Santa Fe has no youth facility to detain juveniles awaiting trial.

It does not have enough services for young people in crisis.

And there are not enough ways to divert children from entering the system.

To figure out ways to address these problems, half a dozen elected officials from in and around Santa Fe met with roughly two dozen community members Wednesday evening to discuss several upcoming or existing initiatives to improve the systems designed to serve the region’s most at-risk youth.

The meeting, held at the Southside Branch Library, covered everything from a diversionary program recently funded for the First Judicial District Attorney’s Office to plans by state Sen. Linda Trujillo, D-Santa Fe, to introduce proposals during the coming legislative session to help open small regi

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