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The Division of Safety and Permanence (DSP) manages programs to ensure safe placement of children who have been victims of abuse, neglect, or trafficking, and seeks to improve long-term outcomes for foster youth and children in the juvenile justice system. Bureaus include: Child Welfare Foster Care and Adoption Assistance; Bureau of Youth Services
DCFS's operations involve investigating child welfare and abuse allegations, foster care, and adoption. DCFS files child welfare allegations in Edmund D. Edelman Children's Court, located in Monterey Park, California, and the Alfred J. McCourtney Juvenile Justice Center in Lancaster, California. DCFS is represented by Los Angeles County Counsel.
The Nevada Division of Child and Family Services (DCFS) is a state agency of Nevada, headquartered on the third floor of the 4126 Technology Way building in Carson City. It operates the state's juvenile detention facilities, child protective services, and address confidentiality program. [1]
The following concepts can be abbreviated DCFS. Department of Children and Family Services, the name of a governmental agency in some states in the United States; Department of Children and Family Services (Los Angeles County) Descriptional Complexity of Formal Systems, a computer science conference
Youth services is a field of practices within the social services sector in North America.Defined as "programs, activities, and services aimed at providing a range of opportunities for school-aged children, including mentoring, recreation, education, training, community service, or supervision in a safe environment," [1] youth services are a comprehensive series of strategies, activities ...
The eight programs administered are (in order of creation): [2] [4] Upward Bound Upward Bound (UB) is a federally funded educational program within the United States. The program is one of a cluster of programs referred to as TRIO, all of which owe their existence to the federal Higher Education Act of 1965.
The Youth.gov Program Directory is a searchable database that provides users with information about evidence-based programs whose purpose is to prevent and/or reduce problem behaviors in young people (under age 18). Communities can use this tool to determine whether replicating these strategies will meet local needs.
The Division of Youth Services’ (DYS) mission is to protect communities from juvenile offenders in the division's care and custody and to provide appropriate services to youth and their families. This balanced approach to juvenile justice relies on community partnerships for the development and enhancement of services for the prevention of ...