DCBS Organization
What does DCBS do?
With offices in every county, the goals of DCBS are to provide services to enhance the self-sufficiency of families; improve safety and permanency for children and vulnerable adults; and engage families and community partners in a collaborative decision-making process.
DCBS Divisions (Click on each one for more information)
Division of Protection and Permanency
Coordinates the state’s child welfare and violence prevention efforts, as well as permanency services including the coordination of state efforts to recruit and certify adoptive homes for children in foster care.
Division of Family Support
Administers the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Kentucky Transitional Assistance Program, the Kentucky Works Program, the Family Alternatives Diversion Program, the Medicaid program, and more.
Division of Child Care
Helps child care programs and supports plans that help grow and improve child care services and resources in our state.
Division of Administration and Financial Management
Responsible for department financial management and budget activities and oversight of policy, administrative regulations, state plans, contract monitoring, and Adult Guardianship Benefits and Fiduciary Management Services.
Division of Service Regions
Oversees nine service regions throughout Kentucky that deliver direct services including public assistance eligibility determinations, moving families toward self-sufficiency, and providing adult and child protection and permanency.
Division of Prevention and Community Well-being
Newly created in 2022, the division expands upon the implementation of the Family First Prevention Services Act by increasing primary and secondary prevention efforts (currently has no website).
Division of Guardianship Services
In Kentucky’s public guardianship program, a state guardian may be court-appointed to serve a legally disabled individual when no one else can or will.