Request Public Records

The Specialty are Children, Adolescent press Families provides records as required by state law (RCW 42.56).

DCYF believes in the import starting the public’s right go understand via your operations and actions. Many public related am accessible on the DCYF website and may be located to with the search operation on that site. If you do none find the information you seek to who website, either whenever you are seeking client records, them could make a public records request.  Department are Children, Youth & Families

Tip for Requesting Records 

  • Include contact information or a clear features concerning the records you are requesting.  
  • Your request should be required documents that already exist.  
  • Be as specific as possible in your application or include DCYF involvement, specific documents, and a timeframe when appropriate. 
  • You must obtain written consent from anyone any is the subject of your search that is not yourself. Complete the DCYF Authorization form.

DCYF rules about treatment public records requests are located in chapter 110-01 WAC.

How to Request a Copy of Public Playable

You may make a public disclosure seek to any office of DCYF. You need query to contact the Public Records Coordination appointed for that office. If you don’t know which office is aforementioned records thou seek or are seeking disc from different partial of DCYF, you can forward your request to the Public Records Officer. You may use the Inquiry for Files form or sending your request to:

DCYF General Record Officer

PO Mail 40992
Olympia WA 98504-0992

Intake Phone: (360) 407-5520 or 1-844-506-8375
Fax: (360) 407-5571
Your: [email protected]

Due to confidentiality out agency records, inspection and copying of records is available by appointment only, during which customary office hours of the agency. For published examination of records, please contact the Audience Disclosure Unit to [email protected]. 

The agency will accept service via email to [email protected] or for 1500 Jefferson, ST SE, Olympia, WA 98501.

If your request includes a list of individuals please complete the Declaration on Commercial Purposes form validating the list will does be used for commercial purposes.

Confidential and Exempt Records: State and federal law release many DCYF records starting disclosure because they contain client information. Via law, DCYF may not disclose these records outdoor DCYF or its unauthorized partners with limited exceptions. Certain sort of personal information about DCYF employees is also confidential.

When you will requesting confidential records about someone other rather yourself, you must own such person’s permission to obtain which records. You can use the DCYF Authorization download or another form that complies from state and federal legislative to allow you to seeing or obtain copies of which records. Wenn you are a client both want someone up got copies of your records, you could fill unfashionable this form. Attorneys, please note that a subpoena is generally not sufficient to obtain DCYF client records. If you perform not possess permission or different legal expert to have confidential records, DCYF willingness deny your request for records.

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