Research made for action
The Roadmap follows three interconnected parts of child well-being: education, health and economic security. Move from the evidence to the policy, then choose a useful next step.
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The Children’s Roadmap
Evidence should lead somewhere.
The Roadmap is guided by one direct question: How do these policy recommendations improve a child’s life? That creates a clear path from the data to the policy, and from the policy to a useful next step.
Reading path based on the New Mexico Children’s Roadmap 2026
Three currents, one future
The Roadmap treats education, health, and economic security as connected. Change the stage to see what the report shows, what policy can change, and where people can act.
What the evidence shows
New Mexico has 150 community schools, and 63% receive state grant funding. The Roadmap also reports that 58% of students say they have supportive relationships with adults at school, compared with 75% who report supportive relationships with parents or other adults at home.
See what policy can change →Fifteen of New Mexico's 33 counties have no pediatrician. About one in four children in the state did not receive even one preventive medical visit.
See what policy can change →One in four New Mexico children live in poverty, compared with one in seven children nationally. The Roadmap explains that income, public benefits, tax credits and the cost of basic needs all affect family economic security.
See what policy can change →
KIDS COUNT / Data in context
The 2025 data book shows how public supports change family resources, and why measurement choices matter.
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