New Mexico
New Mexico Childcare
State Requirements



Worker Qualifications
Teacher/Caregivers: Must be at least 18 years old.
Provider/Child Ratio
Age Range Ratios for Center Based Care in New Mexico State
Infants (1:6)
Toddlers (1:6)
Preschool (1:12)
Schoolage (1:15)
Mixed age group same as above
Age Range Ratios for Family Child Care in New Mexico State
All ages (1:6) and

(2:7-12) with no more than 2 children under the age of 2 years; includes provider's children under the age of 6 years


Contact Information
Child Care Licensing Agency
New Mexico Dept. of Children, Youth and Families
1920 Fifth Street
P.O. Drawer 5160
Santa Fe, NM 87505
Fax: (505) 827-7361
Hotline: (800) 610-7610 ext. 77499
New Mexico Daycare Listings
Child Care Subsidy Agency
New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department
Child Care Services Bureau
P.E.R.A. Building, Room 121
P.O. Drawer 5160
Santa Fe, NM 87502-5160
Phone: (505) 476-0453
Toll Free: (800) 832-1321
Fax: (505) 827-7361
Head Start - State Collaboration Office
Department of Children, Youth and Families
PERA Building, Room 116 B
P.O. Drawer 5160
Sante Fe, NM, 87502-5160
Phone: (505) 827-8409
Fax: (505) 476-0490

Child Care Food Program Agency
New Mexico Department of Education
120 South Federal Place, Room 106
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501-2786
Phone: (505) 827-1821
Fax: (505) 827-1815

State Child Care Resource & Referral Contact
Center for Family & Community
University of New Mexico
Hokona Hall, Room 376
Albuquerque, NM 87131
Phone: (505) 277-7900
Office of Child Support Enforcement
Child Support Enforcement Division
Department of Human Services
P.O.Box 25110
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504
Phone (505) 476-7207
Fax: (505) 476-7045
Child Abuse Reporting Hotline
To report suspected child abuse in New Mexico, call (800) 797-3260.
For national child abuse information, call the Childhelp USA National Child Abuse Hotline (staffed 24 hours daily with professional crisis counselors): 1-800-4-A-CHILD or 1-800-2-A-CHILD (T.D.D)
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