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DCFS Awarded $3M Grant to Expand Services for Transition-Age Foster Youth
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.
State Launches Efforts to Extend Foster Care to Age 21
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.