The Youth & Family Services Division oversees the Human Services Section, the Children and Youth Section along with providing after-school and summer youth programs. The Division oversees two youth facilities, where instructional and recreational activities are provided.

Over 90% of the children and teens served come from families whose total household income falls within the low to very-low income range of the federal poverty guidelines.

Human Services
The Human Services funding is designed to create a "safety net" of services to meet the essential health and human service needs of the residents of Santa Fe.  These needs include access to basic material goods and services such as primary health care, food and shelter, mental health counseling and crisis services, available financial resources, it is expected that agencies will receive ongoing funding as long as they contribute to the "safety net" as currently defined. 

Monica Roybal Youth Center
The Monica Roybal Youth Center serves 100 children in the after-school program and over 180 children in the summer program.

Carlos Ortega Teen Center
The Carlos Ortega Teen Center serves 100 teens in the after-school program and 160 teens in the summer program.

Summer Youth Program
Each year the city provides a summer youth program for teens and younger children. The dates for the 2013 Summer Youth Program are June 3, 2013 through July 25, 2013.  There is a sliding fee scale this year for the Summer Youth Program.  For more information including the fee-scale and registration click on the following link, Summer Youth Program.  

Contact

A. Terrie Rodriguez  Division Director  Youth & Family Services  (505) 955-6603  Email	Cathy Hurtado  Recreation Supervisor   Monica Roybal Center  (505) 955-6751  Email
Richard DeMella  Planner Senior  (505) 955-6630  Email	Victor Vigil  Recreation Supervisor   Carlos Ortega Teen Center  (505) 955-6860  Email