November is National Adoption Month and Nov. 23 is National Adoption Day. 

Stacey Gillette (DCYF) and Joanna Kuang (Third Sector) 

“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result.” - Albert Einstein 

The Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) is excited to announce the release of its first Request for Application (RFA) for Early ECEAP (Early Childhood Education and Assistance Program). 

As a new leader in the child welfare space, I thought it would be worth my while to do some listening before I made any big changes. So I went on a tour all over the state of Washington. I talked to caseworkers, foster parents, birth families, judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and anyone else I could find who had an opinion. I got an earful.