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-SENATE MEMORIAL 22
+Fiscal impact reports (FIRs) are prepared by the Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) for standing finance
+committees of the Legislature. LFC does not assume responsibility for the  accuracy of these reports  if they
+are used for other purposes.
 
-57th legislature - STATE OF NEW MEXICO - second session, 2026
+F I S C A L    I M P A C T    R E P O R T
 
-INTRODUCED BY
+BILL NUMBER: Senate Memorial 22
+SHORT TITLE: Study CYFD Funds & Domestic Violence
+SPONSOR: Charley
+LAST
+UPDATE:
+ ORIGINAL
+DATE:
 
-Angel M. Charley
+2/6/2026
 
-A MEMORIAL
+ANALYST: Malone
 
-REQUESTING THE LEGISLATIVE FINANCE COMMITTEE TO CONVENE A
-WORKING GROUP TO STUDY STATE AND FEDERAL FUNDS ADMINISTERED BY
-THE CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES DEPARTMENT TO SUPPORT DOMESTIC
-VIOLENCE SERVICES IN NEW MEXICO.
+ESTIMATED ADDITIONAL OPERATING BUDGET IMPACT*
+(dollars in thousands)
+Agency/Program FY26 FY27 FY28 3 Year
+Total Cost
+Recurring or
+Nonrecurring
+Fund
+Affected
+LFC Indeterminate
+but minimal
+Indeterminate
+but minimal  Indeterminate
+but minimal Nonrecurring N/A
+Parentheses ( ) indicate expenditure decreases.
+*Amounts reflect most recent analysis of this legislation.
 
-     WHEREAS, domestic violence, also referred to as intimate
-partner violence, remains a significant public safety and
-public health issue in New Mexico, and the children, youth and
-families department administers and distributes state and
-federal funds intended to support domestic violence services
-across the state; and
+Relates to House Bill 130
 
-     WHEREAS, transparency and accountability in the use of
-public funds requires a clear understanding of how such funds
-are administered and distributed, including who receives the
-funds and for what purposes; and
+Sources of Information
 
-     WHEREAS, domestic violence providers across New Mexico
-continue to report unmet needs and insufficient resources to
-meet survivors' services demands;
+LFC Files
 
-     NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE STATE
-OF NEW MEXICO that the legislative finance committee be
-requested to convene a working group, including representation
-from the department of finance and administration, the
-legislative finance committee, domestic violence providers from
-around New Mexico and the New Mexico coalition against domestic
-violence, to study all state and federal funds administered by
-the children, youth and families department for the purpose of
-supporting domestic violence services in New Mexico; and
+Because of the short timeframe between the introduction of this bill and its first hearing, LFC has
+yet to receive analysis from state, education, or judicial agencies. This analysis could be updated
+if that analysis is received.
 
-     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that, at a minimum, the study
-include:
+SUMMARY
 
-          A.  an accounting of the state and federal domestic-violence-related funds administered by the children, youth and
-families department;
+Synopsis of Senate Memorial 22
 
-          B.  an examination of how those funds are
-administered and distributed, including administrative
-structures, pass-through arrangements and time lines;
+Senate Memorial 22 (SM22) requests the Legislative Finance Committee  (LFC) convene a
+working group to study state and federal funds  supporting domestic violence services  in New
+Mexico, which are administered by the Children, Youth and Families Department (CYFD).
 
-          C.  identification of entities that receive such
-funds and the amounts each entity receives; and
+SM22 provides for the working group to include representation from the Department of Finance
+and Administration (DFA), LFC, domestic violence service providers in the state, and the New
+Mexico Coalition Against Domestic Violence.
 
-          D.  a recommendation regarding what level of funding
-is needed to fully fund domestic violence support services
-statewide with a focus on funding support being directed to
-domestic violence providers; and
+The study must include an accounting of state and federal funding administered by CYFD,
+examine how funds are administered and distributed, identify recipients of funds, and
+recommend the level of funding necessary to fully support services statewide.
 
-     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this memorial be
-transmitted to the legislative finance committee, the secretary
-of finance and administration and the secretary of children,
-youth and families.
+SM22 does not include a date  by which the study must be completed or instructions regarding
+the format for communicating results of the study to the Legislature.
 
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+Senate Memorial 22 – Page 2
+
+FISCAL IMPLICATIONS
+
+Memorials do not contain appropriations and are not enforceable as state law. The study
+requested in this memorial is within the  normal operati ons of the agencies involved and is
+unlikely to result in significant costs.
+
+SIGNIFICANT ISSUES
+
+Within the Behavioral Health Services Program, CYFD maintains a domestic violence unit that
+operates as the statewide lead for domestic violence services. The unit provides contract
+management and program oversight for community-based domestic violence programs across the
+state. Programs receiving funding from the unit provide an array of services to survivors of
+domestic violence and their children as well as to those who have perpetrated domestic violence.
+
+In FY25, the domestic violence unit distributed a total of $18.4 million for community-based
+domestic violence services across the state. This funding included about $15.8 million in
+recurring general fund appropriations, $2.4 million in federal funding, and $270.8 thousand in
+nonrecurring state special appropriations.
+
+CYFD’s domestic violence unit contracts with 36 providers across the state , and CYFD reports
+that in FY25 the contracted programs provided the following services:
+• 97,237 Congregate Shelter Nights
+• 9,306 Alternative Shelter Nights
+• 16,510 Crisis Hotline Calls
+• 42,714 Victim Advocacy Sessions
+• 15,742 Individual or Group Counseling Sessions
+• 11,631 Criminal or Civil Legal Advocacy Sessions
+• 9,181 Criminal or Civil Legal Representation Sessions
+• 4,975 Survivor Transportation Instances
+• 214 Instances of Accompaniment for Medical Services
+• 767 Language Services Instances
+• 8,699 Individuals Received - Youth-Focused Violence Prevention Education Sessions
+• 9,067 Individuals Received – Adult-Focused Violence Prevention Education Sessions
+• 2,788 Male Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Groups
+• 1,330 Female Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Groups
+• 16 Youth-Focused Domestic Violence Offender Treatment Groups
+
+Senate Bill 58 passed during the 2019 legislative session (which resulted in a program now
+known as Program Inventories for Value, Outcomes, and Transparency, or PIVOT) expanded the
+Accountability in Government Act  (AGA) to include program inventories for certain large
+agencies, including CYFD. The legislation amended AGA to provide the Legislature and
+executive with authority to ask agencies to inventory programs along with providing cost and
+performance data . Most recently in 2023, CYFD was asked to inventory programs within the
+Behavioral Health Services Program , including domestic violence services programs. That
+inventory included:
+• $13.4 million expended for immediate shelter and supportive services for survivors ,
+serving a total of about 12 thousand individuals;
+Senate Memorial 22 – Page 3
+
+• $1.1 million expended for the Children’s Capacity Building Project focused on improving
+the child/non-abusive parent bond, serving 808 children and 656 parents; and
+• $1.4 million expended for Offender Treatment and Intervention for adult offenders,
+serving 1,674 individuals.
+
+CONFLICT, DUPLICATION, COMPANIONSHIP, RELATIONSHIP
+
+Relates to House Bill 130, which appropriates $5 million from the general fund to CYFD for the
+purpose of funding community-based domestic violence programs in FY27.
+
+CEM/hg/sgs