by Disability Rights | Jan 29, 2025 | Litigation, News
The Final Kevin S. Arbitration report is available here. The Arbitrator, Charles Peifer, concluded that the state failed to meet the Kevin S. Agreement’s Performance Standard in the four areas identified in the Amended Arbitration Notice filed July 15, 2023....
by Disability Rights | Jan 24, 2025 | Litigation, News
Kevin S. Order Release: Read the press release discussing the recent arbitration decision in the Kevin S. case. DRNM is part of the legal team involved in the...
by Disability Rights | Jan 23, 2025 | Litigation, News
An independent arbitrator has determined that the Children, Youth, and Families Department has failed to implement reforms as outlined in the 2020 Joint Settlment Agreement in the Kevin S. case. DRNM has been involved in the Kevin S. litigation since 2018:...
by Disability Rights | Oct 7, 2023 | Advocacy, Litigation
DRNM has filed a group state complaint with the NMPED against Albuquerque Public Schools (APS) on behalf of 3 named clients and approximately 2,000 similarly-situated students who have been unable to access special education transportation services this school year....
by Disability Rights | Sep 29, 2023 | Litigation, News
Independent monitors produced a scathing assesment in a Sept. 18 letter to the acting secretaries of the Children, Youth and Families Department and Human Services Department. “CYFD and HSD have been on notice for the past 12 months that they have failed to live...
by Disability Rights NM | Dec 19, 2022 | Litigation, News
People with opioid use disorders in New Mexico prisons experience painful and life-threatening consequences when the New Mexico Corrections Department (NMCD) denies them access to medically necessary, physician-prescribed medications while incarcerated. The American...
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