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Jun 12 2018
DSHS Office of Communications, Norah West, (360) 902-7833
DSHS’ Children’s Administration, Division of Behavioral Health and Recovery to join other state agencies
OLYMPIA—On July 1, 2018, the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) will look a lot different.
The agency’s Children’s Administration is joining forces with the Department of Early Learning to form the Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF), a cabinet-level agency that is ...read the full news release
Jun 11 2018
DSHS Office of Communications, Norah West, (360) 902-7833
OLYMPIA- The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has named David L. Holt as interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Western State Hospital. He begins his official capacity in this role July 7, 2018.
Holt is replacing Dr. Marylouise Jones, who announced last week she was departing Western to pursue an opportunity in the private sector. Jones stepped in after former hospital CEO Cheryl Strange was appointed to serve as Secretary for DSHS in September 2017 by Governor Jay ...read the full news release
Jun 11 2018
DSHS Office of Communications, Norah West, (360) 902-7833
OLYMPIA- The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) has named David L. Holt as interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for Western State Hospital. He begins his official capacity in this role July 7, 2018.
Holt is replacing Dr. Marylouise Jones, who announced last week she was departing Western to pursue an opportunity in the private sector. Jones stepped in after former hospital CEO Cheryl Strange was appointed to serve as Secretary for DSHS in September 2017 by ...read the full news release
Jun 07 2018
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, 360.902.7739
OLYMPIA- The Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) announced that interim Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Western State Hospital, Dr. Marylouise Jones, is leaving her post at the 857-bed facility to take the lead on inpatient care for a private mental health provider.
Jones stepped in after former hospital CEO, Cheryl Strange, was appointed by Governor Jay Inslee to serve as Secretary for DSHS in September 2017.
“We will miss Dr. Jones and her leadership at Western ...read the full news release
Jun 04 2018
DSHS Office of Communications, Kelly Stowe, 360.902.7739
OLYMPIA- A new partnership between the Department of Social and Health Services and LexisNexis will make paying child support easier for parents in Washington state and across the country.
Parents will now have the option to pay their child support online using their debit or credit card.
“This partnership is one more option for parents wanting to pay child ...read the full news release
