Between Dec. 2020, and Feb. 2021, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) hosted three deep-dive webinars exploring the agency’s newly integrated Draft Strategic and Racial Equity Plan:
The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is proud to celebrate and honor the diversity of the children, youth, and families we serve. DCYF is also proud of the diverse workforce that support these communities each day through child care and early learning programs.
During these most challenging times, DCYF remains grateful for the dedication and commitment of our foster and kinship caregivers, who are taking such great care of children placed in out-of-home care.
As part of our Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) continuum of care, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) aims to provide comprehensive and community-based services to support eligible youth as they transition back into their communities. Young people start their residential sentences with JR in an institution.
Our partners at Treehouse were awarded $1.345 million in federal CARES Act funding through a contract with the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF).
Despite a criminal history and prior CPS cases, one father worked hard to overcome great odds to have his children returned to his care.
Domico has a very long history with DCYF. He has had many children in care and has even lost custody of some of them. He also has a long criminal history and was in prison when his two youngest came back into care.
Foster parents and kinship caregivers may claim a tax deduction on certain foster care payments for children who have been placed in their care for more than half of the tax year. Exceptions apply for a foster child who was born within the tax year; caregivers will need to check with their tax advisor in these situations.
With the ongoing restrictions of the COVID-19 pandemic, youth in DCYF’s Juvenile Rehabilitation community facilities have been quietly plugging away at their education, earning their degrees, participating in community service, and doing as much as they can to stay active.
In August 2020, the Washington State Department of Commerce: Office of Homeless Youth (OHY) allocated $1 million in CARES Act funding to DCYF to provide stipends to young adults who aged out of Extended Foster Care at age 21, between March 1, 2020, and Dec. 31, 2020. The purpose of the funding was to support housing stability for these youth during the COVID-19 crisis.
