SANTA FE \u2013 New Mexico ranked 49th in a report released Monday measuring child well-being based on data gathered before the pandemic.<\/p>\n
That’s an improvement over last year when the state ranked 50th among U.S. states.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s encouraging to see that child well-being in New Mexico was improving before the pandemic hit,\u201d said James Jimenez, executive director for New Mexico Voices for Children, which partners with the foundation.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s cautiously optimistic that state policies \u201chelped offset some of the health and financial problems caused by the pandemic.\u201d<\/p>\n
The annual Kids Count report tracks 16 metrics of children\u2019s access to education, health, economic and social stability at home. It was released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation Monday.<\/p>\n
It ranks New Mexico at or near the bottom on education, economics, and \u201cfamily and community,\u201d which tracks rates of single-parent homes, teen birth rates and whether or not the head of household has a high school degree.<\/p>\n
One in five New Mexico children live in an area where 30% of the population is at or below the federal poverty line. Nationally, only one in 10 children live in high-poverty areas, according to the report.<\/p>\n
The report ranks the state 37th in child health, with kids having average access to insurance (94%) and only slightly higher than average obesity (32%).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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