DCYF’s Office of Innovation, Alignment, and Accountability (OIAA) is developing a suite of early learning dashboards. These dashboards provide regular, up-to-date data on child care and early learning needs in local communities and address statutory requirements for regular data reporting.
There are several upcoming important dates for us to celebrate, honor, and recognize in Indigenous and Native American history.
For the past year, Echo Glen Children’s Center has partnered with Yoga Behind Bars (YBB) to provide trauma-informed yoga sessions for both staff and young people.
Last spring, Performance-based Standards (PbS), a DCYF partner and nationwide juvenile justice standards organization
The Treehouse CARES Project pays for tutoring, school-related items, and extracurricular activities, helping to eliminate financial barriers to success in school. Benefits are available to children and youth in foster care and young adults in Extended Foster Care (EFC).
Kinship care and suitable persons are at the heart of keeping children and youth connected to their families and community.
The passage of the Fair Start for Kids Act in May provides DCYF with resources to stabilize child care, support providers in serving the children that come through their doors and allows more families to access affordable, high-quality child care.
The Fair Start for Kids Act provides the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) with resources to stabilize child care, support providers in serving the children that come through their doors, and allows more families to access affordable, high-quality child care.
Effective Oct. 1, these changes positively effect eligibility for Working Connections Child Care (WCCC), a care subsidy program available from DCYF. The WCCC income eligibility is increased, resulting in lower copayments for many families.
"We know one of the most effective things we can do [for justice-involved youth] is to bring peer-to-peer assistance to them.” – Gov. Jay Inslee
