How tax policies exacerbate racial and ethnic disparities
- April 3, 2023
- New Mexico Voices for Children
Decades of structural racism – in everything from education to voting rights, home ownership, and even drug sentencing laws – have advantaged whites while disadvantaging people of color. This has […]
Tax Policy: A Powerful Tool to Advance Racial Equity in New Mexico
- December 11, 2020
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Paige Knight
In order for every child in New Mexico to reach their full potential, our policymakers need to ensure that the policies in place now and in the future are antiracist. […]
Valuing Families at Work: The Case for Paid Sick Leave in New Mexico
- August 19, 2019
- Jacob Vigil, MSW
Half of all workers in New Mexico cannot earn paid sick leave and have to either go to work when they or a family member is sick or stay home […]
The Cost of Losing Child Care Assistance in New Mexico
- November 17, 2018
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Armelle Casau, PhD, and Sarah Hyde
Everyone should have the opportunity to work hard and achieve family economic security. And hard work should also be rewarded, but some policies are insufficient and inadvertently keep hard-working parents […]
Roadmap to a Stronger New Mexico
- September 20, 2018
- New Mexico Voices for Children
New Mexico’s unique cultural diversity, great natural beauty, and strong sense of community make it a resilient state, but there’s much more work to be done to achieve our full […]
New Mexicans are Worth More: Raising the State’s Minimum Wage
- August 31, 2018
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Sarah Hyde
While a handful of New Mexico municipalities – including the cities of Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and Santa Fe, and Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties – have raised their minimum wages […]
New Mexicans are Worth More: Raising the State’s Minimum Wage
- August 30, 2018
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Sarah Hyde
This report makes the case for raising the minimum wage in New Mexico, which is currently $7.50. The report includes various demographics of the state’s low-wage workforce. It also demonstrates […]
New Mexicans are Worth More: Raising the State’s Minimum Wage
- August 16, 2018
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Sarah Hyde
While a handful of New Mexico municipalities – including the cities of Albuquerque, Las Cruces, and Santa Fe, and Bernalillo and Santa Fe counties – have raised their minimum wages […]
Raising the State Minimum Wage
- January 1, 2017
- New Mexico Voices for Children
- Gerard Bradley
Raising the minimum wage is an effective strategy for reducing poverty in New Mexico, particularly given the erosion of its purchasing power since it was last raised in 2009. In […]