November 08, 2018
The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is celebrating another record-breaking year of adoptions from foster care as families gather at Istrouma Baptist Church this afternoon for the state's 20th Annual Adoption Celebration.
October 23, 2018
10.23.18 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) has been awarded a $3 million grant from Youth Villages to expand services for transition-age foster youth.
September 21, 2018
09.21.18 - Expanding the network of community and faith-based supports for foster parents is the focus of the second annual Louisiana Fosters event, hosted at the Governor's Mansion today by First Lady Donna Edwards and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services.
September 21, 2018
August 09, 2018
08.08.18 - Louisiana Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) are partnering in a recruitment campaign for CASA volunteers and foster parents.
August 03, 2018
08.03.18 - Gov. John Bel Edwards joined DCFS Secretary Marketa Garner Walters, legislative leaders, former foster youth and child advocates today in launching efforts to extend foster care in Louisiana through age 21.
May 24, 2018
05.24.18 - As National Foster Care Month comes to an end, the Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is urging more faith, business and community groups to join the growing Louisiana Fosters movement by supporting the state's foster care system.
May 15, 2018
05.15.18 - The Louisiana Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) is marking National Foster Care Month, celebrated annually in May, with the official launch of a new foster parent recruitment campaign.
January 16, 2018
01.16.18 - Louisiana's embrace of the Quality Parenting Initiative (QPI), and the fundamental shift it brings to the state's foster care system, will be featured at the QPI National Conference in New Orleans this week.