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      • Learn More
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      • Therapeutic Foster Care
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DCS Takes License Revocation Action Against Group Home Operator for Multiple Safety, Health and Administrative Violations

August 31, 2015 | Press Release

DCS Takes License Revocation Action Against Group Home Operator for Multiple Safety, Health and Administrative Violations

PHOENIX (August 31, 2015) - The Arizona Department of Child Safety has issued a Notice of Group Home License Revocation against Golden State Human Development (GSHD), the operator of four group homes for foster children including: Charles...

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Arizona FIRST Commission Launches Website to Support Arizona Foster Parents

August 18, 2015 | Press Release

PHOENIX (Tuesday, August 18, 2015) – The Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) and the Arizona FIRST Advisory Commission have launched a website to provide comprehensive information, resources and answers to questions for Arizona foster parents.

AzFamilyResources.org answers the questions most commonly asked by both new and experienced foster parents. The...

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Child Welfare Report

July 27, 2015 | Press Release

Read the latest Child Welfare Report here.

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Bashas’, Food City Grocery Stores Team Up With Arizona Department of Child Safety To Urge Everyone to “Double Check for Kids in Cars” this Summer

July 14, 2015 | Press Release

ARIZONA (July 14, 2015) – With desert temperatures rapidly rising, Bashas’ and Food City grocery stores have teamed up with the Arizona Department of Child Safety to urge everyone to double-check their vehicle every single time they exit it this summer – to make sure no child is left inside.

Arizona ranks third in the United States per capita for hyperthermia deaths of children in hot...

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Chapin Hall Report

July 01, 2015 | Press Release

An independent review of the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS) was conducted by the Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago.

Legislation which created DCS required the Office of the Auditor General (Laws 2014, 2nd S.S., Ch. 1, §159) to engage an independent consult with expertise in child welfare system planning and operations to examine the current child...

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Requesting Feedback

June 29, 2015 | Press Release

Department of Child Safety was granted rulemaking authority under A.R.S. § 8-453(A)(5), and an 18-month exemption from the rulemaking requirements of Title 41, Chapter 6 under Arizona Laws 2014, Second Special Session, Chapter 1, Section 158 (Senate Bill 1001).

The law requires the Department to post all drafts of its administrative rules to the Department website for a minimum of 30...

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DCS Employee Locates Missing Tucson Child

June 11, 2015 | Press Release

Tucson, AZ (Thursday, June 11, 2015) – An Arizona Department of Child Safety employee's quick actions led to the recovery of a 10-year-old boy who went missing in the Tucson area on June 2nd, 2015.
Department of Child Safety Investigator Amanda Hudson was driving home from work in the area of I-10 and Colossal Cave when she discovered the child along the side...

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DCS Statement On Arrest Of Mesa Man On Child Abuse Charges In Fatality

June 05, 2015 | Statement

Phoenix, AZ (Friday, June 05, 2015) – Investigators from the DCS Office of Child Welfare Investigations (OCWI) are working with the Mesa Police Department in that department’s criminal investigation into the death of a 1 year-old child earlier today.

Upon receiving the report of the child’s death and the subsequent arrest of 27 year-old Andrew Isaac, DCS was...

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ChildHelp And DCS Partner To Create Safe Haven For Abused And Neglected Children

June 01, 2015 | Press Release

Phoenix, AZ (June 1, 2015) – Just two weeks ago, Arizona’s severely abused and neglected children seeking emergency shelter had nowhere to sleep but a hard cot in an office building. In response to this recent crisis of space and placement faced by the Arizona Department of Child Safety (DCS), Childhelp®, the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit advocating for abused...

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New Foster Care Advisory Commission Mandate To Do More Than Make Recommendations

May 26, 2015 | Press Release

PHOENIX (Tuesday, May 26, 2015) – Arizona Department of Child Safety Director Greg McKay is commissioning a multidisciplinary group of volunteers to reshape Arizona’s foster care system.  The Fostering Inclusion Respect Support Trust (FIRST) Advisory Commission consists of professionals and community partners with a depth of experience with Arizona’s foster care...

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