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HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT NEWS A Dose of Wellness is a new campaign to promote mental and physical well-being by offering positive tools and informational resources to help New Mexicans improve their health, announced the New Mexico Human Services Department. “We cannot separate the mind from the body,” said Dr. Neal Bowen, division director for Behavioral Health Services at the New Mexico Human Services Department. “Poor physical health increases the risk of mental health concerns; just as mental health concerns have a negative impact on physical health.” The campaign is designed to...

HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT NEWS The New Mexico Human Services Department (HSD) will be holding public listening sessions to receive feedback regarding the department’s business processes and customer satisfaction. The department is seeking input from customers, providers, employees, advocacy organizations, and members of the public about how we can improve our services to New Mexicans. Specifically, the department is requesting feedback regarding: Medicaid and Behavioral Health Services Child Support Services Applying for HSD benefits and Customer Service Additionally, members of the public ...

Salinas Californian Half of Stacy Estes’ pay disappears every month before it hits his bank account. Each check is about $500 lighter than it should be, intercepted in the name of child support — which he wouldn’t have a problem with, if it were going to his kids. Instead, only $225 goes to his children. The rest is garnished to repay government debt he began accruing more than two decades ago when he first got behind on child support payments.  The 53-year-old man owes about $47,000 in child support debt, most of which is compounded by years of government-imposed interest, according t...

Half of Stacy Estes’ pay disappears every month before it hits his bank account. Each check is about $500 lighter than it should be, intercepted in the name of child support — which he wouldn’t have a problem with, if it were going to his kids. Instead, only $225 goes to his children. The rest is garnished to repay government debt he began accruing more than two decades ago when he first got behind on child support payments.  The 53-year-old man owes about $47,000 in child support debt, most of which is compounded by years of government-imposed interest, according to financial records ...

New Mexico Seeks Nominations For Primary Care Council NMHSD News: SANTA FE — The New Mexico Human Services Department (NMHSD) is accepting nominations for the Primary Care Council until Friday, May 14, 2021. In  House Bill 67, enacted during the 2021 legislative session, the Council is designed to: “Increase access to primary care, improve the quality of primary care services, lower the cost of primary care delivery, address the shortage of primary care providers and reduce overall health care costs” statewide. “Given that more than 48 percent of New Mexicans receive one or more ser...