News and Announcements
Current Job Openings
Open Position: Family Peer Support Navigator
The Family Peer Support Navigator will be a key member of OFRA’s interdisciplinary legal teams whose purpose is to connect clients to the services and supports they need to resolve the issues contributing to the family’s involvement in the child and family welfare system, identify client strengths and goals, and focus case plans on the particular needs and circumstances of the family.
View this opportunity and apply online.
You can also view/search other State of New Mexico job postings on the State Personnel website.
Open Position: Social Work Intern
The OFRA Social Work Intern will shadow their OFRA social work mentor/supervisor during meetings with clients, court hearings, meetings with CYFD, other out-of-court legal meetings/conferences, family time (visits) and Interdisciplinary Legal Team meetings; assist with a caseload of 3-5 cases and perform case management duties; observe and engage in case planning with the assigned attorney, social worker, and family peer support navigator; review formal assessments, evaluations, and reports completed by CYFD and other service providers, including but not limited to bio psychosocial assessments, psychological evaluations, substance use assessments, domestic violence assessments, progress notes, safety assessments/plans, CASA reports, etc. and discuss with social work mentor/supervisor; plus a host of other duties – see SPO website for details.
View this opportunity and apply online.
You can also view/search other State of New Mexico job postings on the State Personnel website.
Requests for Proposals
There are no active RFPs at this time.
The Family Justice Initiative (FJI) congratulates OFRA on its opening!
The Family Justice Initiative is a national collaborative of children’s attorneys, parents’ attorneys, educators, researchers, national policy advocates, and lived experience experts who share a common goal: to increase access to high-quality legal representation for children and parents in child welfare cases.
OFRA’s Practice Manual
OFRA’s Practice Manual is now available. Read it here to learn about Cornerstone Advocacy, Interdisciplinary Services, and Performance Standards and Expectations for our lawyers, social workers, and family peer support navigators.
OFRA has completed its Logic Model
View the Logic Model by clicking the button below
OFRA has updated its Strategic Plans
View the 2025-26 OFRA and OFRA IT Strategic Plans by clicking the corresponding button below