Focused On The Well-Being of
Children and Families.
DCYF is committed to serving at-risk children and youth, with the goal of producing stronger families with better outcomes in all Washington communities.
Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families
On July 6, 2017, Governor Inslee signed House Bill 1661, creating DCYF. The new agency restructured the state's services for at-risk children and youth, and includes all children's programs previously administered through DSHS. DCYF works to ensure that, "All Washington's children and youth grow up safe and healthy-thriving physically, emotionally, and educationally, nurtured by family and community."
These are all of the DCYF services offered through our company. These services are centered around reuniting families and giving them the tools necessary to thrive. Please click on each link to download more information on each service. You may also apply to become a DCYF subcontractor for any of these services by clicking the apply button below.
Family Time Services
Triple P Services
Family Time Services are employed when a family enters into the DCYF system and the children have been placed in foster/relative care. During family time services, the family is assigned a Family Time Specialist who will be responsible for taking thorough, objective and detailed notes that detail what happened throughout the visit using behavioral subjective language.
Triple P gives parents simple and practical strategies to help them build strong, healthy relationships, confidently manage their children’s behavior and prevent problems developing. Triple P is used in more 30 countries and has been shown to work across cultures, socio-economic groups and in many different kinds of family structures. There are 2 main programs within Triple P; Stepping Stones and Pathways.
Family Preservation Services
Promoting First Relationships
Family Preservation Services provide family-focused, behavior oriented, in-home counseling and support to youth who are at substantial risk of being placed in the foster care system or for children returning to the home from out of home care.
This evidence based program is provided in the family's home or office based for families with children 0-3. PFR is employed when there is; concerns about quality of parent-child relationship, a child is being reunified after being out the parent's care for a period of time, a parent needs information about infant/toddler social and emotional development, and a parent needs help developing and expressing empathy towards their young child.