New Mexico: Children’s Cabinet Report Card: Growing Our Future, Together 2008

The Children’s Cabinet is a working group of the 14 departments that work closely on children’s issues. These departments include a wide range of state agencies, such as: Youth and Families Department, Human Service Department, Department of Health, Public Education, Higher Education, Corrections, Workforce Solutions, and even Economic Development and Cultural Affairs.

Data tracked includes measures such as: percentage of youth who volunteer in their community (involved), number of licensed and star-quality accredited child care providers (educated), percentage of parents who felt their children were safe at school (safe), percentage of children under 18 years living in poverty (supported), and percentage of low income, uninsured children under age 18 years (healthy).