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Wednesday, December 28, 2011

The Inside Scoop on CYFD and Abuse/Neglect, Part II

In addition to my labor and employment mediation/arbitration work, I am also a New Mexico domestic relations mediator and child protection worker (CASA and GAL), In a previous blog, I outlined the general process by which children believed to be abused or neglected are brought into and processed through "the system."  In this follow up blog, I'll address specific details that crop up between intake and placement.

Monday, September 19, 2011

The Inside Scoop on CYFD

As a New Mexico domestic relations mediator and child protection worker (CASA and GAL), I attend training and blog in these areas with fair regularity.  I have previously written in broad outline form about the New Mexico child protection laws, timelines and policies, and now report on training conducted in August 2011 by CYFD)and the Albuquerque Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) Program, in which CYFD gave a overview on CYFD policies and procedures from intake to placement.