Wednesday, June 7, 2017 - 17:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Lisa Copeland, 360-902-7744
OLYMPIA– Individuals with developmental disabilities play an important role where they live, work and play. In an effort to build an environment where everyone contributes to improving their communities, the Department of Social and Health Services’ Developmental Disabilities Administration (DDA) is hosting the annual Community Summit June 13-15, 2017.
Nearly 1,000 people are registered to attend – about 200 more than attended the first summit in 2013. The theme this ...read more
Wednesday, May 24, 2017 - 17:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, 360-902-7739
OLYMPIA--The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) completed its resurvey of Western State Hospital (WSH) today. The re-survey will determine if the hospital can retain its certification and remain eligible for nearly $65 million in yearly federal funding.
The re-certification survey is the part of the Systems Improvement Agreement (SIA) between the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), which oversees state-operated psychiatric hospitals, and CMS to ensure ...read more
Sunday, May 14, 2017 - 17:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, (360) 902-7739
OLYMPIA—Results from latest Healthy Youth Survey - HYS, taken in the fall of 2016 by tweens and teens in Washington, shows that one in five high school students seriously considered suicide in the past 12 months.
During the past decade, there has been a 6 percentage point rise in 8th and 10th graders in our state who have contemplated suicide and an 8 percentage point increase in 12th graders.
“This is an alarming trend,” said Gov. Jay Inslee. “Suicide can be prevented if we ...read more
Sunday, May 7, 2017 - 17:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, (360) 902-7739
OLYMPIA- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) began its re-survey at Western State Hospital (WSH) today to determine if the hospital can retain its certification and remain eligible for nearly $65 million in yearly federal funding.
The re-certification survey is the result of a Systems Improvement Agreement between the state Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), which oversees state-operated psychiatric hospitals, and CMS to ensure WSH meets Conditions of ...read more
Tuesday, March 14, 2017 - 17:00
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, 360-888-0730
OLYMPIA-Results for the 2016 Washington Healthy Youth Survey - HYS show that teen rates of substance use in our state have remained mostly unchanged since the last survey was taken in 2014, and that most teens avoid alcohol, marijuana, tobacco and other drugs.
“The health, safety and economic impacts of substance use disorders affect many individuals, families and communities in our state, and a wide range of organizations at all levels are partnering to prevent them,” said Governor ...read more
