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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: Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone - 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, a healthy birth, and a healthy infancy for the baby. Children and Youth 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 connect CYSHCN families to the health and related services they need to thrive. 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 Dietitian, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching

Online resources for Washington educators, parents, and community providers who support students with brain injury.

Provides development and health status assessment, resource coordination, and referrals for children with special needs.

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.

Connects systems of care for children and youth with special health care needs from birth through transition to adulthood. Works with national, state, local, and community partners to help connect children or youth and their families to services. Program staff assist families in learning about and connecting with parent organizations, support groups, financial resources, and educational resources regarding the child’s medical condition and special needs. If the family meets financial and other program eligibility requirements, program staff may be able to assist them in obtaining financial assistance for needed services and equipment.

Serves children, birth to 18 years, who have, or who are at risk of developing, serious chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions. Assist families in learning about and connecting with parent organizations, support groups, financial resources, and educational resources regarding the child’s medical condition and special needs.

A public health nurse is available to help connect families to health care and other supportive services; find financial assistance for the child’s health related needs; provide developmental screenings and referral as needed; to make sure that families have all they need when making the transition from hospital to home. Provides financial assistance to families for services related to their child's health care needs.

Provides speaker series and specialized information and referral around testing, language processing, learning disabilities, and co-occurrences such as ADHD and executive functioning.

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.

Connects Black families with disabilities to promote engagement, bonding, and access to essential services. Provides comprehensive support including cultural brokerage, one-to-one assistance, system navigation, resource sharing, resilience-building, and advocacy. Family Service Navigators offer support across all life stages, from childhood to adulthood.

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.

Assists families as they navigate healthcare services for children who have or at at risk for chronic physical, developmental, behavioral, or emotional conditions and require health and related services of a type or amount beyond what is generally needed. Helps support families with resources and linkages to community services included family support, care coordination, and health information.

Connects Black families with disabilities to promote engagement, bonding, and access to essential services. Provides comprehensive support including cultural brokerage, one-to-one assistance, system navigation, resource sharing, resilience-building, and advocacy. Family Service Navigators offer support across all life stages, from childhood to adulthood.

Provides development and health status assessment, resource coordination, and referrals for children with special needs.

Provides support to families of children with a chronic health condition. Helps ensure that the child and family have the resources and support they need. Services may include: - Listening to parent concerns and helping navigate available resources - Connecting families with local resources for early intervention services – physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and preschool. - Supporting parents with specific areas of concern, such as nutrition, feeding, growth, development and behavioral issues. - Providing connections to parent support organizations.

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: Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone - 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, a healthy birth, and a healthy infancy for the baby. Children and Youth 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 connect CYSHCN families to the health and related services they need to thrive. 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 Dietitian, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching

A public health nurse is able to provide referrals and coordination of services for children with special health care needs such as asthma, cleft lip and palate, and speech or language delays. The public health nurse can assess a child's needs, make referrals, and work with agencies to help.  Services may be accessed by telephone or a home visit.

CYSHCN serves children who have or are at risk of having a serious physical, developmental, behavioral or emotional condition and require additional support. CYSHCN promotes integrated systems of care that assure children with special health care needs have the opportunity to achieve the healthiest life possible and develop to their fullest potential. Services can include: helping a family find or coordinate medical providers or a medical home, help accessing local resources or services for the child and provide information about local community resources, including parent support organizations and community coalitions.

Offers the following supports to families of children and youth with special health care needs: - Care coordination with the child’s health care and other service providers - Education and counseling about the child’s health condition - Links to a medical home, insurance and community programs and services including family support and health information - Organizing a network of services and providers

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: Public health nurses provide care coordination services through home or community visits or on the telephone - 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, a healthy birth, and a healthy infancy for the baby. Children and Youth 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 connect CYSHCN families to the health and related services they need to thrive. 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 Dietitian, Social Worker, and Public Health Nurse available for consultation and coaching

Offers support to families for a range of health problems, including premature infants, children with autism and teens with diabetes. Staff assess children's needs, educate and counsel parents, and link families to health care and community resources. Local coordinators connect families to resources such as insurance, early intervention, disability related services such as therapies and other specialty services.

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.

Resource Coordination- Collaborate with individuals and/or their families to identify barriers to resources and to create a specialized list of services tailored to their specific needs. Multi-System Navigation- Streamline access to essential services for individuals and families navigating complex systems. Crisis Stabilization- Assists people with autism or other disabilities who are in or at immediate risk of crisis and losing community-based services.

Case management and care coordination services for families of children with special health care needs. The program provides information on childhood issues like eating and nutrition, growth and development, and behavior. The can help families in finding financial assistance, schedule appointments and transportation, get services for their child, such as medical care, and find information about health insurance programs.

Helps parents find resources that will assist them with caring for their child with special health care needs.