January 2008:
Contact us:
24-Hour Crisis Line
(206) 461-3222
(866) 4CRISIS or
(866) 427-4747
(206) 461-3219 TTY
24 hours, daily
2-1-1 Community
Information Line
Dial 2-1-1 or
(206) 461-3200
(800) 211-WASH
(206) 461-3610 TTY
M-F, 7:30am-7:30pm;
Sa, 9:30am-2:30pm
Teen Link
(206) 461-4922
(866) TEENLINK or
(866) 833-6546
(206) 461-3219 TTY
6-10pm, nightly
Business Office
1515 Dexter Ave N
Suite 300
Seattle, WA 98109
(206) 461-3210
Fax: (206) 461-8368
M-F, 8am-5pm
MHCADSD Coordinates Provider Fair
Thursday, Jan. 24, 1-3 p.m.
17500 SE 392nd St
Muckleshoot Behavioral Health Care Facility
Auburn
The King County Mental Health, Chemical
Abuse & Dependency Services Division is organizing a provider fair
and facilitated networking session where participants can learn about what is
new in prevention, intervention, chemical dependency treatment, recovery and
aftercare support as well as how to better serve and refer clients. Specific
topics include opioid treatment programs, detoxification services and adult
and youth outpatient programs. For details, call (206) 263-8903.
Free Mammograms Offered
Saturday, Jan. 12, 9 a.m. – 3
p.m.
9600 College Way N
North Seattle Community College
Low-income women, ages 40 through 64 who have limited or
no health insurance may receive a free mammogram at an event provided by
Swedish Medical Center, YWCA, and NSCC’s Women’s Center. Women, ages 35
through 39 may qualify if their doctor has recommended a mammogram.
Pre-registration is required Contact YWCA’s Women’s Health Outreach to
qualify and sign up: (206) 436-8671 or (206) 436-8644.
Winter Bonfire for Grieving Families
Providence
Hospice of Seattle’s Safe Crossings program invites families who have
experienced the death of a loved one to join us at our annual deep winter
bonfire. Join other families and build a bonfire together, remember loved
ones and explore ways that children and adults can cope with grief. The
bonfire will take place Saturday, Jan. 26, from 4:30 – 6:30 p.m. at Alki
Beach Park in West Seattle. For more information or to RSVP, please call
(206) 749-7697.
Winter Parenting Calendar Online
The Puget Sound Adlerian Society has posted
the Winter 2008 parenting calendar on its Web site here. The calendar lists
many parent education opportunities in the Puget Sound area by geographic
location and by subject. Classes are not necessarily based on Adlerian
psychology, although some classes are highlighted as such.
Help Shape Library Services
Jan. 14, 7-8:30 p.m. Federal
Way Regional Library, 34200 1st Way S
Jan. 15, 7-8:30 p.m. Auburn
Library, 1102 Auburn Way S
Jan. 23, 7-8:30 p.m.
Shoreline Library, 345 NE 175th St
Jan. 24, 7-8:30 p.m. Redmond
Regional Library, 15810 NE 85th St
The King County Library System
will hold four open focus groups and run an online survey to gather feedback
and ideas from library users and the general public to help library leaders
determine the best service choices for the next decade. Questions to be
addressed include how libraries can keep pace with today's changes and meet
future needs, such as growing demand for services, the non-stop information
explosion and constantly changing technologies. A survey can also be taken
online here.
Did You Know?
Elderly veterans in need of a care provider, but unable to pay for it
can qualify for assistance. The
U.S. government has a special program to benefit veterans. Called “Aid and
Attendance,” this monthly pension benefit is administered through the
Department of Veteran Affairs. For details, click here.
Community Involvement Training
March 6 and 7 , 8 a.m. – 4
p.m.
4800 So. 188th St
SeaTac City Hall,
SeaTac, WA 98188.
Washington
State Crime Prevention Association presents “Community Involvement
Training: A Course in Community Renewal.” Participants will learn a
range of citizen-based problem-solving skills, proven, workable techniques
that build momentum and sustain development of citizen involvement, as well
as strategies to address barriers to citizen involvement. Registration fee is
$50 if paid by Feb. 15 and $75 if after that. For details, call (206)
973-4904.
Mentor a Young, First-Time Parent
The Healthy Start Parent Mentor
Program needs bilingual (English-Spanish) and English speaking volunteers to
mentor young first-time parents. Volunteer parent mentors reduce isolation by
visiting young parents in their homes, promote positive parenting, encourage
family independence, and share knowledge and life experiences. Mentors needed
for the Eastside, Snoqualmie Valley and South Snohomish County. Call (425)
895-9813 or 425) 895-9576 for more information.
Auburn CERT Class Offered in Spanish
Thursdays, Jan. 10-Feb. 16,
from 6:30-9:30 p.m.
405 E St NE
Veterans Memorial Park
The city of Auburn
has received a grant this year to offer the Community Emergency Response
(CERT) program in Spanish. The classes will be held on Thursday evenings from
6:30 - 9:30 p.m. starting Jan. 10 - Feb. 16, 2008 with two Saturday drills.
The classes will be held at the Multipurpose Building at Veterans Memorial
Park, 405 E Street NE. More details can be found here. The course is free.
International New Year’s Celebration
Saturday, Feb. 9, noon-2 p.m.
10517 35th Ave NE
Meadowbrook Community Center
The North Seattle Family
Center is coordinating an international New Year’s celebration. Come and
enjoy food, crafts, performances, educational information about New Year
celebrations around the world and a Lion dance.
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Where
to Turn 2008 Products Available for Purchase
This Month From Crisis Clinic
By Mary Blalock, Resource Center
Supervisor
It’s a new year, and time again to purchase the
2008 version of the Where to Turn directory. Order forms are available on our
Web site here.
The Where to Turn has been the most comprehensive resource directory
in King County for 21 years. It is often referred to as the “social
service phonebook.” The three different types of directories are designed to
fit different needs of social service professionals. Whether you’re a social
worker, government official or anyone who provides resources to clients, the
Where to Turn directories help you understand and navigate the social service
system in King County.
Hot off the Press!
The Where to Turn directories are published every year in January, and the
2008 version will be available on Jan. 14, and the Where to Turn CD-ROM will
follow soon after on Jan. 25.
Do you have an old dog-eared copy of the Where
to Turn?
If you’re using an old copy, you could be providing outdated resources to
your clients. Especially since the social service system is constantly
changing in King County, it is important to have information and referral
tools that can help you provide up-to-date resources for your clients. The
Where to Turn books and CD-ROM directories are the perfect tools for helping
people in need. Each year, many agencies restructure their services; programs
close their doors and new resources are developed to fill service gaps.
New to Where to Turn?
The Where to Turn was created in 1987 as a directory of Health and Human
Services for King County. There are three directory formats:
The Where to Turn Plus is an 8”x10”, 320-page directory and is the most
comprehensive of the three. It contains:
· Detailed
information on more than 1,000 listings with full descriptions, addresses and
phone numbers for each agency.
· “The
Guide to the Social Services,” a must-have for any new social worker. It
provides detailed descriptions of 26 critical topics within the social
service system in King County.
· Thirty-seven
Mental Health Professional listings, including their credentials, full
descriptions and details of their private practices.
· …and
much more!
Where to Turn Quick Reference is portable and
designed to fit into a briefcase, purse or glove box. This directory
contains:
· More than
1,000 listings with phone numbers and addresses.
· Service
listings and phone numbers organized by topic category.
Where to Turn CD-ROM is a searchable desktop
version of the Where to Turn Plus. It is easy to download to your
computer and user-friendly for searching more than 1,000 listings.
· Find
agencies or topics with a keyword search or interactive Table of Contents
· View or
print pages of the Where to Turn Plus directory
Be prepared for the New Year – order your new Where
to Turn directories today. •
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2-1-1 Emergency Response to December Windstorm
and Floods
By Eva McGinnis, Training and Quality
Assurance,
WIN 211
On Dec. 2 and 3, hurricane level winds and
torrential rains slammed the western coast of Washington, from the Native
American reservations in northern Clallam County, to the Long Beach Peninsula
just north of Portland. Power to
thousands was extinguished, 300 people had to be rescued by helicopters from
their rooftops and flooded homes; the water rose so quickly that herds of
cattle could not be evacuated in time from the fields and barns. Many roads were washed out and even
I-5 was beneath 10 feet of water for several days and a 20-mile stretch
between Chehalis and Portland was closed. Seven counties were declared federal disaster areas and the
National Guard was called out to help.
On Dec. 5, for the first time since the WIN 211 system went live, the Washington
State Emergency Management Department called in WIN 211 into the Emergency Operations
Center (EOC) to participate in the Response Phase for the coordination of
public information regarding this storm. Though many of the state government and federal agencies
had heard about 2-1-1, they had not seen it tested under these kinds of circumstances. WIN 211 was able to successfully
respond due to the flexibility of our statewide call center staff and the
telephone system. This system
enables 2-1-1 to be so integrated that calls can be shifted from one call
center to the next and more phone ports opened as needed. 2-1-1 was requested to answer calls
for extended hours (till 11 p.m.) for several days and then have staff on
standby for other late night calls.
Though the number of those evening calls was low, the fact that we had
the capacity to answer them made a positive impression on EOC authorities.
All call centers throughout the state handled the disaster-related calls.
In 10
or so days of the emergency, the system took more than 1,200 storm related
calls, e-mails and voicemails. With our online database and call center
contacts in the community, 2-1-1 was able to successfully provide the vital
information and referrals.
Now the statewide 2-1-1 network is participating in
the Recovery Phase, along with the state EOC and other state and federal
agencies, various volunteer organizations, like the Red Cross, and FEMA. We
are continuing to provide much needed information and referral coordination
in the aftermath of this storm at the Joint Field Office in Olympia, Wash. As a system we will continue to take
disaster related calls and help the persons affected by this storm for some
time to come, as the citizens of Western Washington work to pull their lives
together.
Important Disaster Resources
King County Disaster Loan Outreach Center:
North Seattle Community College
9600 College Way, Main Bldg.
Seattle, WA 98103
Walk in M-F, 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Sa, 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
FEMA’s Registration number:
(800) 621-3362 (FEMA)
Call daily, 8 a.m. – 6 p.m. •
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GA-U Clients to
Receive Mental Health Benefits
The Department of Social and Health
Services (DSHS), the Community Health Plan, and Harborview Medical Center have added a
long-sought mental health benefit to a pilot project in King and Pierce
counties that is testing a managed care approach to the General
Assistance-Unemployable (GA-U) Program.
Nearly half of the clients in the GA-U program have been identified
as having mental health issues that contribute to their disabilities, though
the state-funded program has never included a mental health or counseling
benefit in the past.
That changed Dec. 1, under a $3.4 million appropriation by the 2007
Legislature, which added the benefit to the current managed care pilot in
King and Pierce counties. The budget note also directs DSHS to seek local
matching funds to cover costs of the additional benefit.
The new benefit is being offered at two levels:
1) The first level relies on care coordinators at the primary care
sites to coordinate care, provide brief intervention therapy and make
referrals to needed services.
2) The second level is designed to serve more complex clients. The
care coordinators will authorize services with the community mental health
system if there is a need for more intensive treatments.
Both levels of care will
have access to psychiatric experts at the University of Washington to assist
with complex clients and provide consultation to the primary care providers,
particularly around medication issues. A tracking system will be used to
aggressively oversee the integrated care to ensure clients receive timely,
appropriate care. •
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Critical
Resource Updates
Compiled by Resource
Center Staff
It is always
recommended to check Community
Resources Online for additional information and for the most current
information updates of the following resources.
Lambert House no longer provides
drop-in services on Saturdays. Drop-in hours are now M-F, 4-9:30 p.m. with
occasional events and activities on Saturdays. Lambert House serves GLBTQ
youth.
Tent
City 3 has moved to Cherry Hill Baptist Church, 700 22nd Ave,
Seattle, WA 98122, where it will be until the end of February. •
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January
and February Selected
Resources
Compiled by Crisis
Clinic’s Resource Center Staff
This column
highlights timely resources in the community information database that might
otherwise go unnoticed by our users. It is always recommended to check Community Resources Online
for additional information and for the most current information concerning
the following resources.
January Resource Highlights
Seattle Indian Center
Summer Youth Employment Experience: a limited number of work experience
positions are available during the summer months to eligible high school
students. Interested parties should contact the Workforce Investment Act
office in January for further information.
Shoreline Community College
The restorative dental clinic will be open Thursday afternoons January
through May. Patients needing fillings may be referred to the clinic, where a
dentist prepares teeth and a hygiene student does the filling. Cannot do root
canal, orthodontic or surgical work, bridges, gold work, dentures or treat
dental emergencies. Also supervises students as they perform head and neck
exams, medical histories, blood pressure checks, oral exams, fluoride
treatments, cleaning and polishing, X-rays, oral cancer screening, sealants
and oral hygiene instruction. Complete dental care takes at least two
appointments that are three hours each. First appointment is examination only
(except for children), and includes exam and diagnosis by dentist.
United
Way of King County – EITC
Administers and oversees free tax preparation and
filing at 15 walk-in sites throughout King County, from Jan. 16 to April 15,
2008. Additionally, administers five one-day tax assistance sites by
appointment only. Dial 2-1-1 or
(877) 211-9274 to reach the
2-1-1 Community Information Line for locations
and hours of operation.
Wallingford Community Senior Center
Provides income tax assistance for older adults from the middle of January
through April 15.
February Resource Highlights
AARP
Coordinates free income tax assistance programs from
Feb. 1 through April 15 each year. Services are available to people of all
ages who are middle and low income. Focuses on those individuals who are age
60 and older. Limited assistance is available to homebound taxpayers. Some
printed materials are available in Spanish. For a list of local Tax-Aide
sites, visit www.aarp.org/taxaide
and click on the link to “locate a site.”
Local Hazardous Waste
Management Program in King CountyThe Household Hazardous Wastemobile
travels throughout King County 10 months of the year providing household
hazardous waste collection services. Volume restrictions apply.
It generally
is open F-Su from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. The Wastemobile starts driving again in
February.
National
Eating Disorders Association
Distributes educational materials and
organizes awareness and prevention events. Operates a toll-free information
and referral helpline. Offers a searchable online database of treatment
providers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Sponsors National Eating Disorders
Awareness Week (NEDAW) held during the last week of February each year.
Master
Builders Care Foundation
“Rampathon” weekend event coordinates volunteers who build wheelchair
access ramps for low-income homeowners with long-term physical needs. Call for
an application. Applications are due in February
Seattle Youth Garden Works
Provides a garden-based employment, education and empowerment program
training youth in market gardening. Recruits youth from high schools, transitional
living homes, youth shelters, drop-in centers and youth detention facilities.
Youth work at organic garden sites in Seattle. They produce and sell flowers,
herbs and starter plants at the farmers’ markets. Applications for the
program are due by the end of February.
Senior Services of Seattle/King County
Senior Information and Assistance provides
information on locations of tax assistance sites and programs, including sending
income tax assistance volunteers to the homes of homebound seniors or people
with disabilities. Program begins in February. •
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