Longtime DCYF volunteer Becky Schoen recently donated $10,000 to Echo Glen Children’s Center to support therapeutic programs for youth in our care.

Over the past 18 months, DCYF has made significant changes to how we recruit and retain licensed foster parents and kinship caregivers. Today, DCYF is proud to announce a new campaign: Be the Way Home.

In May 2021, Aaron Toleafoa, a bright young adult residing at Green Hill School, testified before Congress on the juvenile justice pipeline and the road back to integration.

Washington is now the first in the nation to permanently license outdoor, nature-based child care for preschool and school-age children under a new law signed by Gov. Jay Inslee.