Secretary Hunter submitted a letter to the Office of Financial Management for the Department of Children, Youth, and Families biennial budget.

DCYF is charged with creating an integrated approach to service delivery, which will help us re-envision how we deliver our system of services. 

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families has big goals. We want to make life better for all families, not just those we serve. We want to take a new approach to contracting that will support providers throughout the state to make an even bigger impact for families and communities.

By building a new agency, DCYF is preparing to integrate and align early learning, child welfare, and juvenile rehabilitation services in Washington. Before we can effectively improve programs and services for children, youth and families, we need to first set goals by which we can measure our effectiveness.