ATTENTION: March SNAP benefits will be issued on February 28, 2019 and will be available on March 1, 2019. This is not a mistake or a bonus. The department encourages you to budget your SNAP benefits so that they last you through March. April benefits will be issued between 4/1/19-4/10/19 (click for more information). The regular issuance schedule will resume in May.


ATTENCION: Los beneficios SNAP de marzo se emitirán el 28 de febrero de 2019 y estarán disponibles el 1 de marzo de 2019. Esto no es un error ni una bonificación. El departmento lo alienta a presupuestar sus beneficios de SNAP para que duren hasta marzo. Los beneficios de abril se emitirán entre el 4/1/19-4/10/19 (haga clic para obtener más información). El horario regular de emisión se reanudará en mayo.

 
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  • 2/18/2019
    All SNAP food assistance benefits for March will be issued Feb. 28, 2019
    Santa Fe, N.M.  – New Mexico Human Services Department (NMHSD) announces it will issue all March food assistance benefits February 28, 2019, with an availability date of March 1, 2019. During the 35-day partial federal government shutdown, NMHSD issued the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) February assistance early on January 20, 2019. 

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    New England Journal of Medicine Publishes New Mexico Case Study on Medicaid Treatment Coverage Improvements for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus
    Landmark New Mexico Study was a Collaborative Effort Between the Human Services Department, the University of New Mexico, and Medicaid Managed Care Organizations. The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM Catalyst) has published a case study, “A Collaborative Model to Expand Medicaid Treatment Coverage for Chronic Hepatitis C Virus,” that resulted in expanded treatment for New Mexico’s most vulnerable patients.

  • 2/13/2019
    Gov. Lujan Grisham’s Administration Plans to Reverse Medicaid Policies that Create Barriers to Accessing Coverage
    Santa Fe, N.M. – Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Wednesday directed the Human Services Department to seek federal approval to reverse several policy decisions previously made on the Medicaid program that would have impacted nearly 700,000 New Mexicans.
    
    

  • 2/11/2019
    New Mexico State Senate Unanimously Confirms Human Services Department Secretary David R. Scrase, M.D.
    Santa Fe, N.M. – Today the New Mexico State Senate unanimously confirmed David R. Scrase, M.D. as Secretary of the Human Services Department.

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    New Mexico "Stars" to be recognized during 13th Annual Behavioral Health Day at the Legislature
    Santa Fe – The 13th Annual Behavioral Health Day at the Legislature is being held today, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. in the Capitol Rotunda.

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    February 6th to be Behavioral Health Day at the Roundhouse
    Behavioral Health Day 2019 will be on February 6th at the State Legislature. Other activities will be held on February 5th and 7th to bring attention to this important issue in the ways of advocacy and training.

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