The New Mexico Children, Youth, and Families Department is a state agency of New Mexico, headquartered in the PERA Building in Santa Fe.

It was created as a cabinet department by statute in 1992 under Ch.

[3] The secretary is also a member of the New Mexico Governor's Cabinet.

[4] Cabinet secretaries in the administration of Michelle Lujan Grisham have include Brian Blalock,[5] Barbara Vigil, and current Secretary Teresa Casados.

[7] Facilities include:[8] The former New Mexico Boys School opened on October 1, 1909.