Ask New Allies: How can I follow what child welfare leaders are doing around the country?
Child welfare programs are doing incredible work, but it can be difficult to find and follow all the latest news from state leaders.
Anyone seeking to connect with child welfare agency leaders and wanting to stay abreast of updates from their departments might have trouble locating their website addresses and social media handles.
We understand! That’s why we’ve done the work for you and have put together the table below. This chart lists each state’s child welfare department name, web address, and Twitter and Facebook usernames. We hope you find this guide helpful.
Do you have a question about child welfare we can help you with? Ask New Allies!
| State | Organization | Acronym | Website | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | Department of Human Resources | DHR | AlabamaDHR | AlabamaDHR | dhr.alabama.gov |
| Alaska | Department of Health and Social Services | DHSS | Alaska_DHSS | alaska.dhss | dhss.alaska.gov |
| Arizona | Department of Child Safety | DCS | ArizonaDCS | arizonadcs | dcs.az.gov |
| Arkansas | Department of Human Services | DHS | ARHumanServices | ArkDHS | humanservices.arkansas.gov |
| California | Department of Social Services | CDSS | CaliforniaDSS | California-Department-of-Social-Services-368167049950004 | cdss.ca.gov |
| Colorado | Department of Human Services | CDHS | CO_CDHS | CoCDHS | cdhs.colorado.gov |
| Connecticut | Department of Children and Families | DCF | CTDCF | CTDCF | portal.ct.gov/DCF |
| Delaware | Department of Services for Children, Youth and their Families | DSCYF | DelKids | DelawareDSCYF | kids.delaware.gov |
| District of Columbia | Child and Family Services Agency | CFSA | DCCFSA | DCCFSA | cfsa.dc.gov |
| Florida | Department of Children and Families | DCF | myflfamilies | MyFLFamilies | myflfamilies.com |
| Georgia | Division of Family and Children Services | DFCS | GADFCS | GADFCS | dfcs.georgia.gov |
| Hawaii | Department of Human Services | DHS | humanservices.hawaii.gov | ||
| Idaho | Department of Health and Welfare | DHW | idhw | IdahoHealthandWelfare | healthandwelfare.idaho.gov |
| Illinois | Department of Children and Family Services | DCFS | IllinoisDCFS | IllinoisDCFS | www2.illinois.gov/dcfs |
| Indiana | Department of Child Services | DCS | IndianaDCS | in.gov/dcs | |
| Iowa | Department of Human Services | DHS | IowaDHS | IowaDHS | dhs.iowa.gov |
| Kansas | Department for Children and Families | DCF | DCFKansas | KansasDCF | dcf.ks.gov |
| Kentucky | Cabinet for Health and Family Services | CHFS | chfsky | kychfs | chfs.ky.gov |
| Louisiana | Department of Children and Family Services | DCFS | LouisianaDCFS | LADCFS | dss.state.la.us |
| Maine | Department of Health and Human Services | DHHS | MaineDHHS | mainedhhs | maine.gov/dhhs |
| Maryland | Department of Human Services | DHS | mdhumanservices | MDHumanServices | dhs.maryland.gov |
| Massachusetts | Department of Children & Families | DCF | Mass_DCF | FosterMA.DCF | mass.gov/dcf |
| Michigan | Department of Health & Human Services | DHHS | MichiganHHS | michiganhhs | michigan.gov/mdhhs |
| Minnesota | Department of Human Services | DHS | MinnesotaDHS | MinnesotaDHS | mn.gov/dhs |
| Mississippi | Department of Child Protection Services | MDCPS | mdcps_gov | MDCPS.gov | mdcps.ms.gov |
| Missouri | Department of Social Services | DSS | DSS_Missouri | MOSocialServices | dss.mo.gov |
| Montana | Department of Public Health and Human Services | DPHHS | DPHHSMT | MTDPHHS | dphhs.mt.gov |
| Nebraska | Department of Health and Human Services | DHHS | NEDHHS | NEDHHS | dhhs.ne.gov |
| Nevada | Division of Child & Family Services | DCFS | NevadaDcfs | NevadaDCFS | dcfs.nv.gov |
| New Hampshire | Department of Health and Human Services | DHHS | NHDHHSPIO | NHDepartmentofHealthAndHumanServices | dhhs.nh.gov |
| New Jersey | Department of Children and Families | DCF | NJDCF | NewJerseyDCF | nj.gov/dcf |
| New Mexico | Children, Youth and Families Department | CYFD | CYFDNM | cyfdpulltogether | cyfd.org |
| New York | Office of Children and Family Services | OCFS | NYSOCFS | NYSOCFS | ocfs.ny.gov |
| North Carolina | Department of Health and Human Services | DHHS | ncdhhs | ncdhhs | ncdhhs.gov |
| North Dakota | Department of Human Services | DHS | NDHumanServices | NDHumanServices | nd.gov/dhs |
| Ohio | Department of Job and Family Services | JFS | OhioJFS | OhioJFS | jfs.ohio.gov |
| Oklahoma | Department of Human Services | DHS | OKDHS | OklahomaDHS | oklahoma.gov/okdhs |
| Oregon | Department of Human Services | DHS | OregonDHSCW | ORHumanServices | oregon.gov/DHS |
| Pennsylvania | Department of Human Services | DHS | PAHumanServices | PAHumanServices | dhs.pa.gov |
| Rhode Island | Department of Children, Youth and Families | DCYF | ridcyf | ridcyf | dcyf.ri.gov |
| South Carolina | Department of Social Services | DSS | SC_DSS | SouthCarolinaDSS | dss.sc.gov |
| South Dakota | Department of Social Services | DSS | SouthDakotaDSS | SouthDakotaDSS | dss.sd.gov |
| Tennessee | Department of Children's Services | DCS | TN_DCS | TNdcs | tn.gov/dcs.html |
| Texas | Department of Family and Protective Services | DFPS | TexasDFPS | TexasDFPS | dfps.state.tx.us |
| Utah | Department of Child and Family Services | DCFS | uthumanservices | dcfs.utah.gov | |
| Vermont | Department for Children and Families | DCF | VermontDCF | dcf.vermont.gov | |
| Virginia | Department of Social Services | DSS | VDSS | VDSSGOV | dss.virginia.gov |
| Washington | Department of Children, Youth & Families | DCYF | waDCYF | waDCYF | dcyf.wa.gov |
| West Virginia | Department of Health and Human Resources | DHHR | WV_DHHR | wv.dhhr | dhhr.wv.gov |
| Wisconsin | Department of Children and Families | DCF | WisDCF | wisdcf | dcf.wisconsin.gov |
| Wyoming | Department of Family Services | DFS | Wyoming_DFS | wyomingdepartmentoffamilyservices | dfs.wyo.gov |
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