From expanding crisis family preservation services statewide to increasing the number of licensed kinship caregivers, the Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is working tirelessly on various practice changes and increased supports to improve outcomes for families.

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families wants to recognize fathers who have had a successful outcome with their child welfare case for the Inaugural Engaging Father Celebration in June.

The recipient will receive two nights at Great Wolf Lodge Water Park-Grand Mound.

To be eligible, the father:

Child care subsidy helps families pay for quality child care.

Fentanyl overdoses are a leading cause of drug overdose deaths in the United States. In Washington State, overdose deaths involving synthetic opioids (mostly fentanyl) have increased 10-fold over the past five years. In 2021, approximately 3 in 4 opioid overdose deaths involved synthetic opioids.