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Afterschool

Afterschool Alliance:
Looking for the basic facts about afterschool such as how many children and youth participate, how many are unsupervised and how afterschool programs benefit children, families and communities? The fact sheets on this website provide an overview of the basic facts used to make the case for afterschool in general and 21st Century Community Learning Centers in particular. http://afterschoolalliance.org/researchFactSheets.cfm

NM Afterschool State Facts http://www.afterschoolalliance.org/policyStateFacts.cfm?state_abbr=NM

DEMOGRAPHICS

To help simplify your search below are some direct links in specific indicator categories.

HEALTH

  • Link to Youth Risk Resiliency Survey (YRRS) http://youthrisk.org/
    • The New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (YRRS) is a tool to assess the health risk behaviors and resiliency (protective) factors of New Mexico high school and middle school students. The YRRS is part of the national CDC Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System (YRBSS), but the survey results have widespread benefits for New Mexico at the state, county, and school district levels. Topic areas include risk behaviors related to alcohol and drug use, unintentional injury, violence, suicidal ideation and attempts, tobacco use, sexual activity, physical activity, and nutrition; resiliency (protective) factors such as relationships in the family, school, community, and with peers; and health status issues such as body weight and asthma.
    • YRRS Reports by county
      http://youthrisk.org/county.php       or http://nmhealth.org/ERD/HealthData/yrrs.shtml
    • Link to Office of School and Adolescent Health (OSAH) http://www.nmschoolhealth.org/reports.shtml

OSAH the office of the New Mexico Department of Health that works to improve student and adolescent health through integrated school-based or school-linked health services. OSAH also engages in adolescent health promotion and disease prevention activities directly and through collaboration with public and private agencies across New Mexico. OSAH staff guide policy development on school and adolescent health issues and are involved in workforce development and training's for those providing services to New Mexico youth.

Protective Services Publicly Available Data Fact Book: Currently this document is published annually on a calendar year basis. The report contains both quarterly and annual data. http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/factbook_2009.pdf

360 degree County Profiles This comprehensive review of child welfare in New Mexico serves the needs of multiple stakeholder groups and fosters continuous improvement in New Mexico’s child welfare system.

Region 1: San Juan, McKinley, Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia, Torrance
http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/psprofiles/Reg1CtyProfiles_Qt1_SFY11.pdf

Region 2: Rio Arriba, Taos, Colfax, Union, Mora, Los Alamos, Santa Fe San Miguel, Guadalupe
http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/psprofiles/Reg2CtyProfiles_Qt1_SFY11.pdf

Region 3: Bernalillo
http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/psprofiles/Reg3CtyProfiles_Qt1_SFY11.pdf

Region 4: Harding, Quay, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt, Chavez, Lea, Eddy
http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/psprofiles/Reg4CtyProfiles_Qt1_SFY11.pdf

Region 5: Catron, Socorro, Lincoln, Sierra, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Dona Ana, Otero
http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/psprofiles/Reg5CtyProfiles_Qr1_SFY11.pdf

Juvenile Justice Services Publications http://www.cyfd.org/node/13
The following publications list Juvenile Justice statistics for the State of New Mexico by demographics, referral/incidents and county.
Fiscal Year 2011: First Quarter - http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/jjs_factbook_fy11q1.pdf
Annual Report 2010: http://www.cyfd.org/pdf/jjs_fy10_annual_report.pdf


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