Keeping Kids SAFE

06/13/2026

Hey Bob, enough is enough.

Fentanyl is killing kids and destroying families.

Our kids need more than promises and harm reduction. They need protection.

Washington keeps saying children are a priority. But priorities are proven by action, not words.

Right now, children are falling through the cracks while families, caseworkers, and communities keep sounding the alarm.

We are done waiting for change after tragedy.

We refuse to accept fentanyl and fatalities as normal.

📍 June 27 — Memorial March at 6 PM

We will gather outside DCYF headquarters to stand with frontline workers and families demanding accountability and then march to the capitol.

This is not politics. This is children’s lives.

Governor Bob Ferguson — if you’re serious about protecting kids, it’s time to show up and act.

06/12/2026

Our children cannot afford for us to stay silent.

On June 27th, we will gather for a Memorial March to honor all of the children whose lives were lost, forever changed, or put at risk because the systems meant to protect them failed.

But this march is about more than remembering the past. It is about demanding action for the future.

We NEED a large turnout. Our elected leaders need to see that child safety is not a political talking point — it is a priority for Washington families. They need to hear that protecting children matters to us, that accountability matters to us, and that we expect meaningful solutions.

The challenges facing our state — from the child welfare crisis, to the impacts of substance use, mental health struggles, and unsafe environments — will not improve unless we are willing to address them honestly and courageously.

Our kids are our future. But even more importantly, they are children who deserve to grow up safe, loved, and protected.

Keeping kids safe is not just the responsibility of caseworkers, providers, or lawmakers. It is the responsibility of all of us as grown-ups.

We cannot bring back the children we have lost. But we can honor them by refusing to look away. We can stand together and demand better.

Join us June 27th. Bring your family. Bring your friends. Bring your voice.

Our children need all of us.

06/11/2026

Here’s the thing…

Our state is failing children.

This isn’t just about DCYF. This isn’t just about the Keeping Families Together Act.

It’s much bigger.

This is state sponsored abuse and neglect. No more sugar coating it.

If you’re tired of watching our kids in Washington die then join our call to action.

We the citizens of Washington are fed up.

Police investigating death of toddler found in tent behind Richland home

06/11/2026

How many more children have to die before Washington finally puts child safety first?

On June 27, we will march for Aiden Bevins.

We will march for Oakley Carlson, Cherri Tolle, AJ Funderburgh, Daniel Garza, Prince Lewis, Brentlee Lawrence, Ariel Garcia, Soo Jin Hahn, Ruth Richards, and the many other children whose lives were cut short after systems failed to protect them.

These children are more than headlines.

They were sons. Daughters. Brothers. Sisters.

They deserved safety. They deserved protection. They deserved a future.

Instead, too many warning signs were missed, too many reports were ignored, and too many opportunities to intervene came too late.

This memorial march is not just about remembering the children we lost.

It is about demanding that no more names be added to this list.

We will begin outside DCYF Headquarters in solidarity with the frontline case workers who have repeatedly raised concerns, called for change, and fought for the children in their care. Too often, their warnings have been ignored just as the warnings from the community about these children were ignored.

We stand with those on the front lines who know the system can do better.

We march because accountability matters.

We march because earlier intervention matters.

We march because child safety matters.

And if lawmakers are going to make meaningful changes, they need to know that this matters to the people of Washington. They need to see that citizens are paying attention. They need to hear that protecting children is not a partisan issue—it is a moral obligation.

If you are angry, come.

If you are heartbroken, come.

If you believe Washington’s children deserve better, come.

Bring a battery operated candle. Bring a flower. Bring a photo. Bring your voice. Bring your family.

Wear white in honor of the innocence of childhood.

📅 Saturday, June 27

🕕 Assemble at 6:00 PM

📍 DCYF Headquarters - to show unity in our call for change

The children cannot speak for themselves.

We can.

Join us and help ensure they are never forgotten.

If not now, when? If not us, who?

Every child still waiting for protection is depending on the adults to act.

06/10/2026

The story of Aiden Bevins is not an isolated tragedy. It is one of many.

Too many children in Washington have suffered while adults debated policy, delayed intervention, and ignored warning signs. Too many families are left grieving. Too many names continue to be added to the list.

Aiden deserved safety. So does every other child.

On June 27th, at 6 pm outside the DCYF headquarters, we will gather and march in remembrance of Aiden and all the children who were failed by Washington State. We will march to the capitol and make sure everyone in Washington knows we will not go quietly into the night while our children are left in harm’s way.

This march is about more than one child. It is about a growing crisis that many people still do not fully see.

Our kids need people willing to stand up, speak out, and demand change.

Details coming soon. Please join us. Bring a candle. Bring a sign. Bring your voice.

Because the children are counting on you.

06/09/2026

For two years, providers raised concerns about Cherri Tolle’s safety. Two years of services. Two years of warning signs. Two years where adults documented concerns and still this child was not protected.

How many reports does it take before a child matters more than policy barriers?

Washington’s “imminent physical harm” standard is too late. If intervention only happens when a child is already on the edge of catastrophic harm or death, then the system is not preventing tragedy — it is documenting it.

Children should not have to nearly die, or die, before adults are allowed to act.

Cherri deserved safety long before things reached a crisis point. She deserved urgency. Protection. Accountability from the adults and systems entrusted with her wellbeing.

And every elected official, policymaker, and person who fought against stronger protections for vulnerable children or dismissed these concerns as fearmongering needs to answer for the consequences of those decisions. Innocent children are paying the price for adult ideology, adult inaction, and adult refusal to confront reality.

The children are innocent.

The adults who ignored the warnings are not.

06/09/2026

Wonder who to reach out on our team?
Region 1: Amy and Angela
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Region 2: Kristina
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Region 3: Kristina
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Region 4&5: Tristan
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Region 6: Sarah
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06/08/2026

Two children with prior DCYF involvement were buried in their own yards.

And Oakley Carlson is still missing.

How many more children have to die before Washington admits the system is failing the very children it was created to protect?

When will we acknowledge that requiring “imminent physical harm” before removing a child from unsafe conditions often delays the very intervention that could save their life?

Children should not have to be at the brink of death before adults act.

We are watching preventable tragedies unfold over and over again while leaders debate policy, defend ideology, and avoid accountability.

These children deserved urgency.
They deserved protection.
They deserved adults willing to intervene before it was too late.

When will enough finally be enough?

Washingtonians must stand up as a community and demand change. Not next year. Not after another headline. Now.

We cannot do this alone.

It is going to take foster parents, teachers, medical professionals, law enforcement, advocates, lawmakers, neighbors, and everyday citizens refusing to stay silent anymore.

The children cannot advocate for themselves.

So we must.

06/07/2026

85 intakes isn’t “bias.”
It’s 85 missed opportunities to protect a child.

At some point, the excuses have to end.

When leaders, agencies, and policymakers refuse to acknowledge the severity of the child welfare crisis in Washington, they become complicit in it. Silence protects systems — not children.

If you won’t confront the failures, you are part of the failure.
If you won’t fight to save these kids, you are condemning more children to suffer the same fate.

The children are innocent.
The grownups are not.

Every fatality report should outrage us. Every ignored warning sign should haunt us. And every child lost should force accountability — not more spin, denial, and red tape.