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In this Dec. 6, 2018, photo, Monique Jacobson, outgoing secretary of the state Children, Youth and Families Department, speaks during an interview at the Youth Diagnostic and Development Center in Albuquerque, N.M. The development center, a locked and secure facility in Albuquerque for incarcerated youths, is one of Jacobson's favorite places to visit. In terms of adult intervention in the lives of troubled kids, the outgoing cabinet secretary says this is where the rubber meets the road. (Adolphe Pierre-Louis/The Albuquerque Journal via AP)

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New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez holds up one of the many blankets made by a volunteer for children who will be coming through a new receiving center operated by social workers, during a tour with the state Children, Youth and Families Department in Albuquerque, N.M., Friday, July 21, 2017. As a former prosecutor, the two-term Republican governor said children who are taken into state protective custody following trouble within their homes need a safe place where they can feel comfortable while social workers and other authorities sort out their cases or work to find foster families. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan)

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