Press Releases

DCFS Celebrates November as Adoption Awareness Month

November 08, 2013

11.08.13 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Families Services (DCFS) will host events across the state during November to celebrate adoptive families and honor the 506 families who adopted 733 children from Louisiana's foster care system in the past year.

DCFS Pursues Disqualification of SNAP Recipients Who Misused Benefits During Outage

November 06, 2013

11.06.13 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) announced today it will seek to disqualify Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients who are suspected of intentionally using their EBT (electronic benefit transfer) cards to make purchases that exceeded the available balance during a multi-state Xerox EBT system failure on October 12. DCFS will pursue these suspected recipients through the administrative hearing process.

Federal SNAP Program Changes Benefits

October 31, 2013

10.31.13 - As a result of the expiration of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has informed states that benefits will be lower in November for households that receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

DCFS Announces Increase in Performance Pay Adjustments

September 27, 2013

09.27.13 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services will award four percent performance pay adjustments to eligible employees effective October 1st. The increases are the result of capitalizing on efficiencies in this year's budget, maximizing incentive awards, and working collaboratively with other state agencies and partners during the past year.

DCFS Collects Nearly $1.3 Million in Child Support Arrears From Casinos

August 29, 2013

08.29.13 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has collected more than $1.2 million from gamblers who owe back child support in the two years since the agency launched its Casino Intercept Program.

DCFS Awarded More Than $8 million in Child Support Enforcement Incentives

August 20, 2013

08.20.13 - The Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services' (DCFS) continued efforts to improve child support collections have been rewarded with more than $8 million as part of a federal Child Support Enforcement Incentive award.

Mandated Reporter Training Available on DCFS Website

August 01, 2013

08.01.13 - As a new Louisiana state law goes into effect on August 1, 2013, requiring mandated reporters of child abuse and neglect to undergo training, the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) reminds the public that online training is available on its website at no cost.

August 1 Brings Changes to Louisiana Safe Haven Law

July 31, 2013

07.31.13 - Effective August 1, a parent can use the Louisiana Safe Haven law to relinquish a baby up until they are 60 days old. Previously the age limit was 30 days.

DCFS Implements Continuous Quality Improvement Team

July 19, 2013

07.19.13 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) today announced the implementation of its Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) team. CQI is part of DCFS' ongoing commitment to excellence, implementing and evaluating best practices in Louisiana's child welfare program, and building on successes.

DCFS Announces Domestic Violence Funding

July 11, 2013

07.11.13 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is funding 18 domestic violence service providers across the state based on the previous year's funding amounts, and for the first time takes into account the size of the population served, square miles covered and the quality of the service provided.