Welcome to a resource page for DSHS patients, residents, families, friends and the general community. We know that people living with behavioral health conditions can benefit from additional resources, from health care to housing, and from financial support to legal assistance. If you have recommendations for other helpful resources we could share on this page, please contact us at bhacommunications@dshs.wa.gov. We also encourage people to use recovery-oriented language to center people rather than their behavioral health. The following resources to non-DSHS sites are provided for information only and do not constitute endorsement, express or implied, by DSHS, of the referenced organizations, their suitability, content, products, services, or accuracy. As a general policy, DSHS does not publish personal websites or websites of commercial ventures.
- Behavioral health support resources
- American Psychological Association
- Behavioral and Educational Skills Training (Spokane outpatient program for children 8-12 years old)
- Behavioral Health Resources (serves Grays Harbor, Thurston and Mason counties)
- Behavioral Health Agencies Directory
- Better Together Counseling and Education Services (Olympia – takes Medicaid for children)
- Consejo Counseling and Referral Service
- Fairfax Mental Health Program (includes youth program)
- Greater Lakes Mental Healthcare
- Hearing Voices Network
- International Society for Psychological and Social Approaches to Psychosis
- Korean Women’s Association (Pierce, King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties)
- Mental Health America
- Mental Health Clinic List for Washington
- Mental Health Services (for Medicaid clients)
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- National Mental Health Consumers' Self-Help Clearinghouse
- Neurodivergent Intensive Outpatient Program (youth)
- New Journeys programs (treatment for people experiencing first episode of psychosis)
- Open Counseling: Washington Mental Health Service Guide
- Open path (Seattle – provides sliding scale therapy)
- Pearl Street (Tacoma CLIP youth facility)
- Prenatal, child, and young adult behavioral health services
- Pioneer Human Services treatment
- Seattle Ryther | Where Kids Find Healing and Hope
- US Department of Health & Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
- Sound the Forefront Health Care (autism diagnoses for adults and children)
- Spokane EMDR Counseling (Spokane – takes Medicaid)
- Tamarack Center (Spokane CLIP youth facility)
- Trauma Informed Therapies (Spokane takes Medicaid)
- Twloha Scholarship (provides funding for online treatment for anxiety, depression and burnout)
- Two Rivers Landing (Yakima CLIP youth facility)
- UW Medicine
- Valley Cities (counseling)
- The Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP)
- Wraparound with Intensive Services (WISe) Manual (children and youth with intensive mental health care needs)
Support groups/ peer support
- A Common Voice (for families of youth)
- Center for Parent Information and Resources (hub for families of children with disabilities)
- Changes Parents Support Network
- DBSA - Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance
- Passages Spokane – Family Support
- Family Alliance
- NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness)
- National Empowerment Center
- National Federation of Families, Family Voice, Family Peer Support
- South Sound Parent to Parent
Involuntary commitment
- Joel's Law (how to file a petition for family member 13 years or older)
- Ricky’s Law: Involuntary Treatment Act
- Clothing banks in Washington
- Culturally relevant mental health resources
Asian Americans and Pacific Islander resources
- AAPA
- Amplifying AAPI Voices: A Guide for Asian American and Pacific Islander Students
- API Chaya
- APIC Spokane
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice
- Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders Mental Health Association
- Asians Do Therapy
- Asian Mental Health Collective
- Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Reform
- Asian and Pacific Islander
- Asian Pride Project
- Asian Counseling and Referral Service
- Bystander Intervention Training - Right to Be
- Chinese Information Service Center
- DESI LGBTQ+ Helpline for South Asians
- Filipino Senior & Family Services
