Design, planning, and implementation have received cross-systems support. The Plan of Safe Care Statewide Implementation Team has membership representing the Department of Children, Youth, and Families, the Department of Health, the Washington State Health Care Authority, the Washington State Hospital Association, and WithinReach – the community-based organization responsible for administering Washington’s Help Me Grow network.
The Statewide Implementation Team is working on expanding membership to include individuals with lived experience and Tribes.
Summer 2021
The first two pilot sites in Yakima and Pierce County were launched in June 2021. Participating birthing hospitals partnered with agencies in their respective communities already serving families with infants to prevent child abuse.
Winter 2021-22
Thirteen additional birthing hospitals across the state, already engaged in quality improvement work with the Washington State Hospital Association and the Department of Health addressing Substance Use Disorder (SUD) in pregnancy/at birth, were invited to participate in the expanded POSC pilot and begin using the POSC Online Referral Portal.
2022
By December 2022, 12 birthing hospitals across Washington received initial onboarding/training to begin utilizing the Plan of Safe Care Online Referral Portal:
- Astria Sunnyside Hospital (Yakima)
- CHI St. Joseph’s (Pierce)
- Confluence Health (Regional - Central Washington)
- Mason Health (Mason)
- MultiCare Deaconess (Spokane)
- MultiCare Good Samaritan (Pierce)
- MultiCare Tacoma General (Pierce)
- Overlake Medical Center (King)
- Peace Health Southwest (Clark)
- Pullman Regional Hospital (Palouse)
- Swedish First Hill (King)
- UW Medicine – UW Medical Center NW (King)
2023
The following birthing hospitals have been onboarded to the POSC Online Referral Portal and/or received follow-up training and technical assistance in 2023:
- Island Health (Island/Skagit)
- Kittitas Valley Healthcare (Kittitas)
- Mason General (Mason)
- MultiCare Deaconess Medical Center (Spokane)
- Multicare Valley (Spokane)
- Overlake Medical Center (King)
- PeaceHealth St Joseph – Bellingham (Whatcom)
- Providence + Swedish Central Puget Sound Region (Regional – Western Washington)
- Providence Holy Family (Spokane)
- Providence Regional Medical Center Everett (Snohomish)
- Providence Sacred Heart (Spokane)
- Pullman Regional Health (Whitman)
- Skagit Valley Hospital (Skagit)
- Swedish First Hill (King)
- Swedish Medical Center Edmonds (Snohomish)
- UW Medicine – Montlake (King)
- UW Medicine – UW Medical Center NW (King)
- UW Medicine – Valley Medical Center (King)
2024
In partnership WithinReach and Washington’s Help Me Grow network, DCYF has a goal of onboarding all remaining birthing hospitals in Washington throughout 2024:
2024 Q1
- Evergreen Health Kirkland (King)
- Forks Community Hospital (Clallam)
- Providence Swedish Centralia (Lewis)
- St. Anne Hospital – Burien (King)
- St. Michaels Medical Center Silverdale (Kitsap)
- Virgina Mason Franciscan Seattle (King)
2024 Q2 (Scheduled)
- Capitol Medical (Thurston)
- Coulee Medical Center (Grant)
- Island Health (Skagit/San Juan)
- Whidbey Health (Island)