DSS Office, Employees Honored by Federal Agency
Louisiana’s Disability Determinations Service (DDS), a part of the Department of Children & Family Services (DSS), and four of its employees have earned high honors from…
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DSS Legislative Package Aims to Increase Protections from Sexual Predators, Realign Business Practices
Reducing the threat of sexual predators, increasing educational stability for foster children and allowing the state to use public facilities during an emergency are part of…
Read MoreDSS Urges Providers to Prevent Flu in Child Care Centers
Sick children and employees should be sent home, centers closed if flu cases confirmed Department of Children & Family Services (DSS) Secretary Kristy Nichols said today…
Read MoreDSS Announces Appointment of Assistant Secretary of Office of Community Services
Department of Children & Family Services (DSS) Secretary Kristy Nichols today announced that Kaaren Hebert has been appointed assistant secretary of the Office of Community Services…
Read MoreDSS Employees Donate $40,000 in Campaign to Prevent Child Abuse
Total is twice agency’s goal and ten times amount donated in 2008 Employees at the Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services (DSS) reached into their…
Read MoreNational Company Teams Up with DSS to Hire Individuals with Disabilities
PRIDE Industries, a national service company with a mission to create jobs for people with disabilities, has partnered with the Department of Children & Family Services’…
Read MoreNewborn Safely Handed Over at Safe Haven Facility
Second Since February Launch of Public Awareness Campaign A newborn was safely handed over to an employee at a Safe Haven facility in Southwest Louisiana earlier…
Read MoreDSS Raises $21,000 in Campaign to Prevent Child Abuse
April Designated as Prevent Child Abuse Month BATON ROUGE – As Prevent Child Abuse month gets underway, Department of Children & Family Services (DSS) Secretary Kristy…
Read MoreNewborn Safely Handed Over at Lake Charles area Safe Haven Facility One Month After State Public Awareness Campaign
One month after the Department of Children & Family Services (DSS) launched a public awareness campaign to educate new parents about Louisiana’s Safe Haven law, a…
Read MoreGun Pulled on DSS Employees Reiterates Daily Danger In Protecting Children
Morehouse Employees, Child Uninjured in Incident Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services Secretary Kristy Nichols said today that an incident in Morehouse Parish late this…
Read MoreDSS Launches Online Adoption Initiative
Profiles featuring foster children available for adoption now on DSS Web site Connecting Louisiana foster children with potential adoptive families is as close as the click…
Read MoreLouisiana’s Safe Haven Law Designed to Keep Unwanted Newborns Safe, Parents Free from Prosecution
BATON ROUGE – Louisiana Department of Social Services (DSS) officials reminded the public today that Louisiana’s Safe Haven law gives new parents a chance to provide…
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