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DCFS CAFÉ Is Open For Business

April 02, 2012

04.02.12 - CAFÉ is open for business across the state for individuals applying for, or those currently receiving, assistance from the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

DCFS' Safe Sleep TV Commercial Targets Areas with High Rate of Co-sleeping Child Fatalities

March 12, 2012

03.12.12 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) today launched a television commercial promoting safe sleep for babies. The commercial focuses on the risk of co-sleeping or bed-sharing with parents and begins airing in the Shreveport, Lake Charles, Monroe and Lafayette areas today. A statewide release is set for April.

DCFS Seeks Injunction Against Unlicensed Child Care Provider in Calcasieu Parish

February 28, 2012

02.28.12 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has filed a petition seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction against Glynn and Rose Richard for operating an unlicensed child care facility, Mo Mo's Home Care, in Calcasieu Parish. The provider admitted to keeping up to 22 children at any given time.

December Child Support Round-Up Accounts for more than $74,000 from Delinquent Parents Owing more than $1.1 million

January 23, 2012

01.23.12 -- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) today announced totals from a December child support round-up that resulted in 126 arrests of non-custodial parents owing more than $1.1 million.

Louisiana Safe Haven Law Provides Alternative to Abandoning Newborns

January 18, 2012

01.18.12 - Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) Secretary Ruth Johnson said today that a mom who allegedly abandoned a newborn outside her home in St. Tammany Parish on Monday could have utilized Louisiana's Safe Haven law, which provides a legal means for parents to anonymously give up custody of infants without the threat of prosecution for neglect, abandonment or child cruelty.

DCFS Announces $8 Million in Mid-Year Budget Reductions

December 16, 2011

12.16.11 -- The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services today announced a reduction of $8 million in state general funds for FY 2012.

DCFS Continues to Add to Casino Intercept Winnings in Baton Rouge, Lafayette

December 13, 2011

12.13.11 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has intercepted casino winnings from 21 non-custodial parents totaling more than $41,000. The casino interception initiative has expanded to five casinos since the launch of the pilot program in September with one more expected to be active later this week.

DCFS Seeks Injunction Against Evasive Unlicensed Child Care in Orleans Parish

December 09, 2011

12.09.11 - After years of evading efforts to shut them down, the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has filed a temporary restraining order and will seek a permanent injunction against Annette Osborne Willis and Latasha Poole for operating an unlicensed child care facility in Orleans Parish. Inspectors recently found 40 children in a small residence with insufficient space, unsafe sleeping arrangements and inadequate supervision.

DCFS Antifraud GIS System Draws Attention of Texas Inspector General

December 01, 2011

12.01.11 - The Louisiana Department of Children & Family Services (DCFS) today hosted Texas Inspector General Douglas Wilson and other Texas officials, who traveled to Louisiana to see first-hand the agency's award-winning antifraud Geographic Information System (GIS) technology used to detect fraudulent activity in the state's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).

DCFS Appeals Federal Decision Regarding Emergency Funds

November 23, 2011

11.23.11 - The Department of Children and Family Services today announced it has appealed a decision by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that denies the utilization of Deepwater Horizon oil spill expenditures to qualify for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Emergency Funds, and as a result, DCFS is reducing $7.1 million in expenditures.