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SANTA FE, NM – Today, the New Mexico Early Childhood Education and Care Department (ECECD) presented Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham’s FY25 agency budget request to the House Finance and Appropriations Committee at the New Mexico State Capitol. The Executive Budget Recommendation for ECECD is $800 million, with requested increases that would maintain expanded child care assistance eligibility, expand access to high-quality infant and toddler child care, continue the historic expansion of New Mexico’s PreK/Early PreK programs, and increase investments in quality and workforce supports.