What are Caregiver Supports?

The Caregiver Supports Contract is for all caregivers taking care of DCYF children and youth placed in out-of-home care (foster care). This includes relatives and kin. The type and level of support each caregiver gets is based on the child’s documented Caregiver Supports Resource Level. The level is decided on when a child or youth enters foster care.

Tribal Engagement

DCYF is engaging with Tribal partners to understand the impacts of the Caregiver Supports Project for each Tribe. The agency’s goal is to have successful transitions that serve Tribal children and families in the best way possible. 

Tribes have the option to do their own rate assessments on tribally dependent children and to provide placement supports to their own members instead of using a contracted provider. 

DCYF will work with Tribes to determine their Caregiver Support Services project options. For more information about this work with Tribes, email the Office of Tribal Relations at tribalrelations@dcyf.wa.gov.

If you would like to meet with DCYF to discuss the Caregiver Supports Project and impacts to your Tribe, email Mandy Morlin at mandy.morlin@dcyf.wa.gov.