Division for Children, Youth and Families

Mission Statement

The New Hampshire Division for Children, Youth and Families (DCYF) is committed to partnering with families and communities to provide the sources and support needed for children to be safe. We do this through collaboration and the belief that all families have strengths. We anchor our work in DCYF's Practice Model, which outlines specific core values and beliefs and drives our practices and policies: prevention reduces abuse, neglect and delinquency, and promotes safety for children, youth, families, and communities; everyone deserves to be safe; all children and youth need and deserve permanency; everyone needs and deserves a life of well-being; everyone deserves to be treated with courtesy and respect; all children, youth, and families have strengths; all children and youth belong with family.