The Cayman Islands Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), including its district offices, will close on Friday, 25 January, to facilitate a staff function.

The offices will re-open for normal hours on Tuesday, 29 January. DCFS apologizes for any inconvenience.

The DCFS provides support and care for children and families in the Cayman Islands.

The Children and Family Services are located 4th Floor, West Wind Building, George Town, Grand Cayman | (345) 949-0290

As a Public Authority, the Children and Family Services Department complies with the Freedom of Information Law, 2007.

Subject Matters handled by the DCFS are:

• The full scope of therapeutic social work interventions required to address the varied child protective, delinquency, and family issues exhibited by the Department’s target population
• Residential care for children
• Adoption services
• Foster care services
• Services relating to the Juvenile Court and Youth Court matters
• Policy advice relating to the activities and areas of expertise of the department
• A full range of Social Work services to the people of the Cayman Islands through a cadre of qualified staff located in four district offices
• Day and residential care for indigent elderly adults.  This includes purchasing services from NGO’s
• School lunch programme
• Duties of the Shelter Operations Sub-Committee of Hazard Management Cayman Islands
• Needs assessments for poor relief, medical, indigent housing repairs
• Means Assessment for Maintenance Court
• Direct services to the Family Support Unit, Maintenance Court, Health Services, Schools and other related agencies
• Management of adult care facilities operated by the Department