In May of 2022, police and medics responding to a 911 call found 2-year-old Jose Fernandez Armas dead in a Kent motel room with a fractured skull and jaw and massive internal injuries.

The caseworker assigned to 4-year-old Ariel Garcia's family had over 20 open cases they were responsible for when the maximum ...

The Washington counties sued the Washington State Department of Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) after the agency said it would not accept new inmates at Green Hill and Echo Glen Children's ...

A review of the state's actions revealed 4-year-old Ariel Garcia's grandmother called Child Protective Services five days ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson creates a team to support children facing family separation due to immigration actions.

Three bills intended to address the overcrowding crisis at Green Hill School in Chehalis had public hearings in the ...

In anticipation of mass deportations of illegal aliens by newly-elected President Donald Trump, Washington state Gov. Bob ...

It will be comprised of professionals within DCYF, Washington State Patrol, the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance, the Attorney General’s Office, and representatives of the Governor’s ...

Ferguson’s executive order directs the “immediate creation of the family-separation rapid response team” in the state’s ...

A first-of-its-kind nursery for drug-affected infants is underutilized while Washington ... 5 has found DCYF can't keep up with the investigations which is a violation of state law.

Surrounded by immigrant advocates chanting, “Keep families together!” Gov. Bob Ferguson signed an executive order Monday ...

In 2018, the state Legislature enacted House Bill 6160 ... and for the better part of the year the governor and DCYF [Washington Department of Children, Youth, & Families] tried to downplay ...