Families come in all shapes and sizes and may not fit traditional expectations. Just because a family doesn’t align with your perception doesn’t mean they require reporting. Often, they may simply need support rather than intervention. Below are just a handful of the local resources you can use to support families.
By helping families discover their inner resilience, you can positively influence their trajectory and foster lasting change.
- Department of Social and Health Services Community Service Offices
- Early Support for Infants & Toddlers: Early intervention services designed to enable children birth to 3 with developmental delays or disabilities to be active and successful during the early childhood years and in the future in a variety of settings.
- Engaging Fathers: A program focused on empowering fathers to successfully navigate the child welfare system.
- Family Resource Centers
- Finding Child Care/Early Learning
- Help Me Grow: A growing system of nonprofit organizations, Tribal nations, regional and county health and social service organizations, providers and provider organizations, and state agencies working together to serve families in Washington.
- McKinney-Vento Act: A federal law that ensures immediate enrollment and educational stability for homeless children and youth.
- Parent Trust for Washington Children: A statewide network of support, education and leadership programs for Washington’s families.
- Plan of Safe Care: A family-centered prevention plan designed to promote the safety and well-being of birthing parents and their infants with prenatal substance exposure
- Strengthening Families Washington: A program within DCYF whose focus is helping families become stronger together through a variety of tactics.
- Washington 211: Referrals to social services and other local assistance.