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- ↑ Give and take [ permanent dead link ]: Los Alamos Monitor (newspaper), 17 August 2007
- ↑ Clark, Carol (2009-07-01). "Casa Mesita re-opens its doors". www.lamonitor.com. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
- ↑ New Mexico Criminal Justice Resource Directory Archived October 9, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ New Mexico Juvenile Justice Program Inventory Archived October 10, 2006, at the Wayback Machine