Single Parent Resources in New Mexico

Verified resources for custody, child support, housing, financial aid, and emotional support in New Mexico — plus national tools every single parent should know.

🏛️ Custody & Legal Help

New Mexico-Based Resources

• New Mexico Courts – Family Law Self-Help – Custody, divorce, and parenting time forms and instructions.
• Law Help New Mexico – Legal info and referrals for low-income families statewide.
• New Mexico Legal Aid – Free legal aid for family law issues including custody and visitation.

Nationwide Help

• Legal Services Corporation
• WomensLaw.org
• ABA Family Law Section
• Child Support Enforcement (OCSE)
• Safe Horizon
• National Coalition Against Domestic Violence
• LoveisRespect
• Break the Cycle
• RAINN
• Women’s Law Project
• National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
• Zero Abuse Project
• National Women’s Law Center
• Neighborhood Legal Services
• Futures Without Violence
• National Child Abuse Hotline

💸 Child Support

New Mexico-Based Resources

• New Mexico Child Support Enforcement Division – Apply, enforce, and manage child support cases.
• NM Child Support Customer Website – Case look-up, payment info, and secure messaging.

Nationwide Help

• No national child support resources available at this time.

🏠 Housing & Shelter

New Mexico-Based Resources

• New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority – Rent relief, housing stability, and down payment assistance.
• New Mexico 211 – Statewide housing and emergency shelter locator.

Nationwide Help

• Family Promise
• HUD.gov
• NLIHC
• US HHS Shelter Directory
• Public Housing (HUD)
• CoAbode
• National Shared Housing Resource Center
• Project Night Night
• ERAP
• Homeless Prenatal Program

🧾 Financial Assistance

New Mexico-Based Resources

• YES New Mexico – Apply for SNAP, TANF, Medicaid, and child care assistance.
• NM Human Services Department – Financial help and public assistance information.

Nationwide Help

• Benefits.gov
• Feeding America
• SNAP
• Medicaid.gov
• Modest Needs
• SSI
• TANF
• EITC
• LIHEAP
• MyFreeTaxes

🧠 Mental Health & Emotional Support

New Mexico-Based Resources

• New Mexico Crisis Line: Dial 988
• New Mexico Behavioral Health Services Division – Crisis services and outpatient support for mental health and substance use.
• NAMI New Mexico – Free peer support, education, and local groups.

Nationwide Help

• Mental Health America
• National Parent Helpline
• NAMI
• Postpartum Support International
• National Domestic Violence Hotline
• SAMHSA Treatment Locator
• National Runaway Safeline
• NCTSN

You’re Not Alone in New Mexico

From legal support to financial aid to emotional survival — this page gives you the resources you need. Bookmark it and share with those who need it.