DCYF's Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) recently launched its first recruitment video as part of the division's larger hiring and retention goals. Part of this work has been to reshape the narrative of what working in JR looks like and define the type of people who would excel in the JR workspace.
Learning systems and educational outcomes for young people in secure facilities have been wrought with challenges and barriers every step of the way. For many young people in Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR), school has been a negative and sometimes harmful experience.
Like many states, Washington has taken actionable steps to improve the treatment of justice-involved youth.
Every day of the year, Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) staff provide critical support to justice-involved youth. Last year, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) unofficially named July as JR Staff Appreciation Month to celebrate and honor the important work of these public servants.
Earlier this year, Echo Glen Children’s Center launched a creative writing program for the young people living there, and the work of several youth has recently been recognized and published!
After a year and a half of planning, hard work, and tenacity from many people behind the scenes, the cosmetology program at Echo Glen Children's Center has launched. In May 2022, staff, students, and visitors attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the occasion.
DCYF's partners at Performance-based Standards (PbS) measure the agency's work in Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) institutions and compa
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a national movement to raise awareness of individuals living with mental or behavioral health issues and to help reduce stigma. In Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR), DCYF staff put behavioral health at the forefront of providing services and treatment to youth. We accomplish this in several ways:
Trauma-informed care aims to realize the impact of trauma, understand paths to recovery, recognize signs and symptoms, integrate knowledge about trauma into policies and practices, and actively avoid re-traumatization.
Providing the young people in DCYF’s care an opportunity to write about their lived experiences achieves many goals at once – writing is often therapeutic and strengthens writing skills while helping youth to claim their stories, thereby fostering personal growth.