New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 8 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Chapter 100 - GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS
Part 100 - GENERAL OPERATING PROCEDURES
Section 8.100.100.9 - MISSION STATEMENT
Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 18, September 24, 2024
A. ISD's primary mission is to relieve, minimize or eliminate poverty and to make available certain services for eligible low-income individuals and families through statewide programs of financial assistance, food assistance, and employment assistance and training services.
B. Human dignity and client rights: HCA has a commitment to respect for human dignity. Therefore, all programs are administered in a manner respectful of the dignity and personal privacy and rights of program beneficiaries. Discrimination based on personal judgments of a client's behavior, social status, religion, race, cultural patterns, personality, political beliefs, color, handicap or sex, is a violation of the law and a violation of ISD policy.