- Hmong Association of Washington
- India Association of Western Washington
- Japanese Cultural and Community Center
- Khmer Community of Seattle King County
- Kin on (support for Asian elders)
- Lao Community Service Center
- Marshallese Women Association
- National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
- Pacific Islander Community Association of Washington (PICA-WA)
- Pacific Islander Health Board of WA
- Project Lotus (mental health education and empowerment)
- Seattle Mongolian Youth Center
- South Asian Mental Health Initiative & Network
- South Asian Therapist
- Washington State Commission on Asian Pacific American Affairs
Black, Indigenous, People of Color resources
- BIPOC ED Coalition Washington State
- BIPOC Therapists: Empowering the Community through Education and Awareness
- Caring with Compassion Community
Black/African American resources
- African Americans Reach & Teach Health Ministry
- Black Community Building Collective
- Black Emotional and Mental Health Collective
- Black Mental Health Alliance
- Black Men Heal
- Byrd Barr Place (Seattle – food, shelter, financial assistance)
- Call Blackline (peer support and counseling – LGBTQ+ Black support)
- Home | CMC site (carlmaxeycenter.org) (Spokane – educational, financial and legal assistance, cultural opportunities)
- Creative Justice (King County – arts-based alternative to incarceration for youth)
- Feed the People (Seattle)
- Inner Body Mental Health Resources for BIPOC Community
- Lavender Rights Project: Washington Black Trans Task Force
- Legally Black (Addresses BIPOC oppression and provides education, financial literacy and housing resources)
- Melanin & Mental Health
- NAMI of Washington Mental Wellness in Black Communities
- The Safe Place (minority mental health app)
- Urban League Metropolitan Seattle: Health Black Minds
- You Grow Girl
- WA/CA Therapy Fund Foundation
- Washington State Commissions on African Affairs
Intersectional resources
- ASHO Multicultural Center (Tumwater)
- Atlantic Street Center (serves Seattle, South King County, and North Pierce County)
- Fresh Soul (Spokane – youth job training)
- Horns of Africa (Seattle)
- InterimCDA (Puget Sound)
- Lifeline Connection (multiple locations throughout Washington)
- Multicultural counselors (The Washington Counselors of Color Network)
- Multicultural Mental Health Resource Centre
- National Queer & Trans Therapists of Color Network
- Odyssey World International Education Services (Vancouver area)
- Opportunities Industrialization Center (Yakima)
- Seattle Liberation Healing
- The Steve Fund (national mental health - young people of color)
- Think Cultural Health
- Together Center
- Tri-Cities Diversity & Inclusion Council (Tri-Cities and Walla Walla)
Latino/Hispanic resources
- El Centro de le Raza (Seattle - education, food and housing resources)
- Hispanic/Latinx Nami
- Inner Body Mental Health Resources for Latinx Community
- La Esperanza Health Counseling Services
- LETI Licensed for Vocational Training in Washington State
- Mi Centro (Tacoma – crisis intervention, education, and family outreach services)
- National Alliance Hispanic Health
- National Latino Behavioral Health Associations
- Washington State Commissions on Hispanic affairs
LGBTQIA+ resources
- The Gay Center
- Gender Odyssey
- Gender-Affirming Healthcare Access Project
- ILS LGBTQIA+ resources
- LGBTQ Commission Resources by County
- LGBTQ of Color Psychotherapist
- LifeWire (domestic violence survivors support)
- National Center for Transgender equality
- Northwest LGBT Senior Care Providers Network
- The NW Network (supports queer survivors of abuse)
- Pride Counseling
- Spectrum Counseling IN the Tri Cities
- Stone Wall Youth
- Third gender markers – WA state IDs
- Crisis phone lines
- Call 911 (medical and safety emergencies)
- Call 988 (suicide and crisis hotline)
- County crisis phone numbers
- Mental health crisis lines
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
- National Veteran Crisis line 1-800-273-8255 and press 1
- Text HOME to 741741 to reach a Crisis Counselor
- Resources for people with disabilities or developmental disabilities
Developmental disabilities support
- The Arc (support for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities)
- Developmental Disabilities Administration resources
