Visit the Office of Child Development area for a description of New Mexico's Career Lattice for Early Care, Education and Family support that leads to levels of certification and licensure available from the state of New Mexico.

New Mexico Kids Network TTAP Partners are committed to offering parents, teachers and caregivers of young children a broad range of services from a toy lending center to parent and provider training and problem solving. The TTAP is funded through the state of New Mexico's Children, Youth and Families Department.

View, add and search statewide and regional training events.

The Trainer Registry is a database of individuals who have been approved by CYFD as being qualified to provide training to early care and education practitioners. The approval system and Registry is based on New Mexico’s seven core competencies for personnel working in early care and education.

Look for the STARS is a five-level quality rating system to help parents identify quality child care programs. The higher the STAR Level, the higher the level of quality. Each STAR Level requires a provider to meet higher quality standards in six areas.

AIM HIGH is a child-care support program to help ensure safe, high-quality care. AIM HIGH, a project developed by the Children, Youth and Families Department, teams a child-care program with a program development specialist, or mentor. The two work together to develop a plan for improving the quality of the program.

A listing of New Mexico State Regulations regarding child care, facilities, and education standards among others.

The Child Care Revolving Loan Fund provides low interest loans to licensed child care providers in New Mexico for the purpose of upgrading quality. To apply for the loan, you must be licensed for three or more years and must comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws and regulations.