Findings from the Strengthen Families Locally Project:
NATIVE Project Grand Opening:
On March 25, 2025, the NATIVE Project, a Recognized Native American Organization in Spokane, Washington, celebrated the grand opening of the NATIVE Project’s new Children and Youth Services Center Building. $11 million was raised to build the four-story, 15,000-square-foot building that will serve at-risk youth in Spokane. Toni Lodge, CEO of the NATIVE Project, thanked the Spokane community for their support and donations that will help provide wellness and behavioral health services to at-risk youth.
“Every neighborhood should have one of these, a Children & Youth Services Building. This is how we do prevention; this is community, this is our culture.” – Toni Lodge, CEO of The NATIVE Project .
Article written by L.J. Adkinson - ICW Program Consultant/Tribal Liaison Region 1
Have a story to share? Email it to Joy Lile at strengtheningfamilies@dcyf.wa.gov.
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Learn About the State Budget and its Impacts on DCYF. On May 20, 2025, Gov. Bob Ferguson signed the 2025–2027 Washington state budget into law. The following webinar was hosted by Director of the Office of Public Affairs, Allison Krutsinger and Chief Financial Officer, Rene Newkirk, and shares the latest updates and impacts of the new budget. The slides have been updated to reflect the signed budget.
New law will help Commerce better support people reentering their community after incarceration. Commerce-request legislation signed last week expands the Reentry Council to include victims of crime, currently incarcerated people and more representation from other state agencies. Read the press release here.
Healing of the Canoe: Preliminary Suicide Prevention Outcomes Among Participating and Non-Participating Youth. Read the research article here.
Partnering with Fathers: This 2-part workshop series teaches strategies to engage fathers in early childhood programs and family-focused services, and to support parents as co-partners. June 3, 11 a.m.
2025 Virtual Community Summit Uniting for Impact: Engaging for Change from the Washington State DSHS Developmental Disabilities Community Services Division. This year’s summit will be completely virtual, bringing together self-advocates, families, friends, partners, and allies to collaborate in creating more inclusive communities. June 4, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. www.communitysummit.ws.
No Place to Grow: Rethinking Homelessness Through a Whole-Child, Whole-Family Lens. This webinar will explore the critical role of cross-sector collaboration in addressing family homelessness from early childhood systems to housing, health care, and education. June 5, 11 a.m.
HCA Integrated Care Conference: Join a community of partners to share ideas, learn about clinical and community-level innovations in integrated care, and help improve behavioral health care and health equity. June 5– 6 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Seattle Airport. 18740 International Blvd, Seattle. Learn more here.
Webinar: Father Engagement Tool. The Father Engagement Tool was created to help experienced home visitors by providing guiding questions for home visitors, survivors of domestic violence, and fathers to consider before, during, and after conversations. June 6, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
ADAI focus on meth 2025 online symposium: A full-day virtual event exploring the impact of methamphetamine use in Washington state, featuring data, lived experience, clinical approaches, harm reduction strategies, and the latest research on treatment options. Virtual training, June 12, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Drop-in for Parents and Caregivers: A Time of Mindfulness, Self-Compassion & Common Humanity from UW Center for Child & Family Well-being and Shayla Collins. Parents and caregivers, you spend so much of your time caring for others, please join a very informal hour (or whatever you can commit to) of practice for yourself. June 19 and July 16, 7-8 p.m.
Families Affected by Incarceration - Part 1: Parenting from Prison: Hear staff from the Department of Corrections and justice-involved dads share the struggles of keeping fathers connected with their children and what has worked for them. June 26, 2025, 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Paper Tigers Turns Ten: The Ripple Effect of Resilience. This year’s Community Resilience Initiative (CRI) Annual Conference will celebrate a decade of progress, inspiration, and resilience sparked by the film that ignited a movement. Oct. 16–18, 2025 | Spokane, WA | Hybrid Event. Early bird registration ends June 30. Register here
Mental Health Awareness: Reducing Toxic Stress to Support Children's Lifelong Well-Being. Research from the Harvard Center on the Developing Child underscores the need for policies and programs—well beyond traditional “children’s issues”—that support caregivers to ensure we protect them from toxic stress and bolster their ability to provide attentive caregiving and engage in critical serve and return interactions. Read about Toxic Stress here.
The Impact of State Minimum Wage Increases. Read the brief from Prenatal to Threw.
Significant Benefits of Positive Parenting Support Programs. View the fact sheet from the National Prevention Science Coalition.
Medicaid Oral Health Workforce Implementation Learning Series: Through shared best practices and peer exchange, the series will help Medicaid agencies and their partners build knowledge on implementing oral health workforce solutions that can increase access to and utilization of services, with the goal of improving member health. View the Request for Applications and apply by June 11.
Update on the Say It Out Loud conference: Office of Community Voices and Empowerment (OCVE) at HCA is excited to share an update on our progress with the revamping of the Say it Out Loud Conference. If you are someone who identifies within the 2S+LGBTQIA community and have capacity to join our monthly planning meetings, please reach out to Stephanie Lane.
Rape Prevention and Education Program (RPE): This Request for Proposal (RFP) is for organizations with experience in community services, sexual assault support, or prevention programs to help prevent sexual violence. Closes July 2. View application materials.
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