Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at Kirkland Health Center in Totem Lake
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Care Coordination offered by Public Health - Seattle & King County's Children with Special Health Care Needs Program
Provides care coordination services to families with complex health needs. Helps family understand child's health condition, including developmental concerns, and helps locate financial assistance to pay for child's health care.
Public health nurses provide families with care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone.
Services include:
- Screenings and assessment of child
- Help with child's changing needs
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development, and behavior
- Referrals to local community resources and organizations
- Help locating financial assistance to pay for child's health care
- Coordination with child's health care and other service providers
- Help with transition services, such as school, hospitals, clinic
- Providing information about child's condition
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers
Connects parents who have children on Medicaid who have a diagnosis that causes them to be incontinent with free diapers covered by Medicaid.
ZZZ - Support for Families with Children with Disabilities offered by Families Together
Provides various programs for families with children with disabilities, such as: education, support groups, parenting classes, ongoing direct support.
Provides various programs for families with children with disabilities, such as: education, support groups, parenting classes, ongoing direct support.
Programs include:
- Outreach and Support: Provides support through phone, email and home visits to families who call in with difficult situations. Answers questions about their special needs child. Can also attend meetings with parents, for additional support.
- Positive Parenting for Challenging Behaviors Classes: The class is taught in a series of two sessions. Parents learn why their children have difficult behaviors, how to prevent unwanted behaviors, and how to teach replacement behaviors.
- Play Groups and Summer Camps: Playgroups are designed for parents to attend with their child and focus on supporting social/emotional development. The summer programs are an opportunity to connect with other parents and community programs.
- Respite / Parent's Night Out: This program is designed to provide much needed breaks for parents or full time care providers through childcare ‘night out’. This is presently being offered through out reimbursement program but will return to site care once it is safe to do so.
- Family Support Groups: Support groups are designed to provide the opportunity for parents and caregivers to meet and discuss topics around advocacy and to network together. Parenting support groups are designed with “mini” lessons that support both the parent and child with topics of parenting.
- Family Unity Recreation Activities: FURA‘s provide families an opportunity to have a structured recreation activity with other families who have children with disabilities. Parent’s network and exchange information. Children renew friendships. A good time is had by all.
Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at Eastgate Health Center
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Parent to Parent Family Services offered at Arc of Grays Harbor
Offers an outreach connection for a multitude of resources and support services for families of children to seniors who are dealing with intellectual/developmental disability issues in their day to day lives.
Parent to Parent Outreach: (1) Offering parents peer/mentoring support and information to parents who are dealing with a loved one who has a disability by matching a trained helping parent with someone in a similar situation. (2) Support for families including monthly support groups. (3) Offer networking opportunities, educational workshops, and social events throughout the year.
Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at Columbia City Health Center
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Navigation Services offered by Washington Autism Alliance
Provides families information about autism services and supports. Offers virtual parent coaching on how to engage with their children to maximize learning, social emotional and cognitive development. Serves members of Washington Autism Alliance. Membership is free.
Provides families information about autism services and supports as well as guidance through social services systems to obtain diagnoses, benefits, and services. Also assists with coordinating services and self-advocacy.
Meets with parents and guardians virtually to help them find providers and peers for their children and walks them through applying for services. (i.e. a child only health insurance plan through the exchange for uninsured babies and children)
Offers virtual parent coaching on how to engage with their children to maximize learning, social emotional and cognitive development.
Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at Auburn Health Center
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Support for Children & Families offered at The Brave Warrior Project
Works to eliminate barriers for children that have developmental disorder, chronic healthcare needs, and cancer in Pacific Northwest communities.
Works to eliminate barriers for children and young adults, ages 0-Adults, that have a developmental disorder, chronic healthcare needs, or cancer in Pacific Northwest communities. Provides access to resources, parent education, development of programs that encourage play, socializations, support systems, and community collaborations with entities that put children's needs first.
Supportive Parenting Program offered at First Step Family Support Center
Home-visiting program to help parents with cognitive limitations raise their children and to help their children develop on target and thrive.
Supported Parenting is a home-visiting program to support parents with intellectual disabilities to develop parental skills through individualized parent education, coaching, and other support strategies.
Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at Kent Health Center
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Information and Referral offered by Pierce County Coalition for Developmental Disabilities (PC2)
Provides information/referral to individuals with developmental disabilities and their families. Also offers homeownership assistance programs to a household that includes a family member who experiences a developmental disability.
Provides information/referral services for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families.
Helps families and their family members who experience a developmental disability understand and access services they are eligible to receive from DDA.
Publishes a quarterly newsletter and Resource Guide.
Hosts informational meetings with guest speakers on areas of interest.
Provides legislative advocacy assistance.
Offers a Homeownership Program with down payment assistance for first-time homebuyers who have a developmental disability or whose household includes a family member with a developmental disability.
Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at Federal Way Health Center
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at Downtown Health Center in Belltown
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Early Learning Program offered at Open Doors for Multicultural Families
Offers supportive services for parents of children, ages birth-5 who may have or suspected of having developmental delays.
Focuses on low-income multicultural families in Seattle and South King County.
Offers a 10-month program that provides information, resources and supports for families with children who may have or suspected of having special healthcare needs or developmental delays.
Services include parent training classes, home visits and individualized family support plans.
Washington State's Return to School Assistance Program offered by Center on Brain Injury Research and Training
Free online access to DSHS & CBIRT sponsored events, on-demand webinars, and downloadable resources that may benefit Washington educators, parents, and community providers who support students with brain injury.
Online resources for Washington educators, parents, and community providers who support students with brain injury.
Medically Complex Caregiver Community offered at Nuestras Raices
Provides direct support for Parents and Caregivers of Individuals with Complex Medical Conditions. Offers resource navigation, care coordination, and life coaching sessions designed to equip families with the right tools to manage stress, achieve life balance, and reimagine a fulfilling and happy life after their loved one’s diagnosis, and through difficult transitions.
Provides direct support for Parents and Caregivers of Individuals with Complex Medical Conditions. Offers resource navigation, care coordination, and life coaching sessions designed to equip families with the right tools to manage stress, achieve life balance, and reimagine a fulfilling and happy life after their loved one’s diagnosis, and through difficult transitions.
Pregnancy & Parenting Support offered by Public Health in Seattle & King County at North Seattle Health Center through Meridian Center for Health
Provides pregnancy and parenting related care coordination and support, including home visits, to pregnant people on Medicaid as well as to first time parents. Also provides assistance and guidance to parents of children with complex medical needs.
Offer pregnancy, post-pregnancy, breast/chestfeeding, and parenting services at public health centers across King County. Not all services offered at all locations.
Maternity Support Services (Part of First Steps):
Helps people have healthy pregnancies and recover from pregnancy. Coordinates support until the baby is two months old, and provides breast/chestfeeding support by:
- Health education and counseling.
- Regular visits in the clinic, by phone or video, or in the client’s home or community setting.
- Support beyond the doctor or midwife, including nurses, nutritionists, social workers and community health workers.
- Referrals to OB care, WIC, health insurance and other community resources.
Infant Case Management (Part of First Steps):
- Provides support and guidance from the time the baby is 2-3 months old through baby’s first birthday (for those who qualify).
- Helps clients become self-sufficient in gaining access to medical, social, educational and other services they might need.
Nurse Family Partnership:
- Partners pregnant people with registered nurses from pregnancy through their child’s 2nd birthday
- Delivers the support first-time parents need to have a healthy pregnancy, become knowledgeable and responsible parents, and provide their babies with the best possible start in life.
Children with Special Health Care Needs:
Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone. Services include:
- Developmental screenings and assessments
- Help with concerns such as feeding, nutrition, growth, development and behavior.
- Help developing and maintaining a network of services and providers.
Family Ways:
-Provides culturally relevant peer support for three community groups: Native American/Alaska Natives, Pacific Islander/Native Hawaiian, and U.S. born Black/African Americans from pregnancy through age 5.
-Supports clients with pregnancy, parenting, community-connections and resource navigation
-Registered dietician, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching
Dyslexia Information and Referral offered at Blosser Center for Dyslexia Resources
Provides speaker series and specialized information and referral around testing, language processing, learning disabilities, and co-occurrences such as ADHD and executive functioning.
Provides speaker series and specialized information and referral around testing, language processing, learning disabilities, and co-occurrences such as ADHD and executive functioning.