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Oct 3, 2017

Two Months In — What We’ve Been Up to So Far

The monumental task of creating a new agency is well underway, and I am eager to…

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Nov 28, 2017

Mission — Build a New, Integrated DCYF

Building a new agency — especially one as large and important as the Department of Children, Youth, and Families — is no easy task. Merging Children’s Administration, the Department of Early Learning and eventually the Juvenile Rehabilitation program, requires a…

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Aug 9, 2017

The Creation of a New Agency

Governor Inslee signed HB 1661 on July 6, 2017 creating the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. The DCYF will restructure how the state serves at-risk children with the goal of producing better outcomes for at-risk kids. As the governor said Thursday, “We want to…

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Aug 9, 2017

The Beginning of a New Role

On Aug. 1, 2017 I officially stepped into my new role as Secretary of the Department of Children, Youth, and Families. I can’t fully describe how excited, nervous, and hopeful I am about taking on this work. In the short time since the bill establishing the new agency passed, I…

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Oct 25, 2017

Submitting Our First Budget Request

I am very excited to have submitted the Department of Children, Youth, and Families’ very first budget request to the Governor’s office this week. Even though we’re working towards only a supplemental budget, it feels like a milestone in “realness” for the new agency.

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