The Delaware Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families (DSCYF) is responsible for providing and managing a range of services for children who have experienced abandonment, abuse, neglect, adjudication, and mental health and substance use conditions. DSCYF’s mission is to engage families and communities to promote the safety and well-being of children, families and communities through prevention, intervention, treatment, and rehabilitative services. DSCYF is comprised of four operating divisions: Division of Youth Rehabilitative Services which serves youth involved with the juvenile justice system; Division of Family Services which promotes the safety and well-being of children through prevention, protection and permanency; Division of Management Support Services which provides human resources, information technology, facilities management and fiscal services; and the Division of Prevention and Behavioral Health Services (DPBHS) which provides a range of statewide voluntary behavioral health prevention, early intervention and treatment programs and services for youth. The Department’s core values include safety, compassion, respect, and collaboration. DSCYF is committed to providing services within a System of Care framework that requires staff and providers to work together using the following principles: • Services are individualized and include strength-based solutions • Services are appropriate in type and duration • Services are child-centered, and family focused • Services are primarily community-based and least restrictive • Services are culturally competent • Services are provided within and across a seamless system • Services are planned and managed within a team-framework which includes the child, the family, and natural and professional supports that are available to them.
