Topic Area: Mental Health

Bernalillo County Ordinance 2024-15 establishes the Behavioral Health Authority (BHA) as a formal county government division with mandated governance structures, funding allocations, and accountability mechanisms to build an evidence-based, trauma-responsive behavioral health system.

This outcome evaluation of four Bernalillo County Behavioral Health Initiative-funded ACEs programs (All Faiths, Centro Sávila, New Day, and PB&J) matters because it provides evidence of what trauma-informed interventions are producing measurable improvements in children, youth, and families affected by adverse childhood experiences in the county.

This evaluation of Bernalillo County's Community Engagement Teams (CET) program provides foundational documentation of peer-based crisis intervention services for adults experiencing behavioral health crises, revealing significant data collection gaps that must be addressed to measure program effectiveness and guide systems improvement.

This is a comprehensive community health profile for Bernalillo County that provides foundational demographic, social determinant, and health outcome data essential for behavioral health systems planning and targeting interventions to address disparities.

This biannual analysis of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center jail population provides critical data on mental health caseloads, demographic trends, and justice system factors that directly inform behavioral health diversion, crisis intervention, and systems coordination efforts.

This report provides a detailed analysis of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Detention Center jail population as of June 30, 2025, offering critical data on demographics, sentencing status, length of stay, and detention patterns that can inform behavioral health diversion and intervention strategies for justice-involved populations.

This brief summarizes a civic academy convening that explored how New Mexico can implement Senate Bill 3's $291 million behavioral health investment through community-driven planning, workforce development, cultural humility, and youth leadership.

This comprehensive gap analysis of the City of Albuquerque and Bernalillo County behavioral health system identifies critical coordination failures between jurisdictions and provides actionable recommendations for creating a unified, trauma-informed continuum of care that connects fragmented services to better serve residents experiencing mental health, substance use, and homelessness crises.

This presentation from the Council of State Governments Justice Center provides comprehensive findings and recommendations for transforming New Mexico's youth-serving systems through cross-agency coordination, evidence-based interventions, and a public health approach to youth violence prevention.

This document outlines the Division of Community Behavioral Health (CBH) at UNM's organizational focus areas, values, and business principles, serving as a potential partner and resource for behavioral health systems change initiatives in New Mexico.