Controversial Child Welfare Bill
3.11.2022 – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is considering a new bill that would change the way the state handles child abuse and neglect cases. Some child welfare activists are in favor, but many are opposed. The Line Opinion Panel debates the potential impacts of the bill, while addressing the systemic issues for children caught inside our state’s legal system.
Host: Gene Grant
Line Opinion Panelists:
Edmund Perea, attorney/legal and public safety analyst
Michael Bird, fmr. president of the American Public Health Association
Julie Ann Grimm, editor, Santa Fe Reporter
For More Information:
Courting Controversy: New Child Welfare Bureaucracy Draws Concerns – Searchlight NM