Family Supports and Services

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DCYF staff will join families and advocates at the Capitol building on Friday, March 28 to plant thousands of silver and blue pinwheels as part of Child Abuse Prevention Month. 

The annual Pinwheels for Prevention campaign is anticipated to attract hundreds to Olympia for the annual planting near the water fountain starting at 2 p.m. 

While social workers should always be celebrated for the difficult and critical work they do, March is Social Work Month, a special time to share gratitude. The theme for this year’s national celebration is “Compassion + Action.”

DCYF is currently accepting nominations for outstanding parents, grandparents, kinship caregivers, foster parents, and community members, providing direct care to children, as part of its annual Unsung Hero Awards.

For the past 13 years, DCYF has recognized caregivers who exemplify one or more of the five protective factors known to help reduce child abuse and neglect:

Six years after the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) was first signed into law, states are assessing and updating their soon-to-be expired, mandatory prevention plans with one unified goal: keeping families together safely.  

Community providers, nonprofits organizations, state and local governments, tribal partners, caregivers, and community members with a shared interest of supporting and strengthening families to prevent child welfare involvement are invited to attend a FFPSA Collaborative Forum this Sept. and Oct. 

After two years of working towards reunification, one couple graduated from Yakima County’s Family Recovery Court (FRC) and were reunited with their two-year-old. The family will be celebrating this achievement on June 27 during a Reunification Month Ceremony.  

Help Me Grow Washington with DCYF offers free access to online developmental screening for early care and education providers serving families.

Do you know of a father that has worked hard to mend relationships, gain skills, and reunify with their child(ren)? We are looking for nominees like this for DCYF's Engaging Father Award. This award is meant to recognize fathers who have had a successful outcome with their child welfare case.

To be eligible, the father:

In an effort to safely reduce the number of Black children and youth entering out-of-home care, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) has launched a Request for Proposals (RFP) to expand the array of culturally responsive and specific prevention services for Black and African American families in Washington state.