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Olympia — The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program (ECEAP) recently released a report which shows that engaging in economic mobility coaching with parents correlates with future success in school for their children.

Olympia —The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is celebrating Parenting Recognition Month by joining with Seattle’s Child magazine to honor extraordinary parents, caregivers, guardians, and community members in Washington through the Unsung Heroes campaign. DCYF’S Strengthening Families team will host an Unsung Heroes Awards Ceremony to honor this year’s nominees on Monday, February 25 from 4 to 7 p.m.

Supports performance-based contracting throughout the State

Olympia - Yesterday, Judge Charles R. Snyder, Whatcom County Superior Court, approved a joint motion filed by the State and the plaintiff's counsel in the Braam v. State of Washington lawsuit revising the outcomes regarding youth who run away from foster care.

Olympia — The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) was recently awarded a federal Preschool Development Birth Through Five Grant (PDG B-5) from the Department of Health and Human Services. DCYF was awarded $5,270,656 through December 31, 2019.

Olympia — The holiday season is the time of year people take a particular interest in the well-being of families and children in the state of Washington and across the nation. It is also an appropriate time to reflect on what families, educators and caretakers have accomplished for the youngest among us.

DCYF will work with these facilities to ensure compliance with state child care laws

OLYMPIA – The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) has issued Declarations of Unlicensed Care to five child care facilities in the Anacortes area following formal complaints that the facilities were providing unlicensed care.

Olympia — The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) will recognize the 40th Anniversary of the Indian Child Welfare Act on November 8, 2018. Tribes will gather to celebrate ICWA and its relevant impact on maintaining Indian families.

Recent H.B.H. Washington Supreme Court Decision

One such event will be held in Spokane Nov. 16 to commemorate adoptive families