This team is your main contact for caregiver (licensed foster and kinship) recruitment and retention related questions and needs!
DCYF’s caregiver recruitment and retention team includes community-focused, targeted recruitment and a statewide retention and support program. Recruitment is done in-house by Targeted Recruitment Specialists and retention and supports sit with the Caregiver Retention, Education, and Support (CaRES) Program at the Alliance for Child Welfare Excellence.
If you have recruitment and retention ideas, needs or thoughts, reach out to the team below:
 | Gabriela Mendez 509-407-7829 |
 | Melissa Almanza 509-829-1208 |
 | Yolonda Marzest 253-306-1311 |
 | Chisana White 360-787-6182 |
Retention and Support Program Manager
 | Holly Luna 360-902-8035 |
Caregiver Recruitment and Retention Administrator
 | Codie Veitenheimer Codie.weitenheimer@dcyf.wa.gov 360.701.9100 |
