New Mexico in Last Place for Child Well-Being

Jane Stevens 1/22/149:03 AM

In 2013, New Mexico dropped to dead last in the national Kids Count rankingfor child well-being. Kids delivered biscochitos to legislators with the message "Don't Sugarcoat It. We're 50th." New Mexico was No. 49 in 2012, with Mississippi in last place.

Veronica García, executive director of New Mexico Voices for Children, said the flip wasn't about what New Mexico is doing wrong but what Mississippi started doing right last year. "Mississippi increased the number of children enrolled in pre-K," she said.

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