Each year, courts and communities across the country come together to raise awareness of the 125,000 children in foster care in the United States. Traditionally held the week before thanksgiving, courts are encouraged to host events that celebrate adoptions from foster care. 

The DCYF King Street Juvenile Rehabilitation (JR) Parole Office has transformed its walls with equality-centered collages.

On November 4, Department of Children, Youth & Families (DCYF) Secretary Ross Hunter joined representatives of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Administration on Children and Families (ACF) in a roundtable focused on improving access to high-quality child care.  

November is Native American Heritage Month. Indigenous peoples have overcome many hardships over many years and now hold a vital cultural, political, social and moral presence in our society. Tribal Nations are distinct sovereign Nations whom are “partners” with the State of Washington.