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Lead Family Peer Support Navigator – Albuquerque

The Lead Family Peer Support Navigator (FPSN) plays a crucial role in enhancing the effectiveness of the FPSN program by maintaining an active client caseload while serving as an important resource for on-boarding, training, and supporting fellow FPSNs in their day-to-day work. In this role, the Lead FPSN directly supports OFRA clients by coaching, mentoring, and guiding them through the child and family welfare system, helping them navigate services in their court ordered case plans, offering emotional support, and collaborating with the interdisciplinary legal team to remove participation barriers. Additionally, the Lead FPSN supports the implementation of OFRA’s practice model by modeling for and teaching consistent practice to fellow FPSNs and supporting them in the development of the competencies and confidence needed to do their jobs effectively.

For more information about this role and to apply, click here.

Supervisor Attorney – Albuquerque

This position exists to provide day-to-day supervisory support for staff attorneys, and other legal support staff, under the Legal Division to ensure the highest quality legal representation for those involved in New Mexico’s child welfare system.

Duties of this position include:
-Manage attorney caseloads and direct the work of trial attorneys.
-Develop and provide training and job aids (e.g., sample briefs, motions, forms, case summaries, etc.) for OFRA attorneys and Interdisciplinary Legal Teams.
-Provide legal consultation services to indigent parents, guardians, and custodians contemplating voluntary placement of their children in state custody.
-Interview witnesses, identify experts, obtain and review discovery.
-Collaborate with OFRA Divisions to ensure that clients receive other appropriate services and support.

For more information about this role and to apply, click here.

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Requests for Proposals

There are currently no requests for proposals.

Free Food Resources

Families around the state can find free food (boxes, pantries, and meals) by clicking on the following.

In the Albuquerque Metro/Central NM area

https://www.cabq.gov/health-housing-homelessness/homelessness/connect-to-resources )(see sections: Free Meal Sites, Food Assistance, and Homeless Services)
Free Groceries for Low Income Seniors
Food Box Resources in Albuquerque

Statewide

The Family Justice Initiative (FJI) congratulates OFRA on its opening!

The Family Justice Initiative is a national collaborative of children’s attorneys, parents’ attorneys, educators, researchers, national policy advocates, and lived experience experts who share a common goal: to increase access to high-quality legal representation for children and parents in child welfare cases.

Read full article here.