Resource Web Links
Government Agencies
Washington
National
 Washington State
Information About Multiple Agencies
Family Health Hotline
Statewide, toll-free Information and Referral Line from WithinReach to connect families to free or low-cost health insurance, food resources, immunizations, breastfeeding support, family planning services, parenting support, child development screening services, and many other social and health programs, including information for children with special health care needs. Access to interpretive service for 50 languages. Funding from the Department of Health.
1-800-322-2588 or 1-800-833-6388 (tty relay)
www.withinreachwa.org/hotline
Key Washington State Contacts List
For children and youth with special health care needs and their families. From the National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities (NICHBY)
www.nichcy.org/Pages/StateSpecificInfo.aspx
ACCESS Washington
Searchable online directory for Washington State government and services
http://access.wa.gov/
No Wrong Door
Simple web navigation tool for people needing information about social and health services (including Medicaid), whether or not they are familiar with the organizational structure of DSHS. It also serves as a directory of resources for Case Managers and Contracted Providers serving the same clients.
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/basicneeds/
Starting Point
Listing of statewide services for children and youth with special health care needs and their families. Developed by the Center for Children with Special Needs with funding from the Department of Health, Children with Special Health Care Needs program. Searchable online or can be downloaded as a document.
http://cshcn.org/sites/default/files/webfm/file/
StartingPointGuide.pdf 
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Specific Agencies
Department of Health
"Featured Links" on bottom right of home page includes links to each of the 35 local health districts/jurisdictions.
http://www.doh.wa.gov/
Department of Services for the Blind
1-800-552-7103
www.dsb.wa.gov/
Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)
Right hand menu has Quick Links for many services
http://www1.dshs.wa.gov/
How to Contact DSHS Webpage www1.dshs.wa.gov/geninfo/contact3.html
DSHS Programs Include:
Developmental Disabilities Council
Appointed by the Governor to plan comprehensive services for Washington State's citizens with developmental disabilities.
www.ddc.wa.gov/
Office of the Insurance Commissioner (OIC)
Oversees the insurance industry in Washington State. Has a toll-free Consumer Advocacy line and trained Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors.
www.insurance.wa.gov/
Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)
Oversees kindergarten to twelth grade education in Washington state. OSPI works with the state’s 296 school districts to administer basic education programs and implement education reform on behalf of more than one million public school students.
www.k12.wa.us/
- Special Education - Areas of Interest for Special Education Students and Their Families
OSPI programs, links to outside resources, and OSPI publications (some in multiple languages)
http://www.k12.wa.us/SpecialEd/family.aspx
WA State Department of Early Learning, Early Support for Infants and Toddlers Program (ESIT)
Services to children birth to 3 who have disabilities and/or developmental delays
http://del.wa.gov/development/esit/Default.aspx
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 National
Information About Multiple Agencies
DisabilityInfo
www.disabilityinfo.gov
FirstGov
Official website for searching the US Government
http://firstgov.gov
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Administration of Developmental Disabilities
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/add/
Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services
http://cms.hhs.gov/
Department of Education -- No Child Left Behind
www.ed.gov/nclb/landing.jhtml
Department of Health & Human Services
http://www.hhs.gov/
Department of Justice
Information on the Americans with Disabilities Act www.usdoj.gov/crt/ada/adahom1.htm
Maternal and Child Health Bureau, Division of Children with Special health Care Needs
Agenda, documents, issues and related sites for children with special health care needs. Links to helpful websites.
www.mchb.hrsa.gov/
National Council on Disability
www.ncd.gov
President's Committee on Intellectual Disabilities
www.acf.hhs.gov/programs/pcpid/
Social Security Online
See Disability and SSI section. Includes applying for benefits online.
English: www.ssa.gov/
Spanish: www.ssa.gov/espanol/
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