Parent Advisory Group

At the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), we believe that parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. The Parent Advisory Group (PAG) helps share ideas, give feedback, and ask questions that guide the work future of DCYF.  

When parents help make decisions, we can create better policies and programs that support the needs of families. The PAG includes 20-25 parents and caregivers of children from before birth through age 25. The group meets online and in-person when funding allows. 

PAG members come from many different family backgrounds including: 

  • Families from rural and urban, or military communities.
  • Families who use early learning services.
  • Families who do not use receive any services.
  • Families with different structures, such as single parents, relative care, foster parents, or blended families.
  • Families who have been affected by incarceration.
  • Families from different cultural, language, and ethnic backgrounds.
  • Families with children who a developmental or special needs.
  • Families with experience in child welfare.
  • Families with experience in juvenile justice.
     

Meetings

2026

January 21, 2026

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Meeting ID: 891 2352 9078
Passcode: 616723

2025

November 19, 2025

September 17, 2025

August 21, 2025

July 16, 2025

May 21, 2025

March 19, 2025

January 15, 2025