MISSION
To transform lives. Working with our partners, we design and deliver innovative, high quality health and human services that improve the security and promote independence for New Mexicans in their communities.
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The Human Services Department provides services and benefits to 1,100,445 New Mexicans through several programs including Medicaid, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Child Support, and several Behavioral Health Services.
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The Latest News From HSD
New online unified portal launching this fall for access to New Mexico health and human services
SANTA FE – The Human Services Department will launch a new web portal this fall designed to direct New Mexicans to all types of health and human services across state agencies – that fits their needs. The unified portal is the next step in creating a simplified,...
New Mexico to deliver $26 million in food assistance |Benefits allocated for 70,000 children under the age of six
SANTA FE – New Mexico households with children under six years of age who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits will receive additional food benefits Jan. 2o, 2022. In total, about $26 million will be delivered to about 70,000 children to...
Extension of emergency SNAP benefits will continue in January 2022
SANTA FE – New Mexico households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits will continue to receive the maximum amount for their household size for the month of January, announced the New Mexico Human Services Department. SNAP recipients...
State publishes the 2022 Data Book Volume 3 |Provides national data that compares New Mexico to other states
SANTA FE – The New Mexico Human Services Department announces the publication of the department’s third Data Book, this year in collaboration with sister agencies to form the first Health and Human Services Data Book. It is a summary of social, economic, and health...
$1.4 million in financial assistance funds for New Mexico low income households | 3,286 households to receive $452
SANTA FE – This week more than 3,000 low-income New Mexico households will receive a one-time payment of $452 in emergency financial assistance under an initiative administered by the New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) in partnership with the Taxation and...
RECIPE: Dr. Scrase’s Green Chile Piñon Stuffing
RECIPE First, this recipe has been adapted almost word for word from The Joy of Cooking. So, all credit goes to them. I have been preparing this recipe annually at Thanksgiving for at least 40 years. I adapted it to the Land of Enchantment in 1998 (when I moved...
Extension of emergency SNAP benefits will continue in November 2021
SANTA FE – New Mexico households receiving Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits will continue to receive the maximum amount for their household size for the month of November, announced the New Mexico Human Services Department. SNAP...