Secretary Hunter submitted a letter to the Office of Financial Management for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families biennial budget.

Every two years all state agencies are required to submit a biennial budget. The DCYF budget requested enhanced funding for key agency initiatives. The Secretary’s letter and details for each of DCYF’s decision packages (DP’s) are available on the Legislative & Federal Relations web page.

Strengthening Families works with local communities statewide to increase community capacity to institute and expand the Strengthening Families Protective Factors Framework ^© for all families.

DCYF is requesting applications from communities planning child abuse and prevention events. Please apply by September 28, 2018:

DCYF is charged with creating an integrated approach to service delivery, which will help us re-envision how we deliver our system of services.