Tribal Relations

Over 30 tribal-serving organizations, including 13 tribal nations, are receiving nearly $3.7 million in funds from the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to provide early learning, child care, prenatal, and home visiting programs to tribal children.

The Governor’s Office of Indian Affairs (GOIA) has published the 2024 Centennial Accord Agency Highlights report. This annual report is mandated under Washington state’s government-to-government relationship with Indian tribes (RCW 43.376).

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Olympia, WA – All child welfare cases in Washington state will now be considered an Indian child welfare case if there is reason to know a child may be an Indian child, or until it can be ruled otherwise under the newly revised Indian Child Welfare (ICW) policies and procedures that go into effect on July 1.

A young member of the Puyallup Tribe will throw out the ceremonial first pitch during the May 12 Mariners game to celebrate Foster Care Month.

Niko, 8, was chosen to serve as DCYF's First Pitch Kid, an honor given to a child or youth in out-of-home care, as part of the We Are Family Day celebration at T-Mobile Park.

DCYF is proud to announce a new partnership with the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska (Tlingit & Haida) to provide Indian Child We

DCYF, in partnership with The Alliance, is excited to launch the much-awaited in-person Indian Child Welfare (ICW) Policy training beginning April 30.

Nearly two dozen tribal-serving organizations, including 11 Tribal Nations, are receiving a total of $2.4 million in funds from the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) to provide early learning programs to Tribal children.

In anticipation of the July 1, 2024, launch of the revised Washington State Indian Child Welfare (ICW) policies and procedures, DCYF will be piloting a newly developed ICW Policy Roll Out training in mid-April. The pilot training will be available to existing ICW units in regions 1, 4, and 5.