Links & Resources

Financial Support for Families

• Human Services Department, Income Spport Division
  • General Assistance
  • Medicaid
  • SNAP (Supplemental Nutritiion Assistance Program)
  • LIHEAP (Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program)
  • TEFAP (The Emergency Food Assistance Program
• Albuquerque Housing Services
• Bernalillo County Housing Authority
• Child Support Enforcement Division
• NM Veterans Services
• Social Security Administration
• Veterans Benefits

Child Development

• Attachment Disorder
• Child Development Institute
• National Association for Child Developmet

Indian Child Welfare Act 

• Indian Country Today
• National Indian Child Wefare Association

Child Welfare and Legal Sites  

• ABA Center on Children and the Law
• American Humane Association
• American Professional Society on the Abuse of Children
• Child Welfare Home Page
• Child Welfare League of America
• Childrens Defense Organization
• Connect For Kids
• Corine Wolf Children's Law Section
• International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse
• Kempe Children's Center and Foundation for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
• National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
• Missing Kids
• National Clearinghouse on Child Abuse and Neglect
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges
• New Mexico Advocates for Children and Families
• New Mexico Bar Children's Law Section
• New Mexico Citizen's Review Board
• Pegasus Legal Services for Children
• Permanency Planning for Children Department
• VOICES for America's Children

Special Education/Health Issues 

• American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
• Anxiety Disorders Association of America
• Bipolar Child Website
• Bipolar News
• Individuals with Disabilities Act
• Special Education Law Strategies and Resources

Locating AbsentParents/Relatives

• AnyWho.com
• Corrections Department Addressess and Phone Numbers
• SwitchBoard.com

Free Legal Research 

• Code of Federal Regulations
• Rules of Appellate Procedure
• NM Supreme Court Law Library
• NM Administative Code (NMAC)
• NM Government

Grandparents & Kin Raising Families

• American Association of Retired Persons
• Anne E. Casey Foundation-Kinship Care
• Brookdale Foundation-Kinship Care Notes
• Generations United-Kinship Families
• Grandfamilies of America-Kinship Care Issues