Read the full June Secretary Newsletter.

Thanks to active input from staff, stakeholders, tribes, and community members, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families' (DCYF) Strategic and Racial Equity Plan is finalized and available on the agency website.

Please watch this Thank You video, available in English and Spanish.

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.