Table 2.

New Mexico CARA family demographics, New Mexico, 2020

	Count of CARA families, NM, 2020–2021	Proportion of CARA families, NM, 2020–2021 (%)
Region of state
Metro	1053	45
Southwest	511	22
Northeast	316	13
Northwest	219	9
Southeast	191	8
Unknown	51	2
MCO/New Mexico medicaid insurance provider
Blue cross blue shield	735	31
Presbyterian	1164	49
Western sky	224	10
Medicaid	144	6
Private	34	1
Uninsured	9	0
Unknown	42	2
Care coordination status
Received care coordination	881	62.5
Substance exposure classification
Alcohol, opioids, methamphetamines, and/or cocaine	1074	46
Marijuana only	941	40
Individual substance exposuresa
Alcohol	126	5
Benzodiazepines	78	3
Buprenorphine	249	11
Marijuana	1466	62
Methadone	273	12
Methamphetamine	787	33
Nicotine	262	11
Opioids	443	19
Cocaine	123	5
Number of substance exposures
1	1433	61
2	530	23
3	255	11
4 or more	116	5
Unknown	18	1
Housing at discharge
Parental home	2010	85
Designated caregivers (e.g., grandparent or aunt)	149	6
Foster home	91	4
Precarious housing (e.g., homeless or unstable housing)	42	2
Facility or shelter	25	1
Unknown	26	1
Other	9	0
New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department Historyb
Any family New Mexico Children, Youth and Family Department History	1157	49
Substantiated investigations for families with New Mexico Children, Youth and Families Department Historyc
One or more substantiated cases	708	30
No substantiated cases	1644	70

^aProportions do not total 100% due to some plans of safe care reporting multiple exposures

^bNew Mexico Children, Youth and Family Department history refers to any past investigations related to the mother or father not including the child. These could also include investigations that involved the mother or father when they were a child

^cSubstantiated cases show that the mother or father had at least one prior substantiated case involving them