Florecer, ECECD’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan
Revised Aug. 2025
Florecer, ECECD’s 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, has six main components: improving school readiness, building family and community engagement, fostering strong government-to-government relationships, aligning the early childhood ecosystem, ensuring organizational excellence, and improved transparency through the visualization and use of actionable data.
We are proud to share with you Florecer, our five-year plan for making that better future a reality.
Florecer Progress and Accountability Reports
- December 2023 (PDF)
- December 2024 (PDF): English │ Spanish
- December 2025 (PDF): English │Spanish
Child Care Access in New Mexico
Sept 30, 2025
Findings from a study of supply and demand for child care in the state of New Mexico.
Building on Success: New Mexico Child Care Provider Insights
Sept 30, 2025
Findings from Director Surveys, Facility Conditions Assessments, and Focus Groups.
Parent Voices: New Mexico Parent Perspectives on Child Care
Sept 30, 2025
Findings from Parent Surveys and Focus Groups.
2025
Wage Scale and Career Lattice Framework and Implementation Recommendations
The Wage Scale and Career Lattice Framework outlines a proposed unified salary structure and career pathway for New Mexico’s early childhood workforce. The report defines clear role categories across child care, PreK, Head Start, home visiting, and the Family Infant Toddler Program, aligning responsibilities, qualifications, and shared competencies with minimum salary floors. It also includes findings from statewide focus groups and a higher education inventory to ensure the framework reflects workforce voice and system capacity. The document concludes with detailed implementation recommendations to support sustainable funding, strong communication, and long-term workforce stability.
Findings from the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s 2025 Family Engagement and Satisfaction Survey
May, 2025
The Early Childhood Education and Care Department(ECECD) conducts an annual New Mexico Family Engagement and Satisfaction Survey to measure parents’
and caregivers’ awareness of early childhood programs, satisfaction with these services, and their experiences related to basic needs such as food, housing, and health
care.
The survey was first administered in 2022. This report presents findings from the fourth administration of the survey, conducted in March and April of 2025, with trends reported across all four years.
Annual Report - Fiscal Year 2025
January, 2026
Fiscal year 2025 (FY25) was a testament to the growing maturity of the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) and the early childhood system in New Mexico. Since ECECD’s inception in 2020, New Mexico has led the nation in building a comprehensive, universal, and accessible prenatal to age five early childhood system. Other states look to New Mexico as an example of how to dream big and execute for young children and families. Over the last fiscal year, from July 1, 2024 to June 30, 2025, New Mexico laid the groundwork for an extraordinary step forward in FY26, when it would become the first state in the nation to offer universal child care.
The FY25 Annual Outcomes Report shares the story of the last complete fiscal year and shows the department’s commitment to transform New Mexico’s future in action.
New Mexico’s 2025 Statewide Early Childhood Needs Assessment Report
New Mexico is a national leader in early childhood education and care. In 2020, it became the fourth state to consolidate all early childhood programs and services under a single cabinet-level agency—the Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD). Over the past five years, ECECD has implemented a policy and practice framework tailored to its community needs and designed to ensure all children can access high-quality early learning opportunities.
ECECD has achieved an array of core policy milestones in New Mexico, including several that are the first of their kind in the nation.
2024
Findings from the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s 2024 Family Engagement and Satisfaction Survey
July, 2024
ECECD conducts an annual New Mexico Family Engagement and Satisfaction Survey to measure parents’ and caregivers’ awareness of early childhood programs, the availability and use of these programs, and for parents and caregivers who use these programs, their overall satisfaction.
FFY2025-2027 DRAFT Child Care and Development Fund State Plan
May, 2024
The Child Care and Development Fund (CCDF) plays a crucial role in supporting families in New Mexico by providing financial assistance for child care services. New Mexico’s administration of the CCDF program is detailed in the State Plan, which outlines how the program will be managed from October 1, 2024, through September 30, 2027.
2023
Findings from the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department’s 2023 Family Engagement and Satisfaction Survey
The Early Childhood Education and Care Department(ECECD) conducts an annual New Mexico Family Engagement and Satisfaction Survey to measure parents’
and caregivers’ awareness of early childhood programs, satisfaction with these services, and their experiences related to basic needs such as food, housing, and health
care.
2022
2021
The New Mexico Early Childhood Strategic Plan 2021-2024
Uploaded January 2021
The New Mexico Early Childhood Strategic Plan continues and answers the work in the Early Childhood Needs Assessment (completed in 2019). This Plan charts out key Goals, Objectives, and Actions to meet the identified needs, plus Measures to track progress. Taken together, New Mexico’s Needs Assessment and Strategic Plan provide a detailed view of the early childhood landscape and a comprehensive strategy for moving forward.