Early Learning / Child Care
Early learning and child care
Safe Sleep & Other Safety Tips
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Learn ways to help keep kids of any age safe from injuries.
Youth Suicide Prevention
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Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people aged 15 to 24. Recognize the warning signs and help prevent suicide.
Protect Your Baby - Safe and Legal Alternatives
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Within 72 hours of an infant's birth, you can leave an infant at any hospital without fear of prosecution. Read the details of the Safety of Newborn Children Law.
Child Abuse Prevention Tips
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Learn to basics on what you can do to help prevent child abuse
Child Abuse and Neglect Founded Findings
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Get information on founded findings and the history check process.
Report Child Abuse
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This is where you learn all the ins and outs of reporting child abuse and neglect.
DCYF Organizational Function Model
April 11, 2018
As promised, we are presenting our next level of organizational structure for the new Department of Children, Youth, and Families. What we are outlining here is a model that describes the organization of functions within DCYF, not individuals. Getting this functional model in place allows us to start putting names in slots, but we have not completed that phase of the planning yet.
Searching for Leaders for Programs for Children and Families
April 18, 2018
As Secretary Hunter mentioned in a previous post, my role at the Department of Children, Youth, and Families is to oversee the division of Programs for Children and Families. We have begun the challenging yet critical task of building a leadership team for this division. We announced a few weeks ago that Connie Lambert-Eckel and Marybeth Queral will be joining me in this work.