Washington Department of Children, Youth, and Families: Strengthening Connections Between Child Welfare and Early Learning

March 18, 2019

Secretary Ross Hunter, the Director of Washington’s Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), recently laid out the department’s plan for incorporating early childhood learning services into the child welfare system. DCYF is piloting projects at two sites to identify opportunities to strengthen connections to early learning resources for child welfare-involved families, which evidence suggests will help at-risk families develop protective factors and build resilience. Read his post here, and read more about the GPL’s work with Washington DCYF here.