- How to enroll in Developmental Disabilities Administration (for youth and adults)
- Informing Families
Disability support
- Aging, Blind and Disabled Income
- Americans with Disability Act
- ADA Northwest
- Alliance of People with Disability
- Arc of Washington
- Area Agency on Aging and Disability
- Autism Society of Washington
- Deaf Counseling Center
- Deafblind Services Center (Seattle)
- Department for Services for the Blind
- Disability Rights Washington
- Department of Health list of disability resources
- NAMI National HelpLine Resource Directory
- National Alliance on Mental Illness on People with Disabilities
- National Organization on Disability
- National Federation of the Blind – Washington
- Northwest Access Fund
- Northwest Region Helen Keller National Center for Deafblind Youth and Adults
- Office Of Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Office of Deaf and Hard of Hearing Resources Directory
- Talking Prescription Labels
- UW Autism Center of Human Development & Development
- Washington Council of the Blind
- Washington State Developmental Disabilities Council
- Washington State Able Savings Account
- Washington State Association of Deaf
- Washington State Deafblind Citizens
- Washington State Independent Living Council
- Washington Talking Book Braille Library
- Adult care resources
- Discharge and reentry resources
Discharge resources
- 211 (Community resources – can be searched by zip code)
- Discharge planner’s toolkit (Health Care Authority resource)
- State Hospital Discharge Planning
Reentry resources
Identification cards
- ILS ID card resources (social security card, ID card, driver’s license, birth certificate)
Voter information
- Domestic violence resources
- Address Confidentiality Program
- Coalition of ending gender-based violence (lists services by location)
- Crystal Judson Family Justice Center (Tacoma - crisis line, resources, shelter)
- Dawn Rising (Kent - crisis line, resources, shelter)
- DSHS ESA Domestic Violence Resources
- Korean Women’s Association (Pierce, King, Snohomish, and Kitsap counties)
- Men's Domestic Abuse Check-Up
- National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1-800-799-7233
- National Sexual Violence Resource Center
- New Beginnings (Seattle)
- SafePlace Crisis Line and Shelter (Olympia)
- Department of Health Sexual and Domestic Violence Resources
- Office of the Attorney General Sexual Assault Kit Initiative – Survivor Resources
- Sexual Assault Forensic Medical Care for Washington State
- Turning Pointe Survivor Advocacy Center (Shelton & Belfair)
- Tenants Union of Washington State (rights for a victim of domestic violence)
- Washington State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (resources by county)
- Washington State Domestic Violence Information and Referral
- Food assistance resources
- Access food near you (community food banks)
- DSHS Basic Food assistance (also known as SNAP)
- Blue Mountain Action Council (Southeast Washington)
- Feeding America
- Food Lifeline
- Hopelink food program
- Hunger Relief Resources
- Northwest Harvest
- Opportunities Industrialization Center (Yakima)
- Solid Ground (Seattle)
- The Moore Wright Group (Tumwater)
- Washington Connections
- Washington Food Coalition
- Washington Free Food Resources
- Financial support resources
- Access Wireless (provides mobile phones)
- Alternative Solutions (DSHS program for parents giving child support)
- Disaster Cash Assistance Program
- DSHS emergency assistance programs
- DSHS reduced cost services guide
- ILS financial resources (government assistance)
- ILS financial literacy resources (financial literacy, coaching and counseling)
- Hopelink Financial Assistance
- Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program
- Opportunity Council (Whatcom – rent assistance)
- Opportunities Industrialization Center (Yakima)
- Pooled-Asset Special-Needs Trusts for Medicaid & SSI Beneficiaries
- Puget Sound Energy Home Energy Lifeline Program
- Social Security Benefits
- Social Security Offices
- Washington Connections
- Washington State ABLE Savings Plan
- Health care resources
Health care (other than Medicaid)
- Get and Correct Medical Records
- Health Care Coverage for Former Foster Youth
- Health plan finder
- ILS health resources
- I'm under 18. When can I get health care without an adult's consent?
