Albuquerque, NM (KKOB) –Today Governor Lujan Grisham signed an executive order banning the practice of children in state custody sleeping overnight in government offices, which has occurred when no appropriate foster or residential placements were available. Starting March 1st, no child may sleep in a CYFD office under any circumstances, and the agency must ensure all youth are placed in appropriate care settings. Children slept in state offices after emergency removals, when agencies couldn’t place sibling groups together, when treatment facilities discharged them without available placements, or when older youth refused other options.
