PHOENIX (Thursday, March 10, 2016) – Wednesday’s discovery of an abandoned newborn girl in Mesa brings attention to the importance of Arizona’s “Safe Haven” law and the continuing critical need for more foster parents.
In desperate circumstances where a baby’s parent believes they simply can’t care for their child, babies are abandoned as occurred in Mesa this past week. It is...
Every child deserves a safe and loving home, yet some children enter the world without either. The Department of Child Safety is dedicated to the mission that all Arizona children should be safe and belong in strong forever families. Â
When a newborn child is abandoned as occurred this week in Mesa, Arizona goes to work to protect these vulnerable infants. In desperate circumstance...
Yesterday various news agencies reported the closure of the DCS placement center with an emphasis on children “once again sleeping on the floors” of state agency offices.Â
The “story behind the story” is that the placement center was needed due to an average 30-hour wait time for children to be placed. To solve the root problem, the Department of Child Safety has beefed up staff,...
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The Children's Heart Gallery, an initiative of DCS, is a digital exhibit of high quality, compelling photographs capturing the unique personalities of children in Arizona who are waiting to be adopted.
PFCU will display these photographs on its television...
In the Jan. 20 editorial “Sadly, governor’s budget doesn’t match his words,” The Republic referred to a “growing backlog” of inactive DCS cases.
I would like to offer an update of the backlog numbers. They’re going down significantly and have been for some time.
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TUCSON (Thursday, December 3, 2015) - The Department of Child Safety today launched the CarePortal from the First Assembly of God Church in Tucson. Â
The CarePortal will help DCS staff link multiple churches to needy children and families involved in the child welfare system. Â Often, families caring for children in foster care are presented with a variety of challenges that could place...
PHOENIX (Wednesday, December 02, 2015) – Department of Child Safety (DCS) Director Greg McKay today released data showing improvement in several crucial areas.
Child welfare has been, and will continue to be a high volume, high risk industry. Arizona's Department of Child Safety (formerly Child Protective Services) has continuously suffered the effect of demands outpacing capacity. The...
PHOENIX (Tuesday, December 1, 2015) - The Arizona Department of Child Safety has submitted its agency rules package to the Arizona Secretary of State.
When DCS was created in May of 2014, state lawmakers included in the enacting legislation for the agency - previously a part of the Department of Economic Security – an exemption from certain rulemaking requirements to draft its own set...
PHOENIX (November 9, 2015) – On November 7, 2015, the Department of Child Safety (DCS) and the Mesa Police Department conducted a joint investigation into the child abuse related death of five year old, Helious Griffith. Helious was admitted as a patient at Cardon Children's Medical Center when he was killed by his mother, Lola Griffith (27). His mother then committed suicide at the scene. ...
Director Greg McKay shares the Department of Child Safety's strategic plan with staff and how it will lead to improved outcomes for Arizona's children and families.
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