The Infant and Early Childhood 2024 Conference (IECC) will be held May 6-10, 2024, hosted on Zoom for the third consecutive year. 

Jan. 4, 2024 — Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF), which became a member of The National Partnership for Child Safety (NPCS) in 2021, today released its year-end updates on the work of the NPCS, a quality improvement collaborative with a mission to improve child safety and prevent child maltreatment fatalities.

DCYF has updated its Agency Performance page with the latest available data for 2023. The page displays key indicators representing agency work across child welfare, early learning, and juvenile rehabilitation programs and demonstrates progress in DCYF’s strategic priority areas:

The new year brings a handful of changes that will increase supports to families and protect children and youth. Here is a roundup of changes you will see in 2024: