The Department of Services for Children, Youth and Their Families values communication and uses social media to share information and resources with the public. We encourage and welcome comments, questions, and ideas to promote engaging conversations, however, we also expect users to maintain an appropriate degree of civility. We expect commenters to treat each other with civility and respect, and
for comments to be relevant to the topic posted by DSCYF. We also ask that you not disclose such personal information as your email address, home address, or cell or home phone numbers on this page. Social media is a fast-paced medium, however, this page is not monitored 24/7. Allegations of child abuse or neglect may only be reported through our Division of Family Services Child Abuse and Neglect Hotline at 1-800-292-9582 or online at iseethesigns.delaware.gov. Allegations of child abuse or neglect cannot be reported via social media comments or private message. Additionally, if a child or family is in crisis, please call the 24-hour Mobile Response Stabilization Service (child crisis line) at 1-800-969-HELP. Please direct constituent inquiries to the DSCYF Communications Director at [email protected] or [email protected]
This account is maintained and monitored by members of the DSCYF team. They will review comments regularly and reserve the right to hide comments that contain the following:
• Hate speech;
• Profanity, obscenity or vulgarity;
• Nudity in a commenter’s profile picture;
• Defamatory statements;
• Name-calling and/or personal attacks;
• Misleading or false information;
• Commercial content that promotes or solicits services or products;
• Content promoting political organizations;
• Spam comments, such as the same comment posted repeatedly;
• Personally identifying, sensitive and/or private information;
• Language or content suggesting or encouraging illegal activity; and
• Other content that the DSCYF team deems inappropriate. We reserve the right to determine which comments violate our comment policy. We monitor this page but are not responsible for content generated by users. Comments and content posted on this page may be public records and may be subject to disclosure. We reserve the right to modify this policy at any time. Continued use of this page following the posting of any modification signifies acceptance of such modification. Read the State of Delaware’s Social Media Policy:
https://webfiles.dti.delaware.gov/pdfs/pp/SocialMediaPolicy.pdf
Also note that Facebook is governed by Facebook’s separate website policies, including its Privacy Policy and Terms of Service. These policies also apply to your use of Facebook.
