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| Office of Children, Youth and Families
Links to information and leadership contacts in each of our bureaus: Bureau of Budget and Program Support (BBPS) BBPS provides support functions for OCYF including: budgeting; personnel; management of federal grants and revenue; fulfillment of needs-based budget mandates; and administrative, financial and operational support. The BBPS increases fiscal accountability through cost reporting, recovery, containment, justification, and redistribution. Learn more about BBPS. Bureau of Juvenile Justice Services (BJJS) BJJS is responsible for the management, operations, program planning and oversight of all the Youth Development Center (YCD)/Youth Forestry Camp facilities. These facilities are designed to provide state-of-the-art treatment, care and custody services to Pennsylvania’s most at-risk youth. Learn more about BJJS. Bureau of Child Welfare Services The Bureau of Child Welfare Services (CWS) is primarily responsible for monitoring the delivery of services by county and private children and youth social service agencies throughout the commonwealth. The bureau conducts these functions through the four OCYF Regional Offices and its Division of Licensing. Learn more about CWS. Bureau of Policy and Program Development The Bureau of Policy and Program Development develops and publishes program procedures and directives governing child welfare activities in the Commonwealth related to: the administration of public and private children and youth agencies; foster family care; adoption; child residential and day treatment programs; and Child Protective Services. Learn more about BPPD. Office of Children Youth and Families Annual Progress Service Report |  | |||||||||
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Welcome to the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare's Office of Children, Youth and Families (OCYF). Pennsylvania's child welfare system is county-administered and state-supervised. Child welfare and juvenile justice services are organized, managed, and delivered by