Through his work with at-risk youth, DCYF staffer Zach Corbett realized that having a strong role model and mentor during his formative years made a world of difference in keeping his “head in the game.”

After nine months as an “unofficial employee” at DCYF, 1-year-old Zoë was joined by colleagues last month during her graduation from DCYF’s Infants at Work Program.

The Infants at Work Program allows eligible DCYF staff to spend time with their infants within the first six months of their life while continuing to work.

When her middle-school-aged client no longer had transportation to school in Puyallup, Heather Mimms, a caseworker out of the Martin Luther King office in Seattle, began driving the child to and from school herself. 

After being discharged from a group home and put in juvenile detention for 10 days, Mimm’s client was moved to Seattle into night-to-night placements.

Welcome to a new year – 2020! This is the first New Year’s celebration where we are all together as a single agency.