- Navigators (help apply and enroll in health plans)
Health care clinics (free/low cost)
- Community Health medical, dental, and pharmacy (Lakewood)
- Cougar Health Vision Clinic
- Dental Clinic (HCA - help finding)
- Des Moines Vision Center
- EyeCare America (free eye exams)
- Free and Charitable Clinics
- Free Clinic Directory
- Free Clinic of Southwest Washington Eye Clinic
- Grace Clinic (Tri-Cities)
- Health Point (Puget Sound)
- ICHS Vision Clinic-International Community Health Services
- Jefferson HealthCare & Dental Care (Port Townsend)
- Neighborhood Clinic (Tacoma)
- New Eyes (free eyeglasses)
- Northwest Lions Foundation (vision)
- Olympia Free Clinic (Olympia)
- Seattle Children Dental Clinic
- Seattle Washington Free Clinic
- Sea Mar
- Trinity Neighborhood Clinic (Tacoma)
- Washington Free/low-cost Dental Clinic
- Washington Health Care Access Alliance
Medicaid (Apple Health)
- Appeal a denial by your health plan (Washington law help website)
- Apple Health (Medicaid) appeals (state website)
- Apple Health for the medically needy and spenddown overview
- Apple Health (Medicaid): Overview, discover eligibility, apply to renew
- Behavioral Health or Managed Care Organizations
- BH-MCOs contacts by county
- Billing and Medicaid (Apple Health)
Medications
- ArrayRx Card (Health Care Authority - provides prescription drug discounts for those who don't have prescription drug coverage)
- BH-MCOs contacts by county (responsible for supporting medications)
- Emergency refills: Emergency refills at emergency departments let you get a limited quantity of certain medications while your insurance plan processes your regular refill request. This option is usually only available when a delay could result in emergency care, hospital admission, or a serious threat to your health or others in contact with you.
- Get help paying for medications not covered by your plan
- King County Prescription Discount Card
- Medicare Part D (medication coverage)
- Washington Drug Card (discounts on medications)
- Housing resources
- Blue Mountain Action Council (Southeast Washington)
- Catholic Community Services (emergency, transitional and permanent housing)
- Council For the Homeless
- Elijah Family Homes
- Family Promise of Spokane
- Foundational Community Supports resources
- Fusion Housing Families in Need
- Helping hand House
- Hopelink Housing
- Housing and Essential Needs (HEN) Referral Program
- Housing for the homeless (Clark County)
- Housing Resource Center
- HUD Washington State Resources
- Kitsap Community Resources
- ILS housing resources (Washington Housing Authorities, Oxford Houses, Housing and Essential Needs)
- The Inn Enhanced Shelter - CCSWW Program
- Office of Homeless Youth
- Opportunities Industrialization Center (Yakima)
- Pioneer Human Services
- Rod's House in Yakima
- Quixote Village
- Section 811 Rental Assistance (supportive housing for extremely low-income, non-elderly disabled households)
- Solid Ground (Seattle)
- Tacoma Rescue Mission
- Tenants Union of Washington State
- The Support Center (Okanogan)
- The Inn Enhanced Shelter - CCSWW Program
- United Way Thurston County
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Washington Low Income Housing Alliance
- Washington State Housing Finance Commission
- Immigration/Refugee Resources
- Asylum Connect
- Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health
- Directory of State Refugee Coordinate
- Immigrant and Refugee Resources: Local Non-Government Support Organizations
- InterimCDA (serves Puget Sound – employment and housing resources)
- Kandelia (youth, family, community focuses)
- National Resource Center for Refugees, Immigrants, and Migrants
- Northwest Immigrant Right Project
- Office of Refugee Resettlement
- Partner in Employment (King County – newly arrived refugees and immigrants)
- Puget Sound Training Center (employment services for people with limited skills and English comprehension)
- Refugee Council USA
- Refugee Health Program Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
- Refugees Northwest Counseling Services
- Refugee Woman’s Alliance
- Resources for DACA Seattle
- Ukrainian Community Center of Washington
- U.S Committee for Refugee and Immigrants
- Washington Association for Community Mental Health
- Washington Immigrant Solidarity Network
- Yakima Immigrant Project
- Job assistance resources
- Blue Mountain Action Council (Southeast Washington)
- Career Connect Washington
- Department of Social and Health Services Supported Employment
- Division of Vocational Rehabilitation
- Employment Security Department
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
- Foundational Community Supports (supported employment services)
- Governor's Committee on Disability Issues & Employment (GCDE)
- Hopelink Employment Program
- ILS employment and education resources
- Job Accommodation Network
- King County Behavioral Health Supported Employment Network
- Lighthouse for the Blind (Seattle)
- Office of Disability Employment Policy
- Partnership of Action, Voice for Employment
- Pioneer Human Services job training
- Pioneer Human Services manufacturing
- WA State Self-Employment Assistance Program: SEAP
- Washington Career Bridge
- Washington Care Career
- Work Without Limits
- WorkSourceWA
- Legal resources
- ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union)
- ADA.gov (A Guide to Disability Rights Laws)
- Alliance for Equal Justice
- Blue Mountain Action Council (Southeast Washington)
- Disability Rights Washington
- Department of Social and Health Services kinship care legal issues
- Equal Opportunity Commission
- The Arc of Spokane (Spokane legal resources)
- Family Alliance for Mental Health (Thurston and Mason counties)
- Fair Work Center Legal Clinic (educate, advise, and represent workers in employment law cases)
- Housing Authority in Thurston County Legal Assistance
- LegalShield
- King County Bar Free Legal Assistance
- King County Legal Assistance
- Moderate Means Program (wsba.org) (sliding scale legal services)
- Northwest Immigrant Rights Project
- Northwest Justice Project
- Office of Civil Legal Aid
- Safe Place (legal clinic for domestic violence survivors)
- Social Security Insurance Attorneys (not pro-bono, takes a percentage of awarded money)
- Spokane County Bar Free Legal Assistance
- Tacoma Pro Bono Community Lawyers (also serves Pierce County)
- Thurston County Bar Free Legal Assistance
- Thurston County Volunteer Legal Services
- Unemployment law project
- Washington State Bar Association
- Washington State Employment Lawyers
- Washington Law Help (legal questions and answers and free legal forms)
- Washington State Human Rights Commission
- Washington State VA Disability Attorney
Power of attorney, guardianship, & advanced directives
- Patient advocacy and ombuds offices
- BHHA Office of the Patient Rights Ombuds (Child Study and Treatment Center, Eastern State Hospital, and Western State Hospital)
- CSTC Parents/Legal Guardian Grievances
- Eastern State Hospital – Patient Advocacy and Peer Support
- Special Commitment Center Ombuds
- OSPI Special Education Parent Liaison
- Washington State Governor’s Office of the Education Ombuds
- Washington State Office of the Family and Children’s Ombuds
- Western State Hospital - Office of Patient Advocacy
- Substance use support
- Addiction Resource
- Al-Anon (support groups for families)
- Alcoholics Anonymous
- Alcoholics Anonymous - Washington state (unofficial AA site)
- Behavioral health and recovery (HCA recovery resources)
- Detox resources
- Narcotics Anonymous
- Square Pegs (adult autistic Meetup group)
- Substance use treatment
- Washington Recovery Help Line (crisis intervention and referral services for substance use disorder)
- Transportation
- Hopelink transportation
- King County Subsidized Transportation
- Paratransit
- Puget Sound public transit (disabilities or Medicare)
- Puget Sound public transit (low-income households)
- Puget Sound transit
- Snap Ride Neighborhood by your side (Spokane)
- Special Mobility Services (serves Spokane area)
- Transportation services (nonemergency) Health Care Authority
- Tribal behavioral health resources
- American Indian Health Commissions of Washington State
- HCA American Indians and Alaska Natives health care
- Blood Quantum
- Center for Traditional Medicine
- Council for Tribal Employment Rights
- Cowlitz Tribal Health Seattle
- Duwamish Tribe Native Health and Wellness
- Federally Recognized Tribes
- Governor’s Office on Indian Affairs
- ILS tribal resources
- Indian Higher Education Grant Program
- Indian Health Services
- Indigenous Story Studio
- Map of Tribal Health Clinics in Washington State
- Mother Nation
- National Resource Center on Native American and Aging (Washington State)
- Native Americans and Alzheimer's
- Native American Disability Law Center
- Native American Veteran Assistance
- Native Hire
- The Native Project in Spokane
- Nisqually Health Services
- Northwest Indian Housing Association
- Northwest Indian Treatment Center
- One Sky Center (national resources for health and education)
- qʷəlút Healing Center: Stillaguamish Behavioral Health Programs
- Resources for Native American Students
- Resources for Native American Transgendered youth
- Rural Tribal Health – Organizations
- Scholarships for Native Americans
- DSHS Services for American Indians and Alaska Natives
- Snoqualmie Behavioral Health
- Trace Indian Ancestry
- Tribal Access Justice Innovation (Puyallup Tribe Community Domestic Violence Advocacy Program)
- Tribal Enrollment Process
- Tribal HUD-VASH
- Tribal outreach program (Lummi, Nooksack, Samish, Sauk-Suiattle, Swinomish, and Upper Skagit tribal communities)
- Tribal Vocational Rehabilitation Programs
- United Indians of all Tribes
- Washington Healthplanfinder for Tribal Members
- Washington Office of Superintendent - Native Education
- Washington State Tribes
- Women Spirit Coalition (domestic violence and sexual assault focus)
- Veteran resources
- Cohen Veterans Network (mental health clinics)
- Hope for Heroes Equine Therapy
- ILS veteran resources
- Lacey Veteran Service Hub
- LGBTQ+ Veterans
- Lewis County Relief Fund for Veterans
- Department of Licensing Military Experience CDL Waiver
- Military One Source Mental Health Resources
- Make the Connection Veteran Affairs Resources
- National Alliance on Mental Illness Veteran & Active Duty
- Native American Veteran Assistance
- Office of Tribal Government Relations Veteran Resources
- National Association of Black Veterans in Lakewood
- Nisei Vets Committee and NVC Foundation
- Paralyzed Veterans of America
- Property Tax Relief Department of Veteran Affairs
- Puget Sound Veterans Hope Center
- Seattle Stand Down
- Seattle Vet Center
- Seattle Veteran Treatment Court
- State Parks Disabled Veteran Lifetime Pass
- Thurston County Veterans’ Assistance
- Trans America Veteran Association
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Veteran Crisis Line
- Veterans Down payment Assistance Loan Program
- Veteran Resources Clark County
- VHA LGBTQ+ Health Program
- Washington State Department of Veterans Affairs
- Washington State Department of Veteran Affairs Counseling and Wellness
- Wounded Warrior Project Mental Health Services for Veterans
- Yakima County Resources for Veterans
- Youth resources
- AACAP (American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
- Carina (childcare)
- Catholic Community Services (Child, Youth and Family Services)
- Center for Child and Human Development - Georgetown University
- Child Care Aware
- Child Care.gov
- Child Protective Services
- Children’s Long-Term Inpatient Program (CLIP – provides admission to CSTC)
- CLIP: A Letter to Parents
- Clover Park School District
- Community Youth Services
- Department of Children, Youth and Families (childcare, early learning, child development support)
- Excelsior Wellness overview of services
- Getting Help Paying for Child Care (Washington State Department of Children, Youth, and Families)
- High School Transition Toolkit
- MentalHealth.com (mental health and crisis resources for youth)
- Moms Rising (childcare)
- Multisystemic therapy (for adolescents)
- National Wraparound Initiative
- Odyssey Youth Movement (LGBTQ+ youth program)
- Olive Crest (serves children and families in crisis)
- Special Education – Washington Office of Superintendent
- Transitional Age Youth Support Program (ages 15-24)
- Washington State Resources for Parents of Children and Youth with Disabilities
- The Working Connections Child Care
- Your child with disabilities is turning 18