ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – A new program in New Mexico aims to make sure new mothers are ready to take on the challenges of parenthood. After serving hundreds of Bernalillo County mothers, the program is getting ready to expand. News 13 spoke with one family who took advantage of the home visitation program.
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“They came out here, and they were like, ‘What do you need?’” said Maria Luna Montoya, who came into contact with the Family Connects New Mexico program in the hospital shortly after giving birth to her son Christopher nine months ago.
“You know, someone that was concerned whether my baby had a safe place to sleep or not, or she said, ‘Do you have enough diapers? Maybe I can bring you some diapers.’ And that’s also really cool because again, I had never encountered something like that,” Montoya said.