Washington is one of the leading states in kinship care, which is the full-time care of a child by extended family or suitable others.  

The DCYF Office of Tribal Relations (OTR) is excited to announce that registration is now open for the 7th Annual ICYF conference.  

Family, Friend and Neighbor (FFN) Appreciation Week is celebrated yearly on the second week of September. FFN providers include grandparents, aunts and uncles, elders, older siblings, friends, neighbors, and others who help families by providing child care.  

In partnership with Friends of Echo Glen, the Echo Glen facility hosted a field day on Aug. 19, 2026, for young people. The event included a petting zoo, an inflatable obstacle course, and a dunk tank where several staff were dunked by enthusiastic young people.

Follow Juvenile Rehabilitation Counselor Colton Drake on a day at Canyon View Community Facility.

  Every day at community facilities, staff are supporting young people in education, programming, and treatment to build a successful future beyond Juvenile Rehabilitation. 

Report highlighted DCYF’s mandatory reporter poster, screening, and training.

The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) was one of the agencies identified as “going over and above the legal requirements” to raise awareness of human trafficking, according to a recently published State Auditor’s Office (SAO) Audit.

Each year on September 30, Orange Shirt Day offers an opportunity to remember the Native children who were taken from their families, communities, languages, cultures, and ways of life through residential and boarding school systems.