Foster parents and kinship caregivers may be eligible to claim a tax deduction on certain foster care payments for children who have been placed in their care for more than half of the tax year.
Exceptions apply for a foster child who was born within the tax year; caregivers will need to check with their tax advisor for assistance in claiming these potential deductions.
The Infant and Early Childhood 2024 Conference (IECC) will be held May 6-10, 2024, hosted on Zoom for the third consecutive year.
Jan. 4, 2024 — Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), which became a member of The National Partnership for Child Safety (NPCS) in 2021, today released its year-end updates on the work of the NPCS, a quality improvement collaborative with a mission to improve child safety and prevent child maltreatment fatalities.
DCYF has updated its Agency Performance page with the latest available data for 2023. The page displays key indicators representing agency work across child welfare, early learning, and juvenile rehabilitation programs and demonstrates progress in DCYF’s strategic priority areas: