ECECD Early Childhood Community Newsletter: Monday, September 29, 2025| www.nmececd.org
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Calling all Early Childhood Providers| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
Notice of public rule hearing: The public rule hearing will be held on October 9, 2025, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. for proposed rule amendments to 8.9.3 NMAC, 8.9.4 NMAC, and 8.9.5 NMAC. The hearing will be held in Apodaca Hall of the PERA Building located at 1120 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87502 and via virtual web platform (Zoom), email, and telephonic means. The public hearing will be conducted in a fair and equitable manner by an ECECD agency representative or hearing office...| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
New Mexico will become the first state in the nation to guarantee no-cost universal child care starting November 1, extending access to every family regardless of income and saving families an average of $12,000 per child each year. This historic investment strengthens family stability, supports the workforce, and positions New Mexico as a national model for building a sustainable, high-quality early learning system.| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
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Share Your Story with the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department!| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
Joannie Suina named assistant secretary for Native American early childhood education and care| www.nmececd.org
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Dr. Hailey Heinz has been appointed to serve as the new division director for Policy, Research, and Quality Initiatives (PRQI) at the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD). | Early Childhood Education & Care Department
Notice of Public Rule Hearing: 8.9.9 NMAC - Child Care Facility Loan Act| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
Welcoming Dr. Joannie Suina: Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Childhood Education and Care| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
Findings underscore the need to expand access to programs statewide | Early Childhood Education & Care Department
SANTA FE – Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham today signed an executive order to expand Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library program, ensuring every New Mexico child from birth to age five has access to free monthly books delivered to their home.| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
ECECD Leadership Updates: Communications Director + Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Early Education and Care| Early Childhood Education & Care Department
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. –The New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Advisory Council appointed three new members during its second meeting of 2025 on March 26 in Albuquerque. | Early Childhood Education & Care Department
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ECECD honors four New Mexico healthcare providers with the inaugural Early Childhood Healthcare Champion Awards | Early Childhood Education & Care Department
SANTA FE, NM – This week the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) announced updated regulations that will ensure that qualifying New Mexico families will continue to receive free child care through its child care assistance (CCA) program and child care providers will receive increased rates to achieve and maintain quality care and learning environments, including sufficient funding to pay competitive wages to their early childhood professionals. | Early Childhood Education & Care Department