Video & Transcript Research : 'ECECD'
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New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:25 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Bills:
SB241
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
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New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 18th, 2026 at 06:51 pm
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Bills:
SB241
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
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New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
Senate Chamber Feb 18th, 2026 at 10:53 am
New Mexico Senate Floor Meeting
Bills:
SB241
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
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Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
NM
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 10th, 2026 at 07:02 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Keywords:
child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department, ECECD, child care facilities, licensed child care, registered child care, copayments, waitlist, subsidy, federal poverty level
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New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Feb 16th, 2026 at 10:48 pm
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- advocacy organizations, teachers, and other relevant parties as parties who shall be consulted by ECECD
- amendment also adds a requirement that child care facilities participating in the program report to ECECD
Keywords:
SB132, DOIT, Department of Information Technology, software replacement, equipment replacement, technology funding, revolving fund, capital equipment, enterprise services, state IT budgeting, software budgeting, amortization, depreciation, State Treasurer, Department of Finance and Administration, New Mexico, information technology, IT infrastructure, fund accounting, legislative appropriation
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Transcript Highlights:
- PED and ECECD are measuring outcomes through the early development instrument and using the data to engage
- Since the official establishment of ECECD, we're seeing rapid growth in higher education enrollment in
- and now he stands here to do this for this initiative as well since the official establishment of ECECD
- Since the official establishment of ECECD, we're seeing rapid growth in higher education enrollment in
- They all mention homelessness, so I'm wondering how ECECD defines homelessness, especially in the definition
Keywords:
higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool, pre-K, Head Start, Early Head Start, Children's Code, early childhood education and care department
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Keywords:
general appropriation, budget, Medicaid, education funding, public safety, higher education, research funding, federal funding, New Mexico, appropriation, University of New Mexico, New Mexico State University, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, child care, child care assistance, child care subsidy, early childhood education, early childhood care, daycare, preschool
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Sep 10th, 2025
New Mexico Finance Authority Oversight Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- As long as you are in good standing with the ECECD licensure, then you can apply.
- ECECD Number four demonstrates that the number of children served must increase by 10.
- The provider will certify to ECECD that they have met all their criteria, and ECECD will evaluate to
- But ECECD has. Clear metrics.
- So there's that chicken and egg, and ECECD has solved for that issue.
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 12th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- And then additionally, ECECD has brought a representative as well.
- Initiatives division at ECECD. Good morning. Thank you.
- I appreciate the work that's being done with FIT, with ECECD, and home visiting.
- In 2024, ECECD launched pay parity specific to Head Start.
- On the part of Head Start, I think the ECECD needs to look at Head Start as a model.
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New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 9th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- As I alluded to, on November 1st of this year, ECECD, and now...
- And so this is following significant expansions that ECECD and you all as the legislature made.
- However, ECECD could consider instituting the tiered eligibility system today.
- So is that for all of ECECD, or is that simply for the—well, I guess that is all of ECECD? No. Mr.
- ECECD becomes, unless you have something to perhaps address that. Thank you. Mr.
Summary:
The committee heard first from LFC staff on a brief about New Mexico’s universal child care expansion. Staff said child care assistance has clear benefits for parents and families, but LFC has not found evidence in New Mexico that it improves children’s educational outcomes; they argued pre-K is the better tool for that goal. The brief highlighted four concerns with universal access: an estimated annual cost of about $849.7 million, a sharp decline in registered homes, possible crowding out of lower-income families, and reduced access for children under age two. Staff also suggested possible mitigations such as prioritizing slots for low-income and at-risk families, reinstating sliding-scale co-pays, and tying quality improvements to workforce wages.
Members raised questions about the cost estimate, funding sources, provider quality, and whether the data showed actual crowding out. Several lawmakers expressed support for child care generally but concern about the fiscal impact and whether universal access would divert resources from the families most in need. Others emphasized the importance of child care for workforce participation, rural communities, and family stability, and questioned how registered homes are counted and regulated. LFC staff clarified that the cost estimate was for child care assistance only, not the entire ECECD budget, and that the data showed declines in the share of lowest-income children and infants/toddlers served, though not causation.
The ECECD secretary then presented the department’s response, saying universal child care is intended to complete a cradle-to-career system and that the department has already seen strong uptake, increased capacity, and rising workforce participation. She said 6,206 families were found eligible in the first month, the share of infants and toddlers served rose, and new provider applications and licensed slots increased after the November rollout. The department also emphasized wage increases, quality improvements, and a new wage scale/career lattice, while projecting a lower near-term cost than LFC’s estimate and requesting additional funding for child care, early pre-K, home visiting, workforce systems, and capacity-building. No votes or formal actions were taken in the portion provided; the discussion was informational and focused on questions and testimony.
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Dec 9th, 2025 at 01:24 pm
Transcript Highlights:
- If you look at the table on page five, what you will see is the types of providers that ECECD has.
- However, ECECD could consider instituting...
- , I guess that is all of ECECD?
- ECECD and a private operator who is not operating within the system.
- So every year, it's done by state printing, very nicely designed by our staff Here at ECECD.
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Sep 10th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- To date, ECECD has made significant progress in implementing many of the 2020 report's recommendations
- ECECD programs have largely shifted from half-day to full-day, and slots for three-year-olds have also
- Although ECECD has consistent standards for all classrooms, this means that everything from a single
- ECECD could also support expanded access to back office support and technical assistance for smaller
- ECECD has also implemented New indirect cost policies that place reasonable limits on administrative
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Jun 25th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- And the third is an update on the FI provider rates, which we'll get from the secretary of ECECD.
- At the table has been Presbyterian as the provider, Healthcare Authority, ECECD, us and Department of
- Ones I know for nonverbal children, ECECD would require would be like...
- On page 6, you'll see in charts 3 and 4 that under ECECD programs have largely shifted from half day
- Although ECECD has consistent standards for all classrooms, this means that everything from a single
NM
New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Aug 20th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- What you can expect from our presentation today is an overview of not only our mission at ECECD, but
- At our ECECD office in Sanofi.
- And programming at ECECD and across the state.
- Communications within our ECECD community, how they can approach tribal leadership, and what are some
- Home visiting staff, as well as our ECECD tribal liaisons, which you can find listed on the very back
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Finance Aug 19th, 2025
Transcript Highlights:
- As Table 4 demonstrates, ECECD offers seven different home visiting programs.
- I want to be up front that **ECECD** has had to build its data and accountability infrastructure from
- So, ECECD must implement strategies that help recruit, retain, and fairly compensate early childhood
- We invite the Legislative Finance Committee to continue its positive partnership with ECECD, support
- I would like to, if I could, just introduce the staff who traveled here with us today from the ECECD
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Indian Affairs Sep 25th, 2025
House Government, Elections & Indian Affairs
Transcript Highlights:
- Now, on to slide four, a little bit more about **ECECD**.
- Behind all of this work is the full leadership. team at ECECD, from our Cabinet Secretary, Gerginski,
- In regards to this specific data point, this was an opportunity that was advertised on the ECECD website
- Of course, ECECD can support the items inside of the building, including the furniture, fixtures, and
- So, ECECD oversees all of the state-funded dollars, but we do partner with our specifically with our
NM
New Mexico 2026 Regular Session
House - Appropriations and Finance Jan 21st, 2026
House Appropriations & Finance
Transcript Highlights:
- Then, as of November 1st, 2025, the governor and ECECD announced that regardless of income, any child
- Since the expanded eligibility of early childhood, ECECD has lost 60 slots for children under two as
- the executive leadership team of the Early Childhood Education and Care Department, fondly known as ECECD
- Would you say that there are more ECECD pre-K providers that are providing wraparound services, or are
- Chair Secretary, looking, we talked a little bit about the increase to the ECECD budget this year for
Bills:
SB2
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New Mexico 2025 Regular Session
IC - Legislative Health and Human Services Jun 26th, 2025
Legislative Health & Human Services Committee
Transcript Highlights:
- This is just ECECD at a glance.
- You know, last year, Early Childhood Special Ed, the 619 coordinator transitioned over to ECECD.
- you, but this highlights what's in that detailed memorandum of understanding between myself, between ECECD
- Medicaid eligible were almost 11,000, and you can see there the breakdown of how much we pay out of ECECD
- It will be interesting to see whether families appreciate the fact that New Mexico State, ECECD folks