Department of Family Services Factsheets

This page contains factsheets on programs and services offered by the Department of Family Services. Also check out the Publications page for copies of the Department of Family Services printed material.

The areas covered are:

• Keeping Children Safe
• Supporting Families
• Public Assistance and Employment Services
• Foster Care and Adoption
• Older Adults and Adults with Disabilities
• Volunteering with DFS

• BeFriend-A-Child Program
  
• Child Abuse and Neglect
  
• Child Sexual Abuse
  
• Child Supervision Guidelines
  • Spanish
    
• Guidelines for Selecting a Babysitter
  • Spanish
    
• Tips for Shopping with Your Child
  

• Emergency Shelter Program
  
• Family Preservation Services
  
• Family Resource Centers
  
• Family-Focused Prevention Services
  
• Healthy Families Fairfax
  
• Katherine K. Hanley Family Shelter
  
• Kinship Care Resource Guide
  
• Nurturing Parenting Program (R) in Fairfax County
  

• Applying for Public Assistance Benefits
  
• Free or Low-Cost Health Care Programs for Children
  
• Medicaid
  
• Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) Program
  
• Virginia Initiative for Employment Not Welfare (VIEW)
  

• Adoption Program
  
• Foster Care
  

• Adult and Aging Program
  
• Adult Protective Services
  
• Kinship Care Resource Guide
  

• BeFriend-A-Child Program
  
• Family Resource Centers
  
• Foster Care
  
• Nurturing Parenting Program (R) in Fairfax County
  
• Volunteer Opportunities