Every April, Child Abuse Prevention Month focuses on the importance of ensuring children feel safe and protected, families are supported, and efforts to end child abuse and neglect are ongoing.

Over the past several years, there has been a growing movement towards preventing child maltreatment and enhancing child safety by providing supports that keep families strong and stable.

Juvenile Rehabilitation and Evergreen State College celebrated 29 years of partnership that has resulted in an estimated 500 young people obtaining college prep courses. 

The Family Separation Response Task Force continued to make progress throughout the month of March. Dozens of state partners met on March 4 and 25 to discuss the goals of the Task Force and to further explore the impacts on families and children affected by separation due to deportation and immigration-related detention.  

DCYF’s Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) invites you to the Statewide Active Efforts Virtual Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. on Tuesday, April 22, 2025.