The latest episode of DCYF’s podcast Courageous Change is now available. The podcast is designed for DCYF employees to talk about change, the process of change and how we experience transformational change.
In this recent video, DCYF Secretary Ross Hunter extends his gratitude for your continued dedication to the children and families in our state as we live through the COVID-19 pandemic.
DCYF’s We Are Family event, held in collaboration with the Seattle Mariners, has been postponed. The event was scheduled for May 3, 2020.
The youth at Echo Glen are brewing their resumes with work experience at Café Success! As part of Echo Glen’s Resident Culinary Program, Café Success provides vocational training for future baristas and the hospitality industry.
March 18, 2020 Update: The Delridge Way office is now open.
Due to water damage, the DCYF office at 4045 Delridge Way SW, Seattle, is closed until further notice for necessary facility repairs.
Some staff are teleworking today and others are being relocated to nearby offices.
The Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) is required by both federal and state law to conduct background checks on anyone who is authorized to care for or have unsupervised access to children in child welfare, juvenile justice and early learning programs.
Have you heard about DCYF’s Adolescent Programs division? It’s the agency’s first effort to align client-serving programs into one integrated team. Adolescent Programs focuses on the developmental stage of adolescents and creates programs and strategies to help DCYF provide services more efficiently.
“To reduce recidivism is not only an effort to reduce crime…it’s also to not allow tremendous potential to go unused in our young people...” – Governor Jay Inslee
Last week DCYF Secretary Ross Hunter joined youth from Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR), and many others, to present to Governor Inslee on reducing recidivism and increasing resilience in Washington State.
Last week, the African American Rites of Passage (AARP) culture group at Naselle Youth Camp hosted a black history month event focusing on the many nations of Africa. Youth decorated the camp gymnasium with traditional African clothing, artwork and educational posters. The event also emphasized the global scale of Black History Month and blended both historic and modern culture.
DCYF joins child welfare agencies across the country this month to acknowledge and celebrate caseworkers and those who support them during National Social Work Month.
This month is an opportunity to recognize caseworkers from across the state who go above and beyond to provide critical services to Washington’s children, youth and families.