Over the past two fiscal years, Washington has shelled out more than $500 million to settle lawsuits and tort claims alleging ...

Do you know a child or youth in foster care who loves baseball? The Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and ...

Washington Governor Bob Ferguson announced a state rapid response team Monday to try and help families of those impacted by ...

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

DCYF intake screening experts who were consulted ... sensitivity and working with different cultures represented in Washington state. The committee recommended that the intake worker fielding ...

The Washington Supreme Court today granted the state's child welfare agency broad civil protection over its handling of a ...

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

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

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 ...

Washington state is facing a growing liability bomb of lawsuit payouts that have topped $500 million over the past two fiscal ...