ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) – KRQE News 13 got a firsthand look at one of the state’s newest facilities housing some of New Mexico’s most vulnerable teenage boys. “We’ve had youth that have been very successful,” said Kathryn Fleming, Executive Director of AMIKids Albuquerque, a transitional housing facility for teenage boys.
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The building opened in May of this year as a way to keep teenage boys from sleeping in state office buildings. Since they opened, 15 kids have gone through the program and successfully found a foster home or some other form of care. “Each kid is not going to necessarily go to a foster home,” Fleming explained. “Depending on their age, they may go back to family, they may go into a transitional living home.”
It comes with on-site resources, like schooling programs, and services to teach independent living skills- among others. The facility has several bedrooms, a reading nook, an entertainment area with a game console, and an outdoor space. It also has a classroom. “There’s rules, there’s restrictions, there’s guidelines they have to follow,” Fleming added…