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DCYF has expanded the Language Access Services Team and team members have been hard at work drafting a Language Access Plan (LAP). The goal of the Plan is to promote equity and inclusion and offer language access services in a consistent manner across all DCYF divisions and offices.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) will host a webinar from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 26, 2024, to provide updates on the 2024 Washington State Legislative Session. Attendees will hear updates on funding included for DCYF in the proposed House and Senate budgets, Agency Request Legislation, and other proposals affecting the agency.
DCYF has expanded the Language Access Services Team and team members have been hard at work drafting a Language Access Plan (LAP). The goal of the Plan is to promote equity and inclusion and offer language access services in a consistent manner across all DCYF divisions and offices.
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:
The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families has launched two newsletters, each focused on providing resources and information for families across the state.
The new Assessment Oversight Group web page, accessible from the Practice Improvement landing page on the DCYF website, helps explain the AOG’s creation, priorities, and membership. It also includes an inventory of all decision-making assessments used in Child Welfare and Juvenile Rehabilitation.
Jesse Sadler took all the steps necessary to transform his life and regain custody of his daughter; he engaged in therapy, secured housing, participated in parenting classes, and attended a Substance Use Disorder treatment.
The Department of Children, Youth, and Families wants to recognize fathers who have had a successful outcome with their child welfare case for the Inaugural Engaging Father Celebration in June.
The recipient will receive two nights at Great Wolf Lodge Water Park-Grand Mound.
To be eligible, the